Girl's two-piece padded surfing swimsuit BETTY CORAL AND BLACK

YOU ARE AN ADVANCED SURFER

Surfing is one of your favourite sports and you surf regularly in warm water. During your sessions, you paddle out to the line-up and either duck dive or turtle roll, depending on whether you are on a shortboard or a longboard. You often wipe out and you are used to being thrown about underwater. You want your swimwear to stay in place with each of your movements and not get in your way when paddling.

BODY SHAPE

The BETTY swimsuit was designed for advanced surfers surfing waves up to a meter.

The feminine design of the top stays in place in the waves. Its open back allows for optimal freedom of movement when paddling.

Foam inserts keep this swimsuit modest for teens. They are removable, leaving the choice to the wearer.

STAYS IN PLACE IN THE WAVES: THE TEST

We design swimsuits that promise to stay in place in the waves. To test them, we use a panel of at least 12 female surfers with different body shapes who will follow a test protocol in a pool at our design offices in Hendaye. This protocol aims to reproduce the sensations experienced by surfers when being thrown around by a wave. If this test is conclusive, we go surfing in the sea to test our swimwear in real conditions.

WHAT ARE PADDED CUPS? AVAILABLE IN SIZES 12 YEARS AND UP

A pad is a piece of foam that can be inserted into the swimsuit. It gives teens the option of an extra level of modesty. Interviews and observations have shown us that it’s not always easy for girls to accept their bodies during this time in their lives. The pads keep them from revealing more than they want to when the swimsuit is wet.

The pads are removable, leaving it up to the wearer whether to leave them in your take them out.

OUR GIRLS' SWIMSUIT SIZES

Here is the link between age and height on our swimsuit labels:

4 years: from 98 to 104 cm

5 years: from 105 to 114 cm

6 years: from 115 to 124 cm

8 years: from 125 to 132 cm

10 years: from 133 to 142 cm

12 years: from 143 to 150 cm

14 years: from 151 to 160 cm

16 years: from 161 to 169 cm

DRY SIZING AND WET SIZING

To ensure a perfect fit in the water, it is important to choose the right size while you are dry because once they are in the water, swimsuits become looser. We therefore recommend you buy the correct size. The swimsuit needs to fit snugly against your body in the fitting room, you should feel supported. The elastane contained in certain components used in the design of our swimsuits softens and relaxes in the water.

DO YOU WANT TO EXCHANGE YOUR SWIMSUIT?

Is the size or style not suitable for you? Would you like to exchange it at your Decathlon store? No problem, just be sure not to cut off the label of the swimsuit in case you want to exchange it

OLAIAN, DECATHLON'S SURF BRAND

Based in Hendaye, in South West France, OLAIAN is Decathlon's new surfing and bodyboarding brand. In our offices at the water's edge, we can design a swimsuit and then on the same day test it directly in the sea to check it stays in place in the waves

SCORE TO COMPARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PRODUCTS

A pad is a piece of foam that can be inserted into the swimsuit. It gives teens the option of an extra level of modesty. Interviews and observations have shown us that it’s not always easy for girls to accept their bodies during this time in their lives. The pads keep them from revealing more than they want to when the swimsuit is wet.

The pads are removable, leaving it up to the wearer whether to leave them in your take them out.