Arriving in Cairns was somewhat of a warm change. The team from Shock felt the humidity as soon as we stepped out of the plane- despite the grizzly looking clouds and drizzling rain. Weather that ended out sticking around throughout the weekend.

Justin MacMaster- a Shock Age Group Athlete picked the team up from the airport and took us to the swim start area for Sundays big race- Palm Cove. Spotted along the coast line were vinegar stations and 'croc' warning signs-this set the exciting/scary tone for the race ahead.

The atmosphere that you feel at an Ironman event was definatly present- triathletes filled up the entire city of Cairns as well as beautiful Palm Cove.

Race day started with pouring rain and athletes trudging through mud to get to their bikes to set up T1 (which was situated in Palm Cove- a 30min drive from Cairns T2). The two main athletes representing Shock were Elite Professional Male Lindsey Wall and Elite Age Group Athlete Justin MacMaster.

The race saw lots of twists and turns in the Professional male field- a field of which consisted of some of the best Professionals in the world. Lindsey Wall was able to dig deep through a tough race to finish in a respectable position and Justin MacMaster finshed his first ever 70.3 distance in a fiery time of 5 hours.

Typically when a 70.3 race finishes the massive set up begins to be peeled down after a big few days of set up, however there was still the main event only mearly beginning for the Ironman athletes. By this time the headwind had really picked up for athletes still out on the bike leg. It is admirable seeing athletes dig deep into a place of pain to pick themselves up emotionally and physically to push through a marathon and finish!

Congratulations to all competitors who raced Cairns Ironman and Cairns 70.3 this year. It was a great weekend and the team from Shock look forward to travelling back again!

We are excited to have a great team on board for the 2015-2016 season.

Our team:

Elite Age Group Athletes:

Josh Stapley

Liam Burton

Andrew MacNamara

Justin Macmaster

Elite Professional Athlete:

Lindsey Wall

For more of a detailed look at what our ambassadors are up to this year and results check out our 'Shock Athletes' page.

Next race on this year for some of our athletes is Carins 70.3 in June. We look forward to seeing Justin Macmaster race for the first time as a Shock Ambassador and Lindsey Wall is returning from a short break after a strong start to the season with 2 wins under his belt already!

Stay tuned or follow us on Instagram for live posts from the race.

Hi and welcome to Shock Sports Australia. We are a family run buisness based in Wollongong and Far North Coast NSW.

Our family has been involved in the sport of Triathlon for over 15 years. With all members of the family competing in all distances and at all levels.

Early on we saw the need to promote the sport of Triathlon in a more fun, exciting and affordable way hence our brand Shock Sports Australia.

We want to inspire you to train and perform with Shock Sports range of high quality, affordable, bright, bold and fast triathlon and cycling wear as well as sporting apparel. There is no greater feeling than training and racing in trendy and comfortable designs that make you feel good about yourself!

Be Bright, Be Bold, Be Fast... train and race with SHOCK.

Some of the team are shown, top left- Jess, top right-David, Bottom left-Brendan, bottom right-Ashley