The mat-time problem no one talks about enough

Constant skin-to-skin contact. Mat burn. Abrasions. Sweat trapped under braces and tape. Friction that never lets up. Every practice, every scramble, every minute on the mat places extraordinary demands on the body's largest organ — and every skin issue is stolen mat time. Lost practices, missed competitions, broken momentum, and the quiet cost of an athlete who doesn't come back next season.

Mission 1o2 is built for exactly this. A simple, repeatable protocol your athletes can follow without thinking, and that you can standardize across an entire program — cleanse after mat time, support the barrier after showering, ready for tomorrow.

How the system maps to wrestling

A different kind of skin demand

Pickleball doesn't punish skin with contact — it wears it down with exposure. Long outdoor sessions mean sun, heat, and wind. Sweat sits on the face and forearms through game after game. Grips, sweatbands, and hats create friction points, and players often stack two, three, or four hours on a court in a single morning. It's a sport with a famously social, all-day rhythm — which means skin is exposed and active far longer than a typical workout.

Mission 1o2 fits that rhythm. It's pocket- and bag-friendly, needs no water, and works in the ten seconds between games — so caring for skin never interrupts the next match.

How the system maps to pickleball

The skin stress hiding under the gear

Hockey buries the skin under pounds of equipment for hours at a time. Pads and base layers trap heat and sweat against the body, helmets and chin straps create constant friction on the face and jaw, and gear that's worn shift after shift — often shared across a roster — is a tough environment for skin. Add the cold, dry, recycled air of the rink, and players face both trapped moisture under the pads and dryness everywhere else.

Mission 1o2 gives teams a protocol that fits locker-room reality: fast, no-rinse, and easy to standardize across a bench. Cleanse the trapped sweat after a shift or a game, then restore the barrier against the dry rink environment.

How the system maps to hockey

A marathon, not a match

No sport stretches a season like baseball. College, minor league, and major league schedules stack game on game, day after day, often in brutal afternoon sun. Players bake in the heat for hours, sweat pooling under caps and uniforms. Then there's the dirt: head-first slides, diving catches, and pickoff dives grind infield grit into forearms, elbows, and hands, leaving abrasions and strawberries that have to recover before tomorrow's first pitch.

Mission 1o2 fits the rhythm of the long season — fast, no-rinse, dugout-friendly. Defend before first pitch, clean up the slide in the dugout, and restore overnight so skin is ready for the next of 162.

How the system maps to baseball

The skin stress inside the ropes

Boxing puts skin through more in three rounds than most sports do in a full season. Headgear creates constant friction across the forehead, temples, and cheeks. Hand wraps trap heat and sweat against the knuckles and wrists for the length of a training session. Sparring and competition bring direct impact, cut risk, and exposure to skin that must stay intact for the next bout.

Outside the ring, the gym environment — shared equipment, glove sweat, face contact during clinch work — makes a fast, no-rinse cleansing protocol not just a recovery tool but a hygiene standard. Mission 1o2 fits training room reality: quick, clean, and effective between rounds and after the final bell.

How the system maps to boxing

The full-field skin environment

Lacrosse combines almost every skin stressor into a single sport. It's played outdoors under direct sun for extended periods, on field turf that abrades on every dive and ground ball. Helmets, shoulder pads, and gloves trap heat and sweat against the body, while face masks create a friction and pressure environment across the jaw and forehead. The physical contact of field lacrosse means skin takes hits, and the fast pace leaves little recovery time between halves.

Mission 1o2 gives lacrosse programs a protocol that maps to the halftime window and the post-game reset — fast enough to run in a locker room, complete enough to address sun, sweat, and abrasion in a single system.

How the system maps to lacrosse

The skin environment behind the chutes

Professional bull riding is one of the most physically demanding sports in the world — and one of the most under-served by performance skincare. Riders spend hours in dusty, outdoor arena environments from Tulsa to Las Vegas, with rosin on their hands and ropes, glove friction, and the full impact and abrasion that comes with an 8-second ride and a hard arena floor. A PBR season runs across dozens of events, building cumulative sun exposure, rope wear, and contact stress that compounds through the standings.

Mission 1o2 is built for exactly this environment: clean, protect, restore — fast enough for the chute and effective enough for the long haul. And the PBR audience is one of the most brand-loyal in sports, creating real activation opportunity for partners who show up authentically.

How the system maps to PBR

The most relentless skin environment in sport

Sailing combines almost every environmental skin stressor simultaneously: direct UV exposure for hours at a time, saltwater spray that strips the skin barrier, wind that accelerates dehydration, and the constant friction of lines, harnesses, and gear on hands, wrists, and neck. Offshore and distance sailors compound this across multiple days with limited freshwater access and disrupted sleep and recovery cycles.

It's a sport that demands a no-fuss protocol — fast, minimal, and effective without access to a locker room or a sink. Mission 1o2's three-product system is built exactly for that: spray, wipe, and hydrogel that fit in a sailing bag and work in the cockpit.

Amateur to professional — the same problem at every level

From weekend club racing at Pequot Yacht Club to the SailGP circuit and offshore ocean races, the skin environment is the same. The difference is volume: professional sailors are on the water more days, in more conditions, with higher performance stakes around recovery. Mission 1o2 is the right fit at both ends — simple enough for the club sailor who wants to stop getting beaten up by the sun, complete enough for the pro whose skin health is part of race-day readiness.

How the system maps to sailing

Why performance studios are Mission 1o2's highest-leverage channel

Boutique fitness studios are built on three things: intensity, community, and the instructor relationship. Members don't just work out — they sweat hard, repeatedly, in a room full of people who share the same commitment to performance. That's the Mission 1o2 audience in its purest form. And the instructor recommendation isn't an ad — it's a trusted voice in a room of 40 people who are actively looking for what works.

The use case is immediate and obvious: every Barry's class ends with a class full of people who are flushed, sweaty, and in need of exactly the kind of fast, effective skin reset that Mission 1o2 delivers. The wipe is the natural post-class product. The spray is the pre-workout layer. The hydrogel is the recovery ritual.

Partnership models

Studios we're targeting first

SoulCycle · Barry's Bootcamp · Orange Theory Fitness · F45 Training · CrossFit affiliates · Real Ryder · Rumble Boxing · Pure Barre · Row House

The case for health club partnerships

National fitness clubs represent Mission 1o2's highest-scale distribution channel outside of traditional retail. Equinox alone operates over 100 locations across the US and internationally. Life Time runs full-service athletic destinations with spa, pool, and recovery facilities. The member profile — health-conscious, performance-oriented, spending significantly on fitness — is as well-matched to Mission 1o2 as any sport-specific channel.

The locker room is where the product works best and where members are most receptive: post-workout, skin already stressed from heat and sweat, reaching for whatever works. Club partnerships put Mission 1o2 exactly in that moment — through retail placement, amenity supply, or spa-adjacent product positioning.

Partnership models

Clubs we're targeting

Equinox · Life Time Fitness · Crunch Fitness · Gold's Gym · New York Sports Club · Club Pilates · Stretch Lab · National corporate fitness centers