Not sure if it's the suit, the Olympic year, or a combo of both - but I do get the impression that the LZR racer is the fastest suit out there. It's not yet available, but I am sure some people will pull some strings and show up with the suit in Austin.
I think we should all agree to ban the suit from Austin and spread the word to everybody. I know it's not binding - but I think we are all "old enough" to work on the honor system.
Any thoughts ?
I can get behind a consumer boycott as much as the next person for a cause I believe in, but what exactly is the "cause" here? Do you think Speedo is acting unethically?
I think the value of the LZR is certainly debatable -- especially as an incremental improvement over the FSPro -- but if someone wants to buy it and it is legal, then so what? Adam Smith strikes again.
What really bothers me over the whole affair is not specific to the LZR: almost everyone accepts that there is some buoyancy to be gained from the suits, though perhaps marginal, and I think various measurements have proven it so. I'm pretty sure that's against the rules, so why did FINA approve this and other suits?
I am also vastly amused at the moral indignation that some hardcore swimmers show whenever the use of wetsuits in Open Water competition is brought up...right before they suit up with the FSPro for the "significant improvement" that they allegedly provide in competition. I'm sorry, but the minute you use these suits you lose the moral high ground against wetsuits.
I can get behind a consumer boycott as much as the next person for a cause I believe in, but what exactly is the "cause" here? Do you think Speedo is acting unethically?
I think the value of the LZR is certainly debatable -- especially as an incremental improvement over the FSPro -- but if someone wants to buy it and it is legal, then so what? Adam Smith strikes again.
What really bothers me over the whole affair is not specific to the LZR: almost everyone accepts that there is some buoyancy to be gained from the suits, though perhaps marginal, and I think various measurements have proven it so. I'm pretty sure that's against the rules, so why did FINA approve this and other suits?
I am also vastly amused at the moral indignation that some hardcore swimmers show whenever the use of wetsuits in Open Water competition is brought up...right before they suit up with the FSPro for the "significant improvement" that they allegedly provide in competition. I'm sorry, but the minute you use these suits you lose the moral high ground against wetsuits.
