Speedo’s cutting edge new Nemesis Fins are making waves in the swimming world. The most comfortable fitness and swim training fin on the market, Speedo’s new Nemesis Fin was designed using biomimicry and inspired by the pectoral fin of the Humpback Whale.

The scalloped outer edge of the fins, like that of the Humpback Whale, creates greater surface area for water to pass over versus a smooth, straight edge. This technology creates enhanced propulsion, allowing the swimmer to push more water during kicking drills and training sets.

“The Nemesis Fin is a comfortable, lightweight fin that encourages athletes to engage their hip flexors, quads and hamstrings during their kick,” says Canyon’s Swim Club Head Coach Coley Stickels. “One of the best features of the fin is that the swimmer must work hard in order to maximize propulsion. The open heel and flexibility of the fin allows for a more natural kick motion that mimics a true in water feel.”

The medial edge openings are larger on the bottom-side and smaller on the top-side, creating a valve effect, in which water is captured on the underside and forced through the smaller opening to create more resistance is created on the down-kick; and flow channels on the top and bottom of the fins help guide water in the proper direction, helping to medially rotate the foot into the correct orientation for maximum kick efficiency.

Made with Injection Molded EVA (IME VA) Foam, the fins are naturally buoyant, aiding the swimmer with an elevated body position, keeping hips and feet in a more streamline position – all helping to improve efficiency, your swim technique, and to help you swim faster.

It was all of this unique, cutting-edge technology that caught the eyes of the editors at Outside, who named the Nemesis Fins the “Coolest New Gear of 2014,” an honor bestowed on only five other products (out of hundreds) that debuted at August’s much-anticipated Outdoor Retailer Summer Market show in Salt Lake City.

Read more about the 2014 Outside Gear of the Show Awards, and what the editors at Outside had to say about the Nemesis Fins here.

Other editors have also taken note – the Nemesis Fins are featured in the August 2014 issue of Triathlete magazine and written up online at Gizmodo.com, one of the leading gear and tech sites on the web.

Click here to purchase the award-winning Nemesis Fins.

Swim Gear / Swimming News courtesy of Speedo USA, a SwimSwam Partner.