But this is disingenuous. As far as I can see, the only reason an individual wears these suits is to go faster; the other reasons are unconvincing, to say the least. But if the stakes are really so low, why should you care enough to spend $$$ to buy a high-tech suit to go faster?
I have never said I don't want to go faster. I want to go as fast as I can and do it using the most legal means possible. I just don't care what the people next to me are doing in heat.
If the suits remain legal for masters, then they are part of the equation to going as fast as I can. If FINA or USMS does ban them, then they won't be part of the equation to going faster, which won't necessarily be a bad thing. But I do hope we at least keep the textile ones legal. Another reason I would spend money on a bodysuit is that I really don't want to shave. Yea, I know there people who don't like that argument but unless you are somewhat hairy to really hairy, you have no idea how bad it is to shave. Someone said that even if you do wear a suit, you still have to shave. No, you really don't. Yea, some hair will stick through the suit but a bodysuit will still cut down on drastically on the drag created by the body hair.
I like Rob's suggestion of keeping the bodysuits made of textile material approved by FINA and getting rid of the rubbersuits. Yea, I have tried a rubberstyle suit...don't like how it feels...really itchy. The textile suits are much more comfortable, with less irriation, less controversy
But this is disingenuous. As far as I can see, the only reason an individual wears these suits is to go faster; the other reasons are unconvincing, to say the least. But if the stakes are really so low, why should you care enough to spend $$$ to buy a high-tech suit to go faster?
I have never said I don't want to go faster. I want to go as fast as I can and do it using the most legal means possible. I just don't care what the people next to me are doing in heat.
If the suits remain legal for masters, then they are part of the equation to going as fast as I can. If FINA or USMS does ban them, then they won't be part of the equation to going faster, which won't necessarily be a bad thing. But I do hope we at least keep the textile ones legal. Another reason I would spend money on a bodysuit is that I really don't want to shave. Yea, I know there people who don't like that argument but unless you are somewhat hairy to really hairy, you have no idea how bad it is to shave. Someone said that even if you do wear a suit, you still have to shave. No, you really don't. Yea, some hair will stick through the suit but a bodysuit will still cut down on drastically on the drag created by the body hair.
I like Rob's suggestion of keeping the bodysuits made of textile material approved by FINA and getting rid of the rubbersuits. Yea, I have tried a rubberstyle suit...don't like how it feels...really itchy. The textile suits are much more comfortable, with less irriation, less controversy
