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.
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That may not be such a good idea in reality.:)
It might not be pretty, but we'd all train a little harder.
I think instead of banning them they will allow small motors to be used. That should make some of these pro-suit people happy.
Hey Cyclist
I'm glad I've finally got some company on this tech suit issue.
Now Aquageek (and other members of the Church Of Suit Technology) will have the moral equivalent of a "Two Headed Dragon" to deal with!!! :bump:
Dolphin 2
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.
The reason for the associations banning these suits it to save parents money over the longer term. I also feel sorry for the parents who have been subject to pester power to buy the suits. Unless things have changed, then the racing life of these suits is very limited any way. Elite athletes will only wear them for a couple of swims before they are consigned to the scrap heap/e-bay.
I'm with the Wolf (and Geek, too) on this one... if you mandate suits purely on cost and availability, then there are other "technologies" that also need such "oversight" like caps, goggles, etc. People can and will spend their money any way they want.
The pigeons have flown on this one for 2008. Let the ruling bodies do as they may in 2009, that is what they are in place to do. It will be amusing to see them all try to squirm into line on this one given the monies they all have taken from the suit makers.
People keep referring to speed suits as a form of “Technology”.
However from the definitions listed below, it’s a little bit of a stretch of the imagination to refer to something that amounts to a glorified girdle or a corset as being a form of technology. :confused:
education.yahoo.com/.../technologyeducation.yahoo.com/.../girdleeducation.yahoo.com/.../corset
Happy New Year!!! :banana:
Dolphin 2
LOL
I think I can swim with or without 'em. So whatever.
Be careful what you say, Kristina.
Someone may challenge you to stick to your words. i.e., literally swimming without 'em.
That I would like to see..........:bolt:
