SWIM CEO SERIES: JOHN MIX ON HOW THE MONOFIN CHANGED TRAINING
Mel Stewart, swimswam.com
Published on October 28th, 2020
On the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.
We sat down with John Mix, the Co-founder and CEO of FINIS. He tells us of FINIS‘s humble beginnings and how the monofin influenced his Co-founder, Pablo Morales, to buy into the idea of starting a swimwear company. FINIS has since blossomed into one of the premiere suit companies on the market, signing Olympians such as Olivia Smoliga, Anthony Ervin, James Guy, and Lia Neal.
Swimming Technology: History of its evolution
My swimming coach at Indiana University, Doc Counsilman, was the first coach to use slow-motion underwater film to study swimmers back in the 1970’s. From his underwater window in the diving well at Royer Pool, Doc would run his Bolex 16 mm film camera at the highest speed possible, filming Spitz, Kinsella, Hickcox, McKenzie, Jastremski, Stamm, me and many others in super-slow motion. Then he would run to develop the black-and-white film (at his own expense) so he could have it in time to show us in his small office on Sunday mornings precisely how we swam so fast.
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I’ve been a swimmer for as long as I can remember, so I jumped at a recent opportunity to try out the FINIS Smart Goggle, a pair of swim goggles with a small display inside and sensors to help track your swims and keep on top of your metrics even while your head is underwater.
