Living in the Carolinas the history of textiles are woven into the region’s DNA. While the last decade produced plenty of stories about Main Street American textile mills closing their doors, a progressive player in the performance tee shirt arena has pulled mill door back open staking their claim in being “Locally Sewn”. Sport Science is carving their niche into the performance tee market with a figurative classic – the Smarter Performance tee. These tees blend the wicking nature of polyester with the soft hand of cotton and focus intently on being the only shirt on the planet with a tiny carbon foot print – 125 miles.

The performance product market is oozing with green as the once trendy topic of creating eco-friendly products settles in to stay. As you pour through the masses of products most are moving in the direction of recycled content, natural fibers, or other material based alternatives. Sport Science took a complete lateral in their approach to the “green” topic focusing on the holistic production of each garment. They create garments grown, sewn, dyed, printed and shipped all within a 125 mile radius and right in classic epicenter of textiles – the Carolinas. First let’s marinate on that mileage for a moment. Most elite runners tackle that distance in one training week. An ultra-marathoner might chew up the total mileage in one crazy long run. For us mortal runners, three weeks of training lands us logging their total production mileage. Depart with me for minute now and picture the “typical” garment in a single stage of development life cycle making a one way trip from overseas production to an American distribution center. Lower costs at the expense of the environment based on the emissions impact alone. How about lower costs stemming from Sport Science’s unique production in your figurative backyard. Novel plan reaching to the past for a brighter future.

Years ago we shopped local, supported generations of family-owned businesses, spent more time in transit on foot and lived a completely different way. If you are finding yourself grasping for a piece of the life from the near past, Sport Science is an easy company to support.