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
Lots of vague percentages and fancy buzzwords. Synergy? Really? Kind of a stretch to call it a "3 piece system". For a "matching set", I don't think the green tinted goggles go with the rest of the color scheme but I'm probably not the best person to judge that. Is it just me or does Katie's "jacket" look like a dry cleaning bag with sleeves attached? And does this new fangled jacket come with the set?
They definitely have some fast swimmers using the product. But overall, it looks like a lot of marketing hype to me. That's probably because I'm jealous that I'll never be able to afford cool stuff like that.
One of the big points seems to be their 3D fitting system.They had something like that with the original LZR for their elite swimmers they sponsored.The rest of us had to buy the regular sizes,will that be the same with this?
Those are, uh, some fun looking goggles!
SPACE goggles! :D
Last Christmas, I asked for money for my LZR Elite Jammer fund. Now I will be setting up a new fund...
Since the subject of tech suits has reared its ugly head again, here’s another article critical of them.
This one’s from Liberty Mutual who provides insurance for organized athletic activities (mainly high school and college sports programs) and the gist of the article is that tech suits are in fact a form of cheating and they devalue true acheivement.
responsibility-project.libertymutual.com/.../high-tech-swimming-is-it-cheating-
Some of the comments render the usual opinion that tech suits are just another advancement in sports equipment. However the majority of the other comments are critical of these suits and believe it’s time for them to go away.
CD
Since the subject of tech suits has reared its ugly head again, here’s another article critical of them.
This one’s from Liberty Mutual who provides insurance for organized athletic activities (mainly high school and college sports programs) and the gist of the article is that tech suits are in fact a form of cheating and they devalue true acheivement.
responsibility-project.libertymutual.com/.../high-tech-swimming-is-it-cheating-
Some of the comments render the usual opinion that tech suits are just another advancement in sports equipment. However the majority of the other comments are critical of these suits and believe it’s time for them to go away.
CD
You are presenting an old article as new. The FINA suit rules went into effect 2 days after this was published.
