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Hit-Air Vests in New Zealand

Kate Lambie is proud to be associated with the introduction of Hit-Air air vests to the New Zealand Equestrian market. All Hit-air apparels are designed to provide protection for the neck, back, chest and hip (tail bone). The Latest Model’s are sound insulated as well as being light weight, cool and comfortable.

Each vest sold is supporting the CatWalk Spinal Cord Injury Trust.

How it works

As soon as the rider is thrown from the horse, the airbag inflates and protects the rider’s neck, back, chest, and hips. The neck airbag is also significantly larger than the leading competitor’s neck air bag.

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Shock-buffering protection system will be activated immediately after the distance from the rider to the saddle exceeds the “activation distance”, lessening the effect of impact on rider’s body.

The key ball is pulled out from the key box to release CO2 gas into the neck, chest, body, back and hip airbags. Full inflation in 0.15 second.

After the airbag is inflated in full, it leaks the gas slowly through the gas release valve and a feeling of tightness will subside gradually.

The key box where the CO2 cartridge is deployed is protected from dust and dirt and provides sound insulation to minimize spooking the horse during an unintended deployment.

The vest is very comfortable because the hip air bags are concealed inside a special pocket making it unnecessary to have a long “duck tailed” style that can be uncomfortable in the saddle.

The open design makes it cool to wear and easy to wear over a back protector (compulsory for Eventing) or a competition jacket. With all of these advantages, it is also more affordable costing hundreds of dollars less!