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Old 10-20-2013, 09:07 PM
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Default JAKED brand swim briefs

Anyone ever buy or try JAKED swimwear?

Where is it made?

They seem to fit well on this diver.
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Old 10-21-2013, 12:47 AM
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Default another mystery

No - never heard of Jaked but saw reference in a press report
to an Italian manufacturer and then tracked them down to Gallarate, province of Varese, in the Lombardy region, of the far north of Italy.
Here is a link (if you can work your way around a very disfunctional website):
http://www.jaked.it/resorse/file/competition%20new.pdg

The brand seems to be listed many times with UK swimwear suppliers but looks as if their main product is jammers.
They had previously produced a red bodysuit in 100% polyurethane (now banned in competition)
and a very short vid. of a German guy in one is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRo0uZP-WYM

As for the pic of the "diver" it is in monochrome but the suit could well be carrying the tricolore of Italy. Cannot agree it being a good fit however - certainly not comparable to Tom Daley in a Team GB blue Speedo.
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Old 10-21-2013, 02:02 AM
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Ignore jaked.it link above - it does not work and seems to have been withdrawn.
Instead see whether this works: http://jaked.corecommerce.com/featured.html
This is the USA Jaked distributor in Florida.

If it opens get to menu "categories" and select Italian Collection.
In there look at Brief Italia - that may be the suit in your monochrome pic.
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Old 10-21-2013, 09:21 PM
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If I recall correctly, Jaked suits were made by an Italian company, though I'm not sure they were made in Italy or were imported. Their company shot to fame around 2008-2009 when they developed those full-body polyurethane tech suits Byron mentioned that helped break so many world records at the 2009 World Swim Championships in Rome (something like 43 world records were set, which was unheard of in previous meets). Then swimming officials wisely decided to ban those suits since they aided a swimmer's flotation - something that had been banned for many years. Since then, I think Jaked has had a tougher time in the market.
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Old 10-21-2013, 10:22 PM
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Ignore jaked.it link above - it does not work and seems to have been withdrawn.
Instead see whether this works: http://jaked.corecommerce.com/featured.html
This is the USA Jaked distributor in Florida.

If it opens get to menu "categories" and select Italian Collection.
In there look at Brief Italia - that may be the suit in your monochrome pic.

Wow Byron, you are sure a genius when it comes to recognizing suits and then where to find them online. Thank you again! You found the ArrestMe and now the Jaked

After looking at it on the Jaked website, don't know if I would buy it
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Old 10-21-2013, 10:23 PM
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Any idea who this diver is? I would guess from an Italian team since the Italian flag is on the speedo?
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Old 10-21-2013, 11:14 PM
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Default Jaked

LOL - thought you might say that - not a choice for you on this occasion I think.
I am not familiar with names in the Italian national diving team but you are right as Jaked have been/are suppliers of suits and I have often seen Team Italy divers /swimmers in blue but not brands Speedo, Adidas, etc.

Swimmboy summarises the situation above - the company was indeed formed in 2008 and Gallarate has a history of textile manufacture
(somewhat ironic - official objections to the exceptional record-breakers were based partly on the rule that material worn by competitors must be a textile).
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