Partnering with CuoreI am very excited to have Yann Kai Oh with me today from Cuore. She has been helping me immensely the last few months as we have worked on strategy and design for the BOOST Health Performance Apparel line that is now live at the website shop. She is also one heck of an athlete, well known around Hong Kong as one of the best cyclists and runners on the road and owns many Queen of the Mountain and Course Record titles on Strava! I like that Yann Kai is not only is great at her role in helping businesses build amazing custom fitness gear but also is an ambassador for health, fitness, and using proper gear out in the “field”. This way no assumptions have to be made on how the pieces fit, feel, or perform. Let me tell you a bit more about Yann Kai – She studied Mathematics in university in Cambridge and was not super athletic in those days. With that educational background, she spent 10 years in consultancy and banking, in the field of risk management, which is also what brought her to Hong Kong 7 years ago. Just before moving to Hong Kong, she started running – just to get out, and picked up cycling when she moved and this is where running and cycling became part of her lifestyle. Hong Kong is wild place to start cycling! About 18 months ago, she came across the opportunity to join CUORE to oversee and grow the Asia Business – an entirely different industry and nature of work but something she is truly passionate about and enjoys!She has some amazing race results. For cycling, in 2014 she was the overall winner at Tour de Tayabas (yellow, sprint and polka jersey), and Tour of Matabungkay 2014 (yellow and polka).  These were both in the Philippines which resulted in her being the overall winner of the 4 race Philippines national series. I can say in riding with Yann Kai she has no weakness on hill or flat so no surprise on these jerseys. She also took part in the 2014 Taiwan KOM and came 6th woman overall there.  For those of you who are not privy, this is an amazing challenge of climbing for hours and hours on end. Her running achievements are just as impressive. She has been first overall woman in China Coast Half Marathon race in Hong Kong 2 times and first overall woman in the Clearwater Bay Chase 10km 2 times, and first overall woman in the Victoria to Peak 10km race in Hong Kong one time.Yann Kai can you tell us a bit more about your role at Cuore?
Thanks Paul for your very kind words and for having me on your show. I’m really honoured and excited to be a guest. I oversee the Asia business at CUORE.Can you tell us about the Cuore mission statement or key objectives?
CUORE was established 29 years ago by former professional cyclist and national level coach, Mr. Hugo Gibel, a Swiss Italian. Not to sound clichéd but essentially not satisfied with the quality of cycling apparel at the time, Hugo set about to produce kit that was functional and comfortable. The focus was (and still is) to produce kit that reflects our mission of achieving Swiss Precision meeting Italian Passion.Very interesting thank you for sharing. I am very familiar with the Cuore gear as I have been wearing kits for the South Island Road Cyclcing (SIRs) club and the Dragons Triathlon Club for over 1 year now which are both made by Cuore. I can say the kits are among the best quality training gear I ...