Speedo has released their "new and improved" suit. Below is a link to the story at swimming world, with quotes from various swimmers about "how it makes em feel"
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../17020.asp
As much as I like body suits... I just can't see buying a "new and improved" style until they quit making the older models.
But I bet some 10 year old will have it for a b-c meet before long.
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Thewookiee I sent you a personal email. I should have asked if you were male or female first. Nothing bad but it is a full bodied swim suit.
lol i never said the suit was just for kids. i said that i don't think it will take long before one is wearing the new, higher prices suits at a b-c level meet.
I like the idea of full body type suits but i question how much does this new suit really work? Is it really that much better? That's for each of us to decide.
Thewookiee I sent you a personal email. I should have asked if you were male or female first. Nothing bad but it is a full bodied swim suit.
Sexing Wookiees is easy. You lay them in the palm of your hand belly up and blow on their fur...
Sexing Wookiees is easy. You lay them in the palm of your hand belly up and blow on their fur...
Swimstud..."it is not wise to upset a wookiee. wookiee's have been known to rip swimmers arms out of their socket..."
George, thanks for the link. I am 100%male...last time I checked.
Arrrrg!
Too funny. I finally got my very first FSII highneck bodyskin (at a huge discount) via UPS today. I see I'm several steps behind.
I have issues when the models look questionable (at best) in this get-up.
The price is insane. Anyone know how many swims this suit lasts?
The woman at Kastaway said the FSPRO according to Speedo lasts "about 5 swims." Although I understand from masters you can wear it more than that. But still. . .
Just on pure principle alone, I would rather work extra hard and beat my competition (or lose!) in a $30 dolphin suit than pay $550.
Speedo.com sent me an email stating that Phelps said, "It feels like a spacesuit." I don't want to be an astronaut on the pool deck. The whole thing is sort of a turnoff. . .
The Fastkin I's are being hocked at bargain blowout prices right now...and that's the way to go.
Considering they were good enough for the year 2000 Olympians...there's no reason why anyone should needlessly splurge on the latest and greatest.
Unless they fall into the $ rich man triathlete category as geek pointed out.
All expensive gear and no game.
Where can one obtain a bargain blowout Fastskin I?
The Fastkin I's are being hocked at bargain blowout prices right now...and that's the way to go.
Considering they were good enough for the year 2000 Olympians...there's no reason why anyone should needlessly splurge on the latest and greatest.
Unless they fall into the $ rich man triathlete category as geek pointed out.
All expensive gear and no game.
To get fast we need to be large around the middle. It was thought years ago that the blubber layer under the skin of dolphins was one of the reasons they could swim so fast. So this is where I thought the ripple efect made dolphins swim fast. So I have tried to duplicate by having a large middle. www.physorg.com/news68812337.html
well it isn't going on sale until May 2008 (according to the article, but July 30 according to speedousa.com), so for us Masters folks, we'll get our first chance to see it first hand at Summer LCM Nationals.
I saw the speedo sponsored swimmers showing off the new suits on an AM show this morning("Good Morning America"I think)They didn't look as good as the FS IIs IMO,but Katie Hoff in particular said they felt really fast"like a bullet".
