But just because Summer is ending doesn’t mean you should stop protecting your skin! There are more uses for our rash guard shirts than just providing you with SPF 150+ UV protection while you’re in the water.

Just about any sport you do outdoors exposes your skin to the sun and it’s harmful UVA and UVB rays – so you need to stay vigilant in your skin protection.

Here are just a few sports where wearing one of our rashguards will be a benefit:

• cylcling
• running
• hiking
• climbing
• kayaking
• volleyball
• hunting
• football
• baseball
• lacrosse
• field hockey

The list could go on and on, but that’s just a few – you get the idea.

You can also benefit from wearing our rashguard shirts indoors as well for sports such as:

• MMA
• wrestling
• grappling
• jujitsu
• weight training

Not only will our rash guards protect your skin from rashes, cuts and abrasion, but they also provide muscle compression support found in shirts that cost 2 to 3 times as much such as those made by Under Armour and Nike.

No matter the season or the sport – our rash guard shirts will protect you and enhance your performance year round!

The drug works by helping the immune system fight tumors. The FDA has pledged a quick review, and doctors are hopeful that the drug could be available by the end of 2010.

“We have not had any therapy that has prolonged survival” until now, said Dr. Lynn Schuchter of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, a skin cancer specialist with no role in the study or ties to the drug’s maker.

Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer. Last year in the US, there were about 68,000 new cases and 8,650 deaths from the disease. Worldwide, more than 50,000 people die of melanoma each year.

“The incidence is rising faster than any other cancer,” said one of the study’s leaders, Dr. Stephen Hodi of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. “When it spreads to vital organs, it’s almost always fatal.”

Unfortunately many people don’t think of skin cancer as a ‘killer’ and fail to protect themselves as well as they should. That’s why we’re committed to selling the highest SPF 150 rash guards and UV protective swim shirts available.

A pair of studies recently released found that some types of skin cancer can be inherited.

One study found that if you have an identical twin with melanoma your risk of developing the disease is much higher than having a fraternal twin with this type of skin cancer. The other study found that if you have a sibling or parent with one of several different types of non-melanoma cancers that your skin cancer increased risk as well.

Even if you don’t have a family history of skin cancer you should still take precautions to protect your skin because you don’t want to be the first in your family to get it – so always wear a brimmed hat, UV protective clothing and   whenever you’re out in the sun. 

Let’s hope he’s well stocked with rash guard shirts and UV protective clothing!

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This Saturday, (January 31st), they’re sponsoring a day of native plant restoration at Jeronimo Creek, in Mission Viejo, California, (on Jeronimo Road between Marguerite and Olympiad).

This is a terrific event where you can get out and enjoy the beautiful scenery while helping the environment by planting native species to restore the area habitat. It’s also a way for high school students to not only make a difference in the environment but also complete community service hours.

The event runs from 9am to Noon and you can park at Pavion Park , 24051 Pavion, located off of Jeronimo. From Marguerite Pkwy turn east onto Jeronimo, go almost 2 miles and take a right into Pavion Park. Walk south along the trail to the restoration site.

Be sure to bring sunscreen, (or wear some UV protective clothing like our StayDry – KoreDry shirts), water, snacks, hat and closed toe shoes. They will be providing gloves, hoes, and other gardening tools. However, if you have your own – please bring them.

This week’s special sale is on our solid red short sleeve rash guard shirts for men. Any man will dig this short sleeve rashguard shirt. It can be worn underneath a wetsuit to protect from underarm rash or it can be worn on it’s own as a UV protective shirt.

Like all of our surf shirts and swim shirts your man will get both skin rash and UV protection in and around the water. Perfect for surfing, snorkeling and even MMA, grappling and other martial arts and fighting.

To get this week’s special discount on these men’s rash guards just use coupon code mens-rashguard when you checkout – easy!

These UV protective shirts are awesome and will keep your skin protected from the harmful UV rays of the sun with SPF 150 coverage while you’re in or around the water!

One of our customers just wrote in their blog about wearing these StayDry shirts last week while on a fly fishing trip. Not only were they covered with SPF 150 protection (without using messy sunscreen and having to remember to re-apply it while out on the fish), but they were able to stick their arms in the water to retrieve the fish without their shirt getting wet – a big plus!

Form now until this Friday, September 12th, just use coupon code stay-dry-shirt when you checkout to get an additional 5% discount on these terrific StayDry shirts. They a great addition to your tackle box!

These behaviors include infrequent use of UV and sun protective clothing; staying outside in the sun rather than seeking shade; infrequent use of sunscreen; indoor tanning with a sunlamp or tanning bed within the past year; and getting sunburned within the past year.

Whether you’re hanging out on the beach during vacation, coasting down glittering white snow on a winter ski trip, walking your dog or just running errands, the sun’s ultraviolet rays can damage your skin year-round…

Collectively, skin cancer of all types is the most common cancer in the United States and the incidence has increased over the past three decades. During 2007, an estimated 1.1 million Americans received a diagnosis of basal or squamous skin cancer, or the more invasive and potentially lethal melanoma, according to the American Cancer Society.

While heredity plays a role in skin cancer, simple overexposure to ultraviolet light, (something controlled by behavior), is a major factor in increased skin cancer risk according to Fox Chase psychologist Elliot Coups, Ph.D., (an assistant member in the psycho-oncology program at Fox Chase and lead author of the new study).

A non- controlled or heredity portrait of someone at risk of skin cancer would show a natural blonde or redhead with very fair skin that freckles and burns more easily than it tans. Also, melanoma, in particular, is known to run in certain families.

The Fox Chase researchers found that younger adults were particularly likely to engage in multiple behaviors that increase skin cancer risk. Men, Caucasians, smokers, persons who consume high levels of alcohol and persons who report having skin that is not especially sensitive to the sun were also more likely to engage in behaviors that placed them at increased skin cancer risk.

“Since the UV damage to the skin is cumulative, lack of protection by young people is likely to drive a continued increase in skin cancers as these generations grow older over the next decades,” noted Stuart R. Lessin, M.D., director of dermatology at Fox Chase. “This new research on behavior relating to skin cancer risk may help us target the highest-risk groups with educational messages tailored for them.”

“Ultraviolet radiation exposure is the most important modifiable risk factor for all types of skin cancer,” Coups said. “Wearing protective clothing like a wide-brimmed hat, avoiding sun exposure during the middle of the day, when rays are strongest, seeking shade, using sunscreen and avoiding indoor tanning have all been recommended by various agencies, but all available data suggest that the majority of American adults don’t follow this advice and instead have high rates of UV exposure and sunburns.”

Data for the study came from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey, an annual representative U.S. health survey in which 31,428 individuals participated. The researchers excluded individuals who had already had skin cancer or whose questionnaires contained missing data in key areas of the study, resulting in a study sample of 28,235 individuals.

The report appeared Jan. 8 in the online edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and in the February 2008 issue of the print edition.