Surfing through the holidays...

Greg Bennett might have transfered to the USA to join his wife Laura on the road to the London 2012 Olympics, but Greg is still definitely still and Aussie when it comes to how he spends his Christmas holidays. It's all sun, surf, and sand at the Bennett household this year!

Are you Santa or the Grinch? Love Xmas or hate it?

I don’t mind Xmas… gives us an excuse to catch up with family, eat, drink, and just hang out.

Where are you spending Xmas this year? E.g. whose house, what country?

This year its Xmas in Australia. A small coastal town called Forster on the east coast just above Sydney. My folks have a place up there.

Who will you spend it with?

Both my brothers, their families, my M and D and Gpa and of course Laura

How do you spend the day? Travelling around or bunkered down at home?

Stay at home, actually most of the time at the beach surfing or cricket etc.

What’s on your Gift Wish list this year?

No wish list… got everything I want already.

Best present you ever got? (Aside from your blueseventy wetsuit of course)

First Bmx bike when I was 10

Got any traditions you’ll be upholding? Carolling? Snow Angels? Bit of backyard cricket?

Back yard cricket for sure. A bit of a surf, plenty of food.

What’s your training schedule like around Christmas?

Take a bit of an easy week so we are not to tired to enjoy the family

Do you train on Christmas day, and if so, what do you do?

Probably a light run

Do you prefer Xmas in the Snow or the Sand?

Definitely the beach

Will you be heading off on holiday anywhere?

Drive down to Forster for the week

What have you got planned for New Years?

Back in Noosa, back to training… always part of the World Champo’s body surfing

blueseventy signs triathlon legend

We're stoked to announce that Greg Bennett has joined the blueseventy team. At 38, he shows ability and staying power rarely seen in the sport. Greg has contested more than 80 World Cup events, claiming two world series titles along with six race wins and 26 podium finishes. He has also won the sports richest prize purse, being the only person to win all five events in the major US Lifetime Fitness Series (but we can all dream...) We're very proud to have someone of his calibre lining up wearing blueseventy.

Greg is highly experienced and respected, and we're really looking forward to developing a long and successful partnership with him. He will be of huge value to us as an ambassador and advisor on our products, as we continually look to improve and innovate through detailed athlete feedback and analysis. Greg will also gain the benefits of our market leading wetsuit and swimskin technology, as well as the super-light carbon goggles.

Greg has also announced some other major news today. He has been granted a release from racing for Australia and will now compete for the United States. Don't worry Aussies - he still loves you!!

The main reason for this change is primarily so that he could be a bigger part of wife Laura's Bennetts 2012 Olympic campaign. The couple have shared a long and successful career in triathlon together, both providing the support, advice and mentoring needed to reach the levels they have achieved. And although Greg has done this while racing for Australia, he feels that he would like to be with Laura for her final Olympic journey, which he could not do as well as he would like unless he could be fully part of her team.

But for Greg personally the move makes great sense. "In regard to my own career, the majority of my racing over the last several years has been in the United States, all my sponsorship deals are US-based, and the medical team I rely on is based in Florida and Dallas."

And it sure doesn't matter to us where Greg is based - doesn't matter where in the world you are - you'll be swimming faster in blueseventy!

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