I guess we will have to argue about which pull bouy is better now - all foam versus foam with straps. The suits are/were the one cool gear thing about swimming. This puts me in a bad mood, I think I'll take it out on the Furburglar.
time to go rip geeks arms out of his sockets and beat him with them
I doubt you could hoist these cannons on your own.
chaos - keep your opinions to yourself, for the love of Dolphin 2!!
But the real question for us is
What is FINA & USMS going to do with suit rules for masters?
why not let masters use up the excess inventory of fullbody suits?
i think this would set a bad precedence.
Well, FINA has stated that its suit rules don't apply to masters. So there could be a worldwide community of unregulated masters swimmers ...
Hello,
I'm a master swimmer form Europe, can you tell where did you get the info that FINA rules (this one?) don't apply to masters. I must say this surprises me, but so does going back to the previous century rules (1994-96?!).
For me and my fellow swimmers bodysuits/legskins are a good thing
we don't have to shave to race in the same (body hair) conditions, we just wear a suit, and in this respect (and others) the cheaper ones do as well
We get significant thermal protection when in open water events (water can be cold around here)
I guess all sort of pro/con arguments can be made but however much i love the ocean i don't like freezing in it's cold water, and the extended coverage does help a lot (as we are also generating body heat from the swimming).
So even if there's a rule on tissue i would prefer the current allowable body coverage to be maintained (shoulder to ankle). But is it a sure thing that it won't ??!!
I'll sure keep my legskins for the ocasional ocean training
As a disclaimer I must say I own a swim shop. From this it is my experience that swimmers with strong legs (mostly master swimmers) have a problem with jammer as they get to tight from the elastic just above the knee, this problem does not happen with legskins (no problem at the ankle). Legskins are also great in Open Water (they still protect a lot from the cold but you fell completely free, whereas in long events bodysuit friction can make you hurt)
Regards
VC22
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And I don't think this mean all tech suits are illegal. The textile only stipulation would suggest to me they are rolling things back to the pre-LZR days.
From reading some reports, they will limit coverage to around 1996 standards for men and women.
