I've been giggling about this all morning! Many of the young swimmers from my pool are attending the BYU swim camps starting this week. One of the young guys who always wears brief (racer) style swim suits told me that he isn't allowed to where them at the camp. I pulled up the info on the camp and the info packet does say "no Speedos or bikini briefs are allowed for male participants". I'm sorry, but jammers are no less revealing than briefs! If anything they are more so - in my opinion. I can understand a modest dress code at BYU, but swimmers are so use to seeing each other in these types of suits. I would love to know the thinking behind this dress code? :lmao:
Hey Fortress
I (and others) are not lecturing competitive masters swimmers about what suits they should (or should not) be wearing. :whiteflag:
The main issue with their/my criticism seems to be how mechanized the sport has become and there is a serious issue about whether (or not) the achievements (the repeatedly broken WRs) made while using them should be considered legitimate. :dunno:
However, personally I am quite amused with the craze that tech suits have created and the extremes people will go to (like blowing a ¼ of their weekly paycheck) to get their hands on one. In fact, everytime I read another post about tech suits on the USMS board, I can feel the horns growing out of the top of my head as I fire off another barrage of snide comments about Speedo, Tyr, Nike, etc!!! :joker:
In perspective, the tech suit craze is something that will probably go down in history with the Dot Com bust, the (now past) demand for SUVs, or the sub prime fiasco. :violin:
Sooner or later, the tech suit thing is going to fall apart like a bag of wet garbage and when the history book is finally written, the only real winners will be the suit makers who've made a ton of $$$ off the whole mess. :joker:
Dolphin 2
If you don't vote, don't complain.
Just say no to minivans, Geek. It's worked like a charm for me.
Hey Fortress
I (and others) are not lecturing competitive masters swimmers about what suits they should (or should not) be wearing. :whiteflag:
The main issue with their/my criticism seems to be how mechanized the sport has become and there is a serious issue about whether (or not) the achievements (the repeatedly broken WRs) made while using them should be considered legitimate. :dunno:
However, personally I am quite amused with the craze that tech suits have created and the extremes people will go to (like blowing a ¼ of their weekly paycheck) to get their hands on one. In fact, everytime I read another post about tech suits on the USMS board, I can feel the horns growing out of the top of my head as I fire off another barrage of snide comments about Speedo, Tyr, Nike, etc!!! :joker:
In perspective, the tech suit craze is something that will probably go down in history with the Dot Com bust, the (now past) demand for SUVs, or the sub prime fiasco. :violin:
Sooner or later, the tech suit thing is going to fall apart like a bag of wet garbage and when the history book is finally written, the only real winners will be the suit makers who've made a ton of $$$ off the whole mess. :joker:
Dolphin 2
If you don't vote, don't complain.
Just say no to minivans, Geek. It's worked like a charm for me.
