Hammer Head® began with moments every swim parent dreads.
David watched his daughter slam into the wall during backstroke. Theresa saw her son pulled from the pool after the same kind of collision — scared, hurt, and out for weeks. Those images don’t leave you.
We saw the same truth no one was talking about: Swimmers are unprotected — and head hits happen far more often than anyone realizes.
So we created it, a solution to the problem.
After years of determination, designing, testing, and hope, the world’s first protective swim cap was born — engineered to keep athletes safer without slowing them down.
Today, Hammer Head® is trusted by swimmers, parents, coaches, and Olympians who believe: One head. One brain. Let’s protect it.
As if meant to be, Theresa and Ken, swim parents to swimmer Kaden, were sitting poolside. They knew David was on to something. Ken went home that day and came back to practice with a banana-shaped non-porous foam insert to try inside a basic silicone swim cap. It did what we wanted! It helped to buffer the impact of accidental collisions with the wall or other swimmers. As a bonus, the cushion inside created a wrinkle-free exterior dome surface, eliminating drag for racing. So, Theresa and David proceeded with a patent search and sourcing the talent of our engineers, designer and eventually our manufacturer.
Fast forward to today. David, a 20-year swim instructor and coach along with Theresa, experienced in establishing the business infrastructure, strategy and manufacturing and swim mom are co-founders of Mako International, LLC dba Hammer Head Swim Caps.
The company was created to design, manufacture and market Hammer Head Swim Caps for United States and abroad.
