But I would argue that there are plenty of pools in my region that may measure correctly but are so shallow that you hit the bottom during SDK pushoffs, and where the lanes are so narrow it's hard to swim fly without knuckle grazing, where the lanes lines are loose and bolted to the wall so far underwater that they don't even stop turbulence from the flags on it, and a host of other less than perfect conditions that make this perfectly "legal" venue far from comparable to the deep water natadorium pleasure domes that other regions of the country enjoy.
I know exactly what you're talking about. We have a pool in our LMSC at Sandpoint, Idaho that fits this description to a T. The gutter system is non-existent too (kindof)...it has those "flapper" inlets that take water in periodically around the pool, and thus all waves created come right back to you off the walls. It even has some sort of plastic molded starting blocks that I'm not sure would hold a person over 250 pounds either. The only good thing about the pool is that it's a fixed distance SCM pool, and measured correctly for TT purposes. A good backup pool, but not fun for the 200 Fly event...feels more like doing an OW 200 Fly. :afraid:
But I would argue that there are plenty of pools in my region that may measure correctly but are so shallow that you hit the bottom during SDK pushoffs, and where the lanes are so narrow it's hard to swim fly without knuckle grazing, where the lanes lines are loose and bolted to the wall so far underwater that they don't even stop turbulence from the flags on it, and a host of other less than perfect conditions that make this perfectly "legal" venue far from comparable to the deep water natadorium pleasure domes that other regions of the country enjoy.
I know exactly what you're talking about. We have a pool in our LMSC at Sandpoint, Idaho that fits this description to a T. The gutter system is non-existent too (kindof)...it has those "flapper" inlets that take water in periodically around the pool, and thus all waves created come right back to you off the walls. It even has some sort of plastic molded starting blocks that I'm not sure would hold a person over 250 pounds either. The only good thing about the pool is that it's a fixed distance SCM pool, and measured correctly for TT purposes. A good backup pool, but not fun for the 200 Fly event...feels more like doing an OW 200 Fly. :afraid:
