Revealed: The six month process of designing, sponsoring and fittings that led to Team USA's beach volleyball's customised bikinis

April Ross, left, and Kerri Walsh, right, of Team USA's beach volleyball team decided to help design their squads outfits. 


The players wrote off to sporting designers with their own sketches which took six months. In the end, two suppliers made the outfits, Mizuno and Asics, between which the pair have been alternating. The new design sees a top that covers more of the chest area.