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The Ternua Mountain

Ski Suit made with

recycled fishing nets

is the 2019 Ispo

Award Gold Winner

Ternua is a brand that designs and produces outdoor which is among the elite runs in the Le Grande
technical clothing. It markets its garments nationally Course circuit. Those skiers, who are highly
and internationally and is present in more than 20 experienced in the subject, have tested the ski suit
countries in Europe, Asia and America. It belongs to and included strategic details that make it become a
the European Outdoor Group, which includes the 10/10 garment. Insofar as textiles, it's made with
most important outdoor and mountaineering brands Dryshell Active Flex, which is a new technology
in the world, who collaborate constructively and developed by Ternua that is a blend of 65% recycled
positively in promoting the common interests of the nylon from disused fishing nets (REDCYCLE project)
European outdoor sector. and 35% elastane. The textile provides protection
from solar radiation. In addition to a perfect
Forty-three judges from twelve countries on three ergonomic design, it has laser cut openings on the
continents chose Ternua's BLACKCOMB mountain back for maximum breathability, two inside breast
ski suit as the best intermediate layer product in the pockets for carrying an avalanche beacon and an
Snow Sports category at the ISPO Munich trade opening on the front at the waist with an elastic
show, where the brand is presenting its fall-winter clamp. It has reinforcements on the shoulders and
2019-2020 collection. With this honour, Ternua has inside the legs. It's a product for intense physical
won this major award - known as the Oscars of sport activity that has the perfect balance between
- for the third time. In 2016, the ISPO GOLD AWARD breathability, lightness and warming capacity.
was bestowed upon its “Terranova” and “South
River” recycled feather jackets. And in 2017, the As Ternua Group Innovation Director Eduardo
award went to its “Craddle” jackets, which are made Uribesalgo explains: “This award reaffirms that we're
entirely from recycled materials and are, in turn, moving in a good direction that's taking us towards
recyclable. the summit of innovation following our own route with
one central tenet, which is sustainability. At Ternua, all
This time around the jury looked at its design, of us that make up the brand have a philosophy in
innovation, functionality and sustainability. However, favour of sustainability and caring for the
its principle characteristic is the high level of environment that's also expressed in the way we
sustainable innovation put to use in the product. It work. For us, doing things right is important, but
provides maximum technicity and is made using
recycled materials, consisting mostly of disused more than anything, we're concerned with doing
fishing nets from Cantabria mixed with elastane and them in the right way. We want to make garments
when its life cycle is over it can be recycled. that protect people and are technical, carefully
designed and have well thought out details, but we
It should be mentioned that this ski suit, intended for also want to protect the planet by using source
mountain skiing, was co-designed by Ternua with top materials that are recycled and recyclable and PFC
notch athletes who organise the skimo Altitoy trial, free water proofing treatments.”

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