Orca has launched a brand new platform on its website today called Best Places to Swim – an online community where swimmers around the world can log in and share their favourite open water swim routes, as well as download recommendations of routes by other swimmers. Swimmers can also load descriptions of the location, access routes, nearby amenities and any other info to take into consideration before swimming a particular route.
Orca recognised that there was currently nothing like this available online and wanted to provide a service to open water swimmers around the world, to boost community and camaraderie amongst participators in a sport that can often be quite solitary. Understanding the pure freedom that is experienced when swimming in the open water, Orca believes that Best Places to Swim will make discovering new places a lot more accessible.
This interactive new platform already includes routes added by athletes from Team Orca and is being added to daily as other swimmers join in. Being the first online community page dedicated exclusively to informing, uploading and downloading routes for open water swimming, Orca is excited to see how this platform will grow and evolve over time, and becoming a helpful resource to the international swimming community.
Orca is currently offering the chance to win a trip for two to one of the Best Places to Swim for those who register their wetsuit purchase at orca.com.
The Orca brand is ‘inspired by the open sea and its natural spirit of freedom.’ Founded in New Zealand but with a global outlook, Orca was created in 1992 because former triathlon champion and brand founder Scott Unsworth was passionate about creating better, faster wetsuits than those on the market at the time.
That relentless desire to use cutting edge innovation to fuel the best performance remains with Orca today. The Orca name evokes the instinct and prowess of the powerful ruler of the oceans. Like the Orca whale, Orca’s designs ‘have always been organic, streamlined and in tune with nature.’
www.orca.com/community/best-places-to-swim
