Here's a thread for the ladies to discuss anything that relates to women and swimming. For example, feel free to discuss how disgustingly ugly fastskins are, how the "curse" can kill a meet, how suits don't fit, how swimming wrecks your hair, how hormones unhinge you, etc.
I work part time at a bike shop which also sells Speedo products. We set up a tent and tables at most every local USA-S meet. I find it amazing how many parents shell out 100-200 bucks on technical suits because their kid got an A/AA/AAA/AAAA time. It blows my mind.
It's too late, cat's out of the bag for age groupers as well as masters. After spending the last two days at another long prelim/final meet, I can say that there is no one without a technical suit. The FSII tank with the jazzy colors is the most popular. But there are plenty of bodysuits, kneeskins, Pros, FS IIs, Arenas, or a collection of all of them and a growing awareness that the suits wear out. Mini-Fort has a friend with a LZR. The girls do seem more obsessed with suits than (and definitely seem to prefer bodysuits to) the boys. Unfortunately, I am a very bad role model is this respect. When my kid's FS II tank sprang a hole in prelims, she knew right where to come for a suit for finals.
So I'm over it at USA meets. Although "rewarding" your kid for a particular times seems odd. I do wish I didn't have to see fastskins at summer league meets though.
That aquablade story is hysterical.
I work part time at a bike shop which also sells Speedo products. We set up a tent and tables at most every local USA-S meet. I find it amazing how many parents shell out 100-200 bucks on technical suits because their kid got an A/AA/AAA/AAAA time. It blows my mind.
It's too late, cat's out of the bag for age groupers as well as masters. After spending the last two days at another long prelim/final meet, I can say that there is no one without a technical suit. The FSII tank with the jazzy colors is the most popular. But there are plenty of bodysuits, kneeskins, Pros, FS IIs, Arenas, or a collection of all of them and a growing awareness that the suits wear out. Mini-Fort has a friend with a LZR. The girls do seem more obsessed with suits than (and definitely seem to prefer bodysuits to) the boys. Unfortunately, I am a very bad role model is this respect. When my kid's FS II tank sprang a hole in prelims, she knew right where to come for a suit for finals.
So I'm over it at USA meets. Although "rewarding" your kid for a particular times seems odd. I do wish I didn't have to see fastskins at summer league meets though.
That aquablade story is hysterical.
