- But with Kona being the pinnacle of Ironman calendar,
we often see some really exciting, custom kits,
some custom tech, custom bikes.
They want the athletes to stand out,
and they want the athletes that come here
to go away with something special.
So we are gonna look around the expo,
try and find some custom pro bikes, and have some fun.
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Right, well here we have the bike
of previous Ironman World Champion Leanda Cave
it is the Ventum one, in her own custom paintwork.
And with a very unique frame design.
We've got the bladder along the top here,
very interesting shape, and it spiked a lot of interest
last year, but we've got something even more exciting,
because right here, we have the Ventum One Egypt Edition.
Now this has actual, 24 carate gold leaf
on the frame here.
We have hieroglyphics.
This comes in at $17,000.
But here in Kona, they're doing it a special $12,000.
But very nice.
Just finished with a KNC chain that's gold finish
and then some gold finals on the NB7.8
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Now, Zoot is a really exciting and interesting
brand because they were the first to ever
create a triathlon specific suit.
So, back in 1983 Christal Nylin, who lives here
on Hawaii actually saw the competitors changing
as they went through transitions.
So, she designed this suit and this is the
original, the first ever suit that she designed.
And since then all their suits have come on masses
and their well known for their vibrant and
very standoutish designs.
And here are their 2018 Kona edition tri-suits
in a nice Hawaiian floral design, which are very,
very cool and to add to that we also have the
cycling kit just here.
I've come past the on stand and this is
quit special because this maybe the shoe
that Javier Gomez is wearing this weekend
at the Ironman World Championship.
He hasn't quit decided yet, but this is quit
special because it is a combination of two designs.
We have the sole, you can see here from the
Cloudflow behind me, which has quit a good
bounce to it. A good cushioning but then
we've got really nice light upper which is in there,
more racey, 5K, 10K sort of shoe and that is from
the CloudFlash here. We've also got a couple
more modificationas to the shoes, so given Javier
Gomez is doing a Triathlon.
We've got a slightly different tongue to it
so, it's almost like a sock-like design.
So, the tongue can't get roughed up or lost.
We've also got a grippy heel to the shoe
so it holds his foot in a little bit better.
They've also played around with different
boards for the shoes.
So, what they call their speed board going though
here, it's fairly flexible at the moment but
they've also played around with putting like
a carbon board in there for slightly stiffer shoe
which Javier Gomez has been trying out this weekend.
He's a size nine, this comes in two-two-five grams.
Really cool design in terms of the colors as well.
Going with a Spanish theme, you can see his name
on the back there.
Be exciting if he wears this.
Well here I have Rudy Project's Boost Zero One
Arrow Rose helmet and this turns out to be
their most popular helmet.
It's aerodynamic but, with good ventilation
and then you obviously have this option of
having the visor on the front or not.
Got a very cool set of designs here though,
because these are being designed by Bike Works.
Their basically a vinyl wrap in any number
of different designs.
So, we've got the skull and crossbones here.
We've got holographic design here which can
change depending on the light or colors around it.
Which is very nice and then we have this one
which is being designed for Wattie Ink
to match their kit.
We also have a limited edition Kona print so,
you can get this in matte or in gloss.
So that is very cool and it's just available here this week.
Well I've just come past this ceramic speed stand
where bikes getting their last minute race checks
and I've just bumped into Edwardo who owns
this bike. He's got events to run with this
really cool fire water design
and burn to give along the top, which he explains to me
it's an App an iOS App which basically transfers
or converts the amount of calories that you burn
in a session to the amount of calories that's
given to a child in need in Haiti and various
places like that.
So, he's got the likes of Wal-Mart on board
to distribute food to those people.
It's a really cool idea, very cool bike.
This is the HOKA ONE ONE Clayton shoe.
HOKA are the run course partner and sponsor
for this years Ironman World Championship.
So they have partnered up and done this custom
Kona edition shoe. Really cool floral sort of
design on it, MDot there.
But if your not aware of HOKA shoes and
their trademark design, you probably already
saw it, but it's this beefy sole.
But it's not quite as big as you may first think
because actually the sole wraps up around the
foot and actually stabilizes the foot
and the heel in the shoes.
So, the idea being, you feel nice and solid
and firm as you land your foot on the ground.
The cushioning actually starts off quite soft
in this wide area and gets a little bit more
firm and a little bit more rebound towards the front
were it gets a little bit darker.
So, should you need that cushioning for your heel, is there.
Otherwise this is designed as their more racy kind
of shoe. It seems to be quite popular for
the Ironman distance.
- Well we managed to get our hands on the bike
of one of the top female pros out here in Hawaii.
Heather Jackson.
Now we know Heather for her
quite vibrant choices, her tattoos and quite
often her bikes and wheels, and this does not
disappoint. This is an Argon 18 E-119 Plus
with a very, very special paint work on both
the bike, the wheels but also a matching Wahoo
Element bolt just for good measure and she's
also going to have an Arrow Helmet to match
this theme as well. It's got some really nice
stuff going on, some birds that are similar to
the tattoos she got. She's also got a tribute
to Dave Mirra which I believe is one of her good friends.
- There's some amazing custom kit and tech out there.
Incredible just how much the athletes are looked
after and get some really cool custom kit for Kona
out here. Nothing quite as wacky as my socks.
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