That's it, all you ancient swim romantics have convinced me. We need to ban the new suits and require everyone to wear the same type (not brand). We just have to decide which is the 'right' model.
I submit that you revisionist dogs who think that briefs are it don't know much about swimming history. I'm attaching a photo of Duke Kahanamoku with this message to show you what the competition swimwear was like in the first part of the 20th century.
Clearly men were men here and could be one with the water. The suit certainly never helped or hindered and one could feel every molecule of water swirling by during the swim. Ah, those were the days.
Who do we have to thank for the loss of such elegant swimwear used by the Duke? Was it Adolph Kiefer? Who introduced the horrible brief innovation into the sport? Whoever it was, they should be removed from the Hall of Fame, stricken from all records, and never spoken of again!
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Up until the introduction of the "tech" suits, the trend was for swimsuits to be increasingly less intrusive. You basically wore as little material as you could get away with and as form-fitting as possible. Now the trend has gone back to making the suit obtrusive again. Now the suit is sort of actively helping the swimmer, whereas before it was seen as hindering the swimmer. That change in the trend is the problem I have with the tech suits.
As I’ve said in other posts on this topic, a swim suit should be as unobtrusive as possible and I like briefs because they are the most logical and comforatable thing to wear in the water.
I believe that swimming was at its finest in the 1960s through the early 80s when simple briefs were the norm. Considering both the loss of sensation of being in the water and the controversy that the introduction of "suit technology" has caused, I wouldn’t mind at all if we went back to those old ways -and just stayed there forever. :wine:
By the way, if Adolf Kiefer was in fact the one who is credited for the introduction of briefs to swimming, then Kudos for him! He should be remembered for his simple and logical thinking -like who ever invented the wheel! :wine:
“If you ain’t really gettin’ wet all over, you ain’t really swimin'."
Dolphin 2 :)
Up until the introduction of the "tech" suits, the trend was for swimsuits to be increasingly less intrusive. You basically wore as little material as you could get away with and as form-fitting as possible. Now the trend has gone back to making the suit obtrusive again. Now the suit is sort of actively helping the swimmer, whereas before it was seen as hindering the swimmer. That change in the trend is the problem I have with the tech suits.
As I’ve said in other posts on this topic, a swim suit should be as unobtrusive as possible and I like briefs because they are the most logical and comforatable thing to wear in the water.
I believe that swimming was at its finest in the 1960s through the early 80s when simple briefs were the norm. Considering both the loss of sensation of being in the water and the controversy that the introduction of "suit technology" has caused, I wouldn’t mind at all if we went back to those old ways -and just stayed there forever. :wine:
By the way, if Adolf Kiefer was in fact the one who is credited for the introduction of briefs to swimming, then Kudos for him! He should be remembered for his simple and logical thinking -like who ever invented the wheel! :wine:
“If you ain’t really gettin’ wet all over, you ain’t really swimin'."
Dolphin 2 :)
