Please share your Tech Suit Eulogies here. It's just a matter of time before they're gone for good.
Morn the passing,
celebrate the life.
Remember the moments.
Share your stories, anecdotes.
Personify your suit.
Tech Suit you were so good to me. You helped me keep it together when I was falling apart (at the end of my races) Despite the rips & wardrobe malfunctions we had some pretty good times together and it's sad to think you're really gonna split. I hope the powers that be won't take you from me, but if they do, I'll miss you and the slick floaty feeling you gave me when we swam together as one.
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since this thread has inspired some haikus I figured I would get in on the action with a slightly more epic poem that even rhymes occasionally... It's full of conspiracy theory, butt cracks and thinly veiled FINA bashing... I think you'll like it :)
When Speedo launched the LZR everyone thought it was spectacular,
Times were fast and men's swimming was much less butt-crack-ular.
This was the future of swimming! Sponsored coaches wanted you knowing,
smiling on tv, their paid faces glowing
Swimming was popular with all... which was kind of a first,
Maybe it was because a swimmer could look like a super hero instead of a buff European tourist?
But when new faster suits came out, all of a sudden they became a complete "travesty,"
Tech suits were evil and cheating and needed to be banned most rapidly!
Some people were happy and some were aghast,
but everyone noticed when Ricky's Jaked split right down his ass.
FINA flipped and they flopped while they changed their minds weekly,
They decided to overreact instead of making small changes discreetly.
"No more tech suits! Who would allow such a thing?
Go buy some jammers and meet us back around 1993!"
When FINA was asked, "what about the original decision to make our tech suits legal?"
They said "dude, didn't you know... FINA stands for :censor: It, Not Applicable?"
since this thread has inspired some haikus I figured I would get in on the action with a slightly more epic poem that even rhymes occasionally... It's full of conspiracy theory, butt cracks and thinly veiled FINA bashing... I think you'll like it :)
When Speedo launched the LZR everyone thought it was spectacular,
Times were fast and men's swimming was much less butt-crack-ular.
This was the future of swimming! Sponsored coaches wanted you knowing,
smiling on tv, their paid faces glowing
Swimming was popular with all... which was kind of a first,
Maybe it was because a swimmer could look like a super hero instead of a buff European tourist?
But when new faster suits came out, all of a sudden they became a complete "travesty,"
Tech suits were evil and cheating and needed to be banned most rapidly!
Some people were happy and some were aghast,
but everyone noticed when Ricky's Jaked split right down his ass.
FINA flipped and they flopped while they changed their minds weekly,
They decided to overreact instead of making small changes discreetly.
"No more tech suits! Who would allow such a thing?
Go buy some jammers and meet us back around 1993!"
When FINA was asked, "what about the original decision to make our tech suits legal?"
They said "dude, didn't you know... FINA stands for :censor: It, Not Applicable?"
