I started a similar poll before,but time has changed things and I thought since USMS is going to have to do something definitive so they should have some input from the forumites
Good article from Tony Austin here www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../22352.asp regarding the two different tech suit factions. Even has a part for non-competitors such as Galen:
"...or the slower lanes with the softest intervals. There you will find the swimmers wearing the open-water goggles because they take longer to fog up, fins that are a foot long so they can go swim faster, and if they are really ambitious, they may have hand-paddles that are the size of a pizza."
Good article from Tony Austin here www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../22352.asp regarding the two different tech suit factions. Even has a part for non-competitors such as Galen:
"...or the slower lanes with the softest intervals. There you will find the swimmers wearing the open-water goggles because they take longer to fog up, fins that are a foot long so they can go swim faster, and if they are really ambitious, they may have hand-paddles that are the size of a pizza."