That article contains some silly statements.
I happen to believe the B70 DOES provide a small amount of flotation
Agreed. I certainly felt some float the first time I wore it, but it was also the first time I wore a full body suit so I have no basis for comparison.
This all seems very strange to me. Blue Seventy has developed a superior product, all this from a relatively small company in New Zealand ... From the outside this is curious to observe, a small upstart starts taking it to the established players in the market. This upsets many and some walk-off in a huff, others hurry to get FINA to protect them.
This sounds sooo similar to so many business stories out there. Big companies are always threatened by more nimble & more innovative competitors.
Anyway, technological innovation with gear is a fact of life.
Absolutely ... remember when we only had nylon suits and then came lycra and then those magical "paper suits?" How about fog-free goggles so you could actually see who you were racing at the end of the mile? How about even goggles in the first place?
Think also about the evolution of training gear that benefits our performance, but doesn't appear "in the pool" on competition day.
Innovation is the lifeblood of progress ...
That article contains some silly statements.
I happen to believe the B70 DOES provide a small amount of flotation
Agreed. I certainly felt some float the first time I wore it, but it was also the first time I wore a full body suit so I have no basis for comparison.
This all seems very strange to me. Blue Seventy has developed a superior product, all this from a relatively small company in New Zealand ... From the outside this is curious to observe, a small upstart starts taking it to the established players in the market. This upsets many and some walk-off in a huff, others hurry to get FINA to protect them.
This sounds sooo similar to so many business stories out there. Big companies are always threatened by more nimble & more innovative competitors.
Anyway, technological innovation with gear is a fact of life.
Absolutely ... remember when we only had nylon suits and then came lycra and then those magical "paper suits?" How about fog-free goggles so you could actually see who you were racing at the end of the mile? How about even goggles in the first place?
Think also about the evolution of training gear that benefits our performance, but doesn't appear "in the pool" on competition day.
Innovation is the lifeblood of progress ...
