Europe's leading provider of Simulated Altitude Rooms and Environmental Chambers. Now bringing this amazing technology to your home.
Launched in 2005, Sporting Edge has consistently moved the goalposts in delivering performance, control, safety and reliability. Sporting Edge has delivered both the largest Extreme Environmental Sport Chambers and the Highest Performance Extreme Sport Chambers, on the planet. Innovative designs have led to a number of key patents and Sporting Edge facilities are now utilised by more UK elite level athletes and more sport science universities than any other supplier. The Cloud 9 system embodies these same characteristics – performance, reliability, safety and control – to create the ultimate training package to help you achieve your personal goals.
Our Team
David Vincent is the Managing Director of Sporting Edge (UK) Ltd and started the company in 2005. As a chartered engineer with a background in high-tech development and innovation, Vincent became interested in the emerging benefits of altitude training. He made it his mission to revolutionise the means of delivering it. He introduced a completely new approach to the creation of room-based altitude training, including switching to a completely new technology. Since those early days, Sporting Edge (UK) Ltd has been the pioneer that has introduced improvements in system capabilities, control and reliability, with 5 patents granted that mark Sporting Edge (UK) Ltd's technology and performance as very different from the rest.
Dr Barney Wainwright
A keen cyclist himself, Barney is a Senior Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University and also an Applied Sports Science Practitioner at Sports Metrics Ltd. With wide experience across a range of sports at Team GB level, Barney has extensive expertise in cycling, running and endurance sports, with many aspects of cycling performance being a particular focus. Barney is leading our research work to discover ever more effective altitude training protocols for the benefit of users of the Cloud 9 system.
James Smith
- Service & Manufacturing Manager
Approaching ten years with the company, James has continued the development of our ultra reliable Air Separation Systems whilst also delivering outstanding customer service and support.
John Goodwin
- Marketing Manager
John brings to us his extensive experience in many business areas, especially in the fields of sales and marketing.
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Lisa Slater
- Finance Manager
With excellent relationships with suppliers and customers alike, Lisa is always working in the background to ensure our administration flows as it should.
Dan Townsend
- Engineering Specialist
With expertise in installation and electrical engineering, Dan has been involved with the development of our Cloud units as well as our main-line systems
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"Only the hypoxic group significantly increased VO2max and lengthened time to exhaustion."
- Dufour et al 2006