Hiho Suntek Keep Calm Shirt

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When a tour operator points at your shirt and says, “I gotta get that for my guides,” you know you’re wearing the right thing.  This happened to one tester on three separate occasions while wearing the Suntek Keep Calm Sleeved Shirt from Hiho, a small USVI-based clothing company.  And while the outfitters mostly appreciated the sentiment printed on the shirt (especially since that’s what they tell any nervous client when out on the water), we also loved that the quick-drying, all-poly shirt includes SPF 50 protection against the brutal Caribbean sun. It saved one particularly pale paddler from heat stroke on a day-long sea kayak off Mexico’s Santo Espiritu Island in the Sea of Cortez. Another used it as a rash guard while surfing in Puerto Rico and as a back-up layer for a humid, rainy trek through the central rainforests.   We trust you’ll find your own applications.