I called TYR and spoke with a PR person regarding the release of the Tracer Rise scheduled for February. (I do this swim blog and I have been fixated on suits as of late.)
While I was on the phone I realized that if Swimming Australia Ltd, USA Swimming, and all of the other anti-speedsuit governing bodies have their way, speedsuits like the full bodied Speedo LZR, the TYR Tracer Light and Rise, the blueseventy Nero, and many others could be summarily outlawed?
This would certainly effect masters swimmers like me who invested in a suit recently to only have it potentially denied in competition just months from now. (They really should ask the swimmers what we think.)
I suggest that if the suits have to be banned or even modifired, which I disagree with intensely, I hope there is a long grace period at the masters level to do so. Say like a year or two.
I suggest that if the suits have to be banned or even modifired, which I disagree with intensely, I hope there is a long grace period at the masters level to do so. Say like a year or two.
I assume your reasoning is that if you buy an expensive suit like this you should get to use it. However,on the other hand, if there is a valid reason to ban the suits (e.g, buoyancy) then they really should be banned immediately with no grace period. If this is the case they really shouldn't have been allowed in the first place.
I think instead of banning them they will allow small motors to be used. That should make some of these pro-suit people happy.
Oh Man! That is the funniest thing I have ever heard. That is the most original statement anyone has made about the tech suits yet. HAHAHA...
piece of advice...Don't quit your day job.
I don't feel so sorry for all the Masters swimmers who have spent money on these suits, I feel sorry for all the parents that spent money on these suits for their kids, only to find out a few months later they can't use them.
Oh Man! That is the funniest thing I have ever heard. That is the most original statement anyone has made about the tech suits yet. HAHAHA...
piece of advice...Don't quit your day job.
Speaking of originality.
I think instead of banning them they will allow small motors to be used.
I mentioned it in another thread, but I think it's only a matter of time (perhaps a decade or two?) before they incorporate nanotechnology into swimsuit fabric. You could have millions of little solar-powered nanomotors. They would be developed first for military use (say, as part of a life vest or flight suit which would aid pilots shot down over water). Over time it would trickle down to more mundane use (like the Olympics).
