For far too long, swimmers with braids, locs and afros have had to sacrifice their hairstyle when swimming in the water. Traditional swim caps don’t offer variation of sizes and fit for different hair ...

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Let’s be honest, most of us have vast collections of swim caps. Even though little is said on the caps, the cap you favor says a lot about you. Here are some common caps that swimmers love and what ...

According to a recent article in The Atlantic, lack of diversity in swim cap sizes are a contributing factor to the racial and gender disparity in aquatic sports. Based on a report from the USA ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Hammer Head® — a new U.S.- designed swim cap is set to keep head safety top of mind for hundreds of thousands of aquatic athletes, triathletes and open water swimmers across the country.

Noelle Singleton challenges any swim-cap maker who claims a swimmer’s hair won’t get wet with their caps to send her one. She’ll post a review on social media of her swimming a 100-meter individual ...

For many years, there was one kind of swim cap. It was ultratight, made of latex or silicone — and it was “one size fits all.” But those swim caps left out large groups of swimmers, adding to ...

On Wednesday of last week, Michael Chapman and Toks Ahmed, the founders of Soul Cap—a British specialist brand producing swimming caps for Afro hair—received a response to their application to FINA, ...

Swimming caps designed for natural Black hair won’t be allowed at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, with the sport’s world governing body saying they are unsuitable due to them not “following the natural ...