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Sun is the injury nobody plans for in this sport. You are out on open water with the glare coming off the surface as well as down from above, sessions run long, and sunscreen gives up somewhere around the second hour. A shirt does not.
What the shirt is
This is a nineteen second spot, so treat it as an announcement rather than a review. The official Verdant Ride surf shirt is made by Baitium Sportswear, from their line of fishing shirts built at 95% recycled material. It is aimed at surfers, eFoilers and anyone else spending full days outdoors who wants sun cover that lasts the whole session. There is a discount link in the episode description for buying two or more.
Why recycled material is the point
eFoiling is already a quiet, wake free way to use a lake, and that is a large part of why riders end up welcome on water where combustion craft are not. Kit made from recycled material fits the same logic. It is a small thing on its own, but it is consistent, and consistency is what makes the argument credible when someone at a launch asks what your sport does to their lake.
The name
The spot is self aware about one thing: it cheerfully calls Baitium a fantastic shirt with a terrible name. If you are looking for a technical breakdown of fabric weight or UPF ratings, this episode does not have it, and no honest summary of it can pretend otherwise.
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