Looking for Kevlar Fabric with which to make body suits for speed skaters. My nephew is training with the US Olympic team for a spot on the 2010 Winter games and these suits (worn under the team suit) cost $300.00 new and he needs 2, one for competition and one for practice. He is also 16 and still growing so this is a huge additional cost on top of everything else. Does anyone know of a source?
Daniel is currently ranked 15th in the nation and the next games are in Vancouver so we will probably go watch if we can get tickets(we participate in a lottery for tickets, no preferential treatment for anyone, not even his parents!). Of course I am putting the cart before the horse here....
Shelli
Shelli, I googled Kevlar fabric and it looks like the bullet-proof stuff costs around $40.00 a yard plus you have to buy special shears to cut it. You might have better luck with a search .... look under Kevlar yardage on Google.
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I think the kevlar is used for the kneepad area of the suit --don't know what the rest of the suit is made from, but I heard that Nike has just announced that there's a new high tech suit made from 6 different fabrics. From the way the police complain about the kevlar vests, I can't imagine an entire suit made from kevlar.
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