From the Today Show
Matt Lauer:
>>> we are just 240 days away from the opening ceremony of the 2012 london olympics. usa swimmers, ryan phelps, ryan lochte and katie franklin, natalie. you're unveiling something newell' be seeing in competition, i don't normally say could you please take your jacket off but would you please? what is this we're going to see?
>> this is the new speedo fs3 and this is the cap that goes with it, the and the goggles that go with it, i will show you.
>> why is this new and revolutionary?
>> because this is the first time it's a three-piece system that everything goes together so you buy it, the buy the cap, the goggles, the suit and makes you more hydrodynamic and it has a body stability web which compresses you.
>> we're going to see more of it and talk to you about where you guys are in training as you prepare for london, but first these messages and your local news.
video.today.msnbc.msn.com/.../45491232
Speedo has a preorder countdown on their site
www.speedousa.com/.../index.jsp
wonder how much better the suit is and what the improvements are?
Speedo unveils FASTSKIN3
Win a Speedo Fastskin3 experience - YouTube
Win a Speedo Fastskin3 experience - YouTube
A "hydroscopic" lens? Aren't ALL goggles, by defnition, hydroscopic? I suppose these goggles do, in fact, "re-define" goggle aesthetics. Just not in a good way.
And can't ALL caps be fairly described as "hair management systems?" (No, sorry, it is EXCLUSIVE TO SPEEDO!!)
Most laughable is the idea that the three parts are interconnected in some "synergistic" way. What, the goggles don't work without the cap?
I am sure the suit will be priced too high for me to consider (as Patrick said, probably not much bang for the extra buck), but the cap and goggles might indeed be excellent products. I just wish they weren't so overhyped.
The marketing is BS, and no one with a brain will believe there is any synergistic effect.
That said, I can't wait to try the new suit! Plan on pre-ordering this morning. It looks like you can order everything separately.
A "hydroscopic" lens? Aren't ALL goggles, by defnition, hydroscopic? I suppose these goggles do, in fact, "re-define" goggle aesthetics. Just not in a good way.
And can't ALL caps be fairly described as "hair management systems?" (No, sorry, it is EXCLUSIVE TO SPEEDO!!)
Most laughable is the idea that the three parts are interconnected in some "synergistic" way. What, the goggles don't work without the cap?
I am sure the suit will be priced too high for me to consider (as Patrick said, probably not much bang for the extra buck), but the cap and goggles might indeed be excellent products. I just wish they weren't so overhyped.
The marketing is BS, and no one with a brain will believe there is any synergistic effect.
That said, I can't wait to try the new suit! Plan on pre-ordering this morning. It looks like you can order everything separately.
