A flying garment includes a suit having interconnected torso, groin, sleeves, and leg portions with more than one parachute sail joined to a rear of the suit forming interconnected parachute chambers have a rectangular prismatic shape in an air-filled condition, tapering from shoulders to ankle hems and a wing portion joined to a front of the suit. The wing portion interconnects each sleeve portion with the torso portion, interconnects each leg portion with the groin portion, and interconnects the leg portions. The chambers have an opening at a first end to receive air entering the chamber. The parachute sails interconnecting each sleeve portion with one of the leg portions and interconnect the leg portions.

A vortex generator might be attached to various types of articles to reduce the drag. For example, vortex generators might be attached to a garment or to adhesive tape. In addition, vortex generators might be attached to various types of athletic equipment. A mapping can suggest placement of a vortex-generator arrangement on an article, as well as prescribe particular vortex-generator arrangements for regions of a person.

A wetsuit configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the user moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A wetsuit having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating flexible collar, sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration and configurable with a lower torso portion.

A scaly structure including a carrier and multiple scale films configured on the carrier. The scale films are arranged independently and each has a proximal end that is connected to the carrier and a distal end that is away from the carrier and suspended, and the scale films are bent towards the carrier in the same direction. The scaly structure of the present invention has small friction when it is in smooth position, and the scale structure will be turned and opened oppositely to the bending direction when it is in tough position, bringing increased friction to obstruct the movement.

Drag-reducing exercise equipment in the form of a aerodynamic garment may comprise zones with applied textures. Each zone may be associated with properties and characteristics based on the movement of the garment associated with each zone through air during an athletic activity. The texture in each zone may be applied using a variety of methods such as printing. The resulting aerodynamic garment improves the performance of an athlete wearing the aerodynamic garment by reducing the aerodynamic drag experienced during the performance of the athletic activity.

An aquatic sport performance garment configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the wearer moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A garment having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating, sealing collar and sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration.

A low drag garment comprises a textured fabric in at least one side region of the garment, wherein the textured fabric has a substantially uniform texture height in the range 0.2-0.8 mm.

A suit wearable by a human user includes a torso section, two arm sections extending from an upper portion of the torso section, and two leg sections extending from a lower portion of the torso section. The suit further includes a plurality of spaced apart marks connected with an interior surface portion of the suit. The plurality of marks formed on the interior surface portion of the suit impart a roughened, uneven surface along an exterior surface portion that corresponds with the interior surface portion of the suit, and a surface roughness of the exterior surface portion varies based upon a degree of stretch applied to the suit.

An aquatic sport performance garment configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the wearer moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A garment having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating, sealing collar and sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration.

An article of apparel may include a base layer and a cover layer. The cover layer may be stitchlessly-secured to an exterior surface of the base layer and positioned to extend along a side area and from a pelvic region to a leg region of the base layer. A width of the cover layer may be greater in the pelvic region than the first leg region. In some configurations, a frictional resistance of the exterior surface of the base layer may be greater than a frictional resistance of a surface of the cover layer.