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.
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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
And also, it doesn't matter what kind of suit you're wearing. If you don't put in the time training, the suit won't do anything.
$400 for a jammer is obscene!!! I suspect Kirk is right, and that the line will not do well at those inflated prices. I wonder if B70 and Arena will respond with a competing better priced product? Although all 3 companies have been getting away with selling women's kneeksins for the same price as the old B70s for a couple years now.
And that's exactly one of the big criticisms of the old tech suits -- people thought it allowed masters to swim fast without putting all the training in.
And also, it doesn't matter what kind of suit you're wearing. If you don't put in the time training, the suit won't do anything.
$400 for a jammer is obscene!!! I suspect Kirk is right, and that the line will not do well at those inflated prices. I wonder if B70 and Arena will respond with a competing better priced product? Although all 3 companies have been getting away with selling women's kneeksins for the same price as the old B70s for a couple years now.
And that's exactly one of the big criticisms of the old tech suits -- people thought it allowed masters to swim fast without putting all the training in.
