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INDEPENDANCE DAY RECYCLING OF PICS

I WAS GOING OVER THIS WAXHAW NC BASED PHOTOGRAPHER'S INSTAGRAM AND I NOTICED THAT HE DID A PHOTOSHOOT COMPILATION FOR JULY 4TH 2020.....AND SO SINCE I HAVENT SEEN THEM AND NONE OF YOU EITHER...LETS ENJOY A PANDEMIC YEAR HOLIDAY PHOTO SESSION POST-PANDEMICLY A YEAR LATER
MORE PICS: https://greatfon.com/v/jlphotosclt

THESE 2 ARE FROM 6 MONTHS AGO:


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MY GF:

SO DAVIS... IS THAT A 25 TO 30 YEAR OLD 'SAD-ASS' PHOTO OF YOURS; AND THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY???; OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING HAPPENED NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR HER WERE YOU?....LOL

MORE OF A COMMENT/FIND THAN AN ACTUAL POST BUT I WILL THROW IN SOME PHOTOS:

I DISCOVERED ON FLIKR ALMOST A YEAR AGO OR SO AN ITALIAN JUNIOR REGIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OUT OF MODENA ITALY WHO AS I SAID COVERS THESE 'HIGH SCHOOL-AGED' OR EARLY COLLEGE REGIONAL SWIM EVENTS MOSTLY IN THE BOLOGNA REGION.... https://www.flickr.com/photos/ilfogliani/albums
WHAT I DID NOT KNOW WAS HE HAS HIS OWN SITE WHERE HE UPDATES THESE EVENTS SHOWS RESULTS AND A COUPLE OF PHOTOS AND DIRECTS MORE PICS AS A LINK TO ALL OF HIS ALBUMS ON FLIKR.... https://vaporidicloro.com/
AT THE VERY TOP OF THE PAGE HE WRITES:

VAPORI DI CLORO
Acqua e fuffa. Attenzione: inalare con moderazione. Induce alla web-dipendenza.
WHICH I RECOGNIZE FROM MY SPANISH; I DONT SPEAK ITALIAN...CLOROX OR BLEACH SMELLING ATTENTION INHALE WITH MODERATION. IT WILL INDUCE WEB DEPENDANCY; MEANING YOU WILL BE HOOKED....WELL IVE BEEN HOOKED ON THESE SWIM MEET PHOTOS ALREADY SINCE I SIGNED ON VERY INTERESTING WARNING

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and speaking of finds Lúcio Dias Filho a brazilian photographer on flikr as well has not a set but more like an album of sets of photos totaling well over one thousand on just one gal: CARINA MASSAROTTI
instead of posting a ton of photos on each and every set i will do several for more go to: https://www.flickr.com/photos/33973419@N00/albums

AND AS I SAID IN YESTERDAY'S TIGHT SHORTS THREAD POST...WHEN ORGANIZED SPORTS RESTARTED BACK UP THEY WERE PANICKED AND BASICALLY FORCED ATHLETES TO WEAR MASKS MOST ALL THE TIMES WHEN THEY WERENT IN THE POOL AND SO YOU HAD A 'CORONA-VIRUS SAFE' ENVIRONMENT...OBVIOUSLY THESE WERE BEFORE THE VACCINES WERE READILY AVAILABLE AND THE DELTA VARIANT WAS NO WHERE TO BE SEEN YET...THINGS HAVE CHANGED LATELY; thats why i said that some of these photos are going to start to look dated in the not-to-distant future.
these photos are also 3000+ x 5000+ up to 19mb large but not exactly high def resolution on smugmug

edit normally i add an edit to the end but i found @steph_ology and so i started saving photos:

and then i saw this one; no wonder she looks good to me..... its from 4 years ago; shes 29 now miss puerto rico doing her thing 4 years removed from her crown



OCCASIONALLY IF I CAN HONE IN ON HER PERSONAL INSTAGRAM, USUALLY EASY, I CAN GET MORE PHOTOS OF THE SAME GAL AND SOMETIMES INCLUDING HER IN LEGGINGS

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AHH YES EXPECT TONS OF GIRLWATCHING; EVEN BY FELLOW ATHLETES:



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BREAKING NEWS FROM CNN......

HERES A REMINDER OF WHAT I SAID ON FRI AUG20TH IN THE LEGGINGS THREAD:

davislove wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:14 am [comment] with the chaos going on in Kabul....i wonder if the taliban can roll out an ap/phone number to be able to call for a taliban authorized 'UBER' pickup service for all of the citizens and afghan visa/translators and those offered to be out of afghanistan as promised???
the lines into the airport are so long they can be seen from space....absolute unorganized chaos at the airport with blocked roads and slim chance to be able for american citizens to roll up to the airport to be evacuated...looks like there are tons of checkpoints to navigate even with proper paperwork in hand hence my idea to get a ''UBER" type service with a taliban driver authorized to pick you up and get thru/sail all of those checkpoints to the airport for evacuation...and yes good luck getting a regular city taxi....you wont make it

I OBVIOUSLY MEANT IT AS A JOKE BUT THE BREAKING NEWS TODAY IS THAT IT WAS NOT A JOKE....THE USA NEGOTIATED WITH THE TALIBAN TO PROVIDE AN ESCORT TO AMERICANS, PICK THEM UP FROM DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AND BRING THEM TO THE GATES OF THE AIRPORT AT A DESIGNATED SECRET GATE ....SO NOT EXACTLY AN 'UBER' AS I EXAGERATED BUT IT WAS A 'TRUSTED' TALIBAN DRIVER(S) GOING TO 'SAFE' LOCATIONS NEAR KABUL'S AIRPORT TO PICK UP ROUNDED UP AMERICAN CITIZENS IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH STATE DEPARTMENT [ON WHERE TO GO] AND AS I JOKINGLY SAID 'SAIL RIGHT THRU' THE TALIBAN CHECKPOINTS AND INTO THE AIRPORT SAFELY FOR EVACUATION the occupiers have total control and you have directly negotiated with them it just made total sense that they needed to be used since no american soldiers could venture out into the city to fetch stranded citizens so my joke at least made sense logically and it turns out that thats KINDA what happened..... the uber phrasing was for laughs of course; that was never ever going to happen...it will be many many years before you see uber establish their services in afghanistan
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/31/politics ... index.html

AS YOU READ THAT ITS NOT EXACTLY AS I SAID IT WOULD BE or was BUT PRETTY DAMN CLOSE and definitely a very good prediction/guess really pulled that one out of thin air on my part but as i said earlier it was to me a logical deduction based on the pressing circumstances of the situation at hand with just days to get the hell out.

TWO VERY CONTRASTING EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME FRAME, BOTH OPEN WATER SWIMS...ONE WITH NO REGARDS TO MASKING AND CORONA VIRUS HERE IN THE USA AND THE OTHER IN SPAIN A 'CORONA VIRUS-SAFE' CONCERNED ENVIRONMENT....................................
FIRST
BY SWIM ACROSS AMERICA IN Roger Wheeler State Beach IN RHODE ISLAND
Saturday, September 11, 2021 https://www.flickr.com/photos/52650774@ ... 9851019424


2NDLY
Campeonato de Castilla-La Mancha Open de Aguas Abiertas
IN Laguna del Rey (Ruidera) SPAIN, 18 de septiembre 2021 [SO BASICALLY A WEEK APART] https://www.flickr.com/photos/fnclm/alb ... 9890932007



SO AS YOU CAN SEE [BY THE WAY PARDON THE LABELING AS I WAS GOING TO FILE THE SPANISH ONES AS TRIATHLONS] DEPENDING ON THE COUNTRY YOU ARE IN THERE ARE STILL PRECAUTIONS AND RULES IN EFFECT ON TRYING TO RUN AN ORGANIZED ATHLETIC EVENT...AS FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY YET UNVACCINATED THAT I AM WOULD PROBABLY HAVE ATTENDED THAT SPANISH ONE IF GIVEN A CHOICE AS IT WAS INDEED A CORONA VIRUS-SAFELY CONDUCTED EVENT

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AND SOME OTHER UNRELATED ADDITIONS TO THIS POST:
start it out with married italian swimmer @mariasofia_paparo ive featured her before and i can show her in some leggings as i have thoroughly searched her instagram......AH YES ON THAT VERY LAST PHOTO OF THE PAIR; you can start to see that all of that fine italian cooking&pizza that they are enjoying is starting to show up in photos and if that continues i doubt shes going to be winning too many more medals-- UNLESS SHES EXPECTING???:lol:

and yes even an italian paraolympic swimmer can find some love; as in ''MY GF"
shes https://www.instagram.com/giulia__terzi/ 26 years old.
At age four she was diagnosed with congenital scoliosis, a condition that causes a sideways curvature of the spine. She had three operations on her vertebrae between 2015 and 2017. "I practically have a titanium spine. Those operations have also affected my nerves, so I have difficulty moving my left arm and leg. At home I use crutches for short distances, and to go out I have to use a wheelchair. SHE TOOK A COUPLE OF MEDALS IN TOKYO





AND FINALLY SHOULD THERE BE A (unusual) REQUEST BY OUR MODERATOR OR FORUM OWNER TO ONLY POST 'CORONA VIRUS-SAFE' SWIM GALS...
I CAN CERTAINLY with ease find @ COMPLY WITH SUCH A REQUEST...obviously i wont know if they are or arent vaccinated but at least they will be fully masked

original [sized 8256x5500 pixels 1.75 mb] from jun5th same spanish source i mentioned who covers regional swim meets from la mancha province in spain...i hosted the photo with imgcoo.com if you right click and open in another window you will see the full sized version.YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE EACH DROPLET OF WATER/SKIN PORES ON HER SKINS THATS HOW MUCH OF AN HD PHOTO IT IS

UNFORTUNATELY....BACK IN MY HIGH SCHOOL DAYS DECADES AGO...PE CLASS WAS STRICTLY SEGREGATED; THE GIRLS WERE AS FAR AWAY AS YOU COULD see them if they were on the fields AND IN STAGGERED TIMES TO TRY NOT Coincide....NO SUCH POSSIBLE MINGLING YOU SEE HERE ON THIS 1ST PHOTO-but no swim classes either were offered involving pe or phys ed:


ITALIAN @@carlottascarpitti & OTHERS

VERY RARE TO SEE AN ID PASSPORT-LIKE SHOWN A FEW TIMES ON HER INSTAGRAM....VERY TOMBOYISH LIKE RUSSIAN; IN FACT HER APPEARANCE DOES LOOK LIKE A MALE; MAYBE THATS WHY....I REMEMBER POSTING @shura_shark_97 AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE-SHE COMPETES IN FINSWIMMING-NOWADAYS HOWEVER WE NEED TO SEE A VACCINE PASSPORT/CARD MUCH MORE USEFUL THAN YOUR REGULAR ID TO EVEN WALK IN TO A RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK FOR EXAMPLE...OR GO TO WORK...

this last photo is from 6 years ago...no sex transplant surgery i guess...russians have a reputation for performance enhancing substances that will affect womens appearance and voice
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fabriZio flogiani_ON flikr covers these local/REGIONAL swim meets competitions over in RICCIONE italy for high school and early college aged gals in up to original 4000x6000 pixel sized ones; more next time...........................

and from time to time you get to see excellent physiques as in 'pinup-like' photos for those of us who enjoy these swimracer dressed gals

GOOD TO SEE SOME 'CORONA VIRUS SAFE' GALS; all wearing their masks still and last few photos enjoying a swim amidst the snowy scenic background....i wonder what the temps outside and in the water were?

and we will finish up with a long time staple of the swim racer long/ankle length and swim meet/competition photos, a specialty of mines on this forum:


AND THE REASON I KNOW THESE PHOTOS ARE HOT IS THE GIRLWATCHING GOING ON IN THIS CASE FROM A LINE JUDGE/OFFICIAL AND INTERESTING TO NOTE ITS THE VERY SAME GAL BUT DIFFERENT VENUE AND I CAN TELL BY HER DIMPLES ON HER FACE...DIFFERENT SWIM CAP HOWEVER....THE SAME SWIMSUIT AND HER 3 DIMPLES ON HER LEFT CHEEK IS HOW I NOTICED ITS THE SAME GAL {thanks to the HD-quality photography of his photos}


source is fabrizio fogliani on flikr who covers regional swim meets in italy he is based out of the bologna italy region and has his own site as well https://vaporidicloro.com/
WENT TO HIS PAGE AND I SAW THIS PHOTO:

looks like an 'ice swimming ' venue is being prepared/set-up....DONT EXPECT TO HAVE SEX WITH THE WINNER OR LOSER FOR THAT MATTER THAT EVENING....AS she will be telling you thats shes TOO cold and as we all know women dont operate too well sexually when their FREEZING

I DOUBT THE STARTER OF THE RACE WILL LINGER TOO LONG BEFORE SENDING THEM OFF AS THOSE FEET WILL 'STICK' TO THE STARTING BLOCK IF HE WAITS TOO LONG TO SEND THEM OFF
need some booties or specialty socks of some kind to avoid a 'frozen foot'
photographers are going to have to be quick as you can probably imagine to catch the 'hot/frozen girls' in their swim racer suits...they will be bundled up within a couple of seconds from emerging from the pool-no pre swim stretching either as is typical at swim meets.

davislove wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 9:25 am

Oh, i like Butts eating Leotards!

NO THE SWIMMING POOL IS N0T 100+ FEET DEEP....I THINK THE MINI SCUBA TANKS ARE USED SINCE THEY HAVE TO SWIM ALL OF THE LAPS UNDERWATER I SUPPOSE....THERE ISNT ANY OTHER EXPLANATION THAT I CAN COME UP WITH.
i have seen and even posted an indoor pool apnea video@photos where they fin-paddle underwater but on one breath-no scuba tank. i have seen underwater hockey but again its holding their breath no scuba tanks. i have seen enough 'dateline nbc and 24 hours' murder mysteries programs where the husband drowns the wife not going to work if the gal has one of these mini scuba scuba tanks handy
or....another possible explanation would be they are being organized into a 'search@recovery' team as a swimmer lost an earring and they will use the tanks to stay submerged as long as possible as they go over the bottom of the pool 'with a fine toothcone' to recover the lost earring


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AND LETS CLOSE IT OUT WITH ITALIAN SWIMMER 24 YR OLD NATALIA FOFFI @littlemune_ WHO HAS THE STAMINA TO HANDLE 2 GUYS ACCORDING TO THIS FIRST PHOTO; AND I FOUND HER WEARING LEGGINGS ON HER INSTAGRAM AS A BONUS:

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SORRY FOR THE LARGE DUMP OF PHOTOS....JUST OVERLOOKED HOW MANY I HAD COLLECTED
AHH YES THESE GALS ARE CORONA VIRUS PROTECTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION...





edit 2/5 just found this photo thats the backside to one that i posted................

VERY VERY SEXY@ATTRACTIVE FISHERWOMEN 1ST GAL [~10 photos including one in a wetsuit] IS LOCAL @helloitslloutdoors because of where i live and the subtropical weather [its been 80+ degrees for a few days now and will continue until we get a cold front this weekend] there are lots of fishing charter boats/tours that do big business. a month ago we had the resumption of the annual boat show, largest in the world.











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A HANDFUL OF THE [full length] SWIM RACER ONES are Egyptians...they have a strong finswimming team










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note some of the following are repeats from a 2 posts before this one so pardon those [what happened was i added lots more without deleting the original ones] shes colombian @anabelenmejiaarcila i also added her in leggings ones




















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AND WE WILL END IT WITH ONE OF THE EGYPTIANS @sama_zakariaa.15 IN LEGGINGS....i know this isnt the thread for that but an exception is needed since its relevant to this thread...if i post her over there then 'it gets lost in the wash':





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i wonder why there hasnt been more promotion regarding the 'tiny scuba tank' shown above used in underwater swim laps...its easy to carry and great for snorkeling and extending free dives to explore underwater...i am sure this comes in handy to explore the cenotes in mexico and underwater caves...maybe a tenth of the oxygen supply of a regular scuba tank but when combined with breath control as in apnea/freediving you can get close to 10 minutes underwater or more...these could have come in handy in that thailand cave rescue a couple of years ago [The 12 boys and their soccer coach who were rescued from a flooded cave 2019] had there been these tanks left inside the cave they could have come out earlier on their own; gained world wide news...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue
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edit 3/10 on flikr a photographer who covers regional swim meets in Riccione is a city in the Emilia-Romagna who i follow closely...just saw that even in Italy still they are still using masks:

photo taken march5th
on a side note:
Since the 1930s Riccione gained the status of main destination of summer tourism on the Adriatic Riviera of Romagna, and, together with Rimini, is one of the best known seaside resorts in Northern Italy. Tourism is massive, including mostly young people attracted by its great nightlife. The seafront is a long boulevard, shaped by a road and an equally developed bicycle lane, that reaches up to the town's end going along the sea. Riccione also attracts families with children, thanks to its theme parks, hotels organize babysitting for kids all day in the hotel and on the beach. Every two years, a festival called the Festival Del Sol takes place.
https://www.italymagazine.com/riccione

WHEN I ARRIVED HERE ON THIS FORUM MY SPECIALTY IS/WAS FINDING THOSE SWIM MEET ONES...back then they allowed the suits all the way to the ankles nowadays its knee length...they did allow the longer ones for finswimming, triathlons and apnea

























CORONA VIRUS SAFE GIRLS:

DAVIS LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE MAKING YOURE MOVE IN ON THE THE ITALIAN ONE...ISNT IT (Like the Brits like to put it)


Roma, 24 Natalia Foffi @littlemune_



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ONE OF THE GALS ABOVE IS UKRANIAN @irina_pikiner_1

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MY SPECIALTY IS THE ACTUAL COMPETITION ONES IE THE THIGH LENGTH ONES - many of those above as well; THESE IN HIGHER/LARGER RESOLUTION MOSTLY FROM FLIKR:

























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AND FINALLY I LOVE SEEING THESE GALS; WHO HAVE ALREADY CHOSEN THE GUYS IN THESE CASE TO HAVE A AWESOME [SEXUAL] THREESOME
ACTUALLY.................THE CAPTION READ:
"We are so excited to partner with LSU Swim as an official Speedo-Sponsored team''


@lsuswimdive

nostalgia i saw on their instagram: the 1977 lady tigers team.....i assure you they dont look like this anymore...appx 64,65,66 year olds today

not quite one-piece suits....these are the old school 2 piece variety type

Gorgeous Post!

Amalie Mikkelsen, danish Swimmer and Victoria Bierre


US Collegiate Sports:
Fresno State University Women Swim and Dive Team

Album (to download one zip-file click the three dots under the blue next button) https://imgur.com/a/GICDkkg

UC Davis, Women Swim Team First Aid Training


Florida Gulf Coast University Women Swim Team

Lamakh Sophia
Athlete
Ukrainian National Finswimmer
International Master Of Sport
Senior World Championship 2021


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AS YOU CAN SEE FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PICS; ONE OF THE CULTULU GALS IS 7 MONTHS PREGNANT; GUESS SHE WONT BE APPEARING IN ANY MORE PICS WEARING THESE SUPER SEXY SWIMWEAR FOR A WHILE IF EVER














THATS ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES WITH SMUGMUG IS THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT A PARTICULAR GAL'S PAGE AND FIND MORE ON HER.....

[LAST 3 PHOTOS INTERESTING COMBINATION OF SWIMSUIT+LEGGINGS]





























































LAST DOZEN OR SO PICS MUST BE PRETTY HOT I FIGURE AND A CLUE TO THAT WAS WHEN I SAW THE FELLOW GIRLWATCHING TEAM COMPETITOR/MEMBER:


AND FINALLY....FROM FINLAND; @jasminepajari A LITTLE TOO NIPPY TO DO SOME FINSWIMMING THIS MORNING ISNT IT?


i read and i've posted that it is a tradition to take a dip in freezing water for finlanders...water temps are 32 while the ambient temps are below so yes a quick dip and cover up quickly once out of the water is quite refreshing for sure-they only do it once a year.....sure to keep you well awake

PS: JUST DID A LITTLE SEARCH ON THE FINLANDER: Jasmine Pajari
SHES QUITE ACCOMPLISHED, Producer Radio Show Host Finswimmer
Team Leader Finland National Team FS
Scuba instructor Motorcyclist Travel enthusiast FROM HER INSTAGRAM:

Florida Gulf Coast University Womens Swim Team


University of Rhode Island Womens Swim Team

SMU Mustangs

UCLA

University of Arkansas Swim Team 2021 Trojans

University of Arkansas Swim Team 2022 Trojans

FSU Swim and Dive

FINALLY AN AMERICAN INDIAN IS PULLED OUT OF A RESERVATION {Choctaw Nation} FOR A PHOTO SHOOT


IF YOU ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD AND not buying it; YOU ARE CORRECT:
KAMERA KASINO
Thailand based International Photographer
PATTAYA Beach
FACEBOOK: KAMERA KASINO PRO
YOUTUBE: KAMERA KASINO
500px.com/kamerakasino PHOTO FROM HIS FLIKR: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kamerakasino/
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--the reservations where these native americans where put into had no scenic sea/ocean views; mostly landlocked in the west--photo i posted looked pretty convincing at 1st glance; hair color skin color and swimsuit style ;

THE ANKLE LENGTH SWIM COMPETITION SUIT WAS DISCONTINUED BY FINA FOR SWIMMING RACES A FEW YEARS AFTER I JOINED THIS FORUM [AROUND 2010 OR SO: FINA banned most LZR models that covered the whole body but allowed those that covered part of the leg to be used in racing.]

AS YOU VETERANS KNOW THESE SUITS WERE NEVER EVER DISCONTINUED FROM BEING SHOWN BY YOURS TRULLY SINCE I STARTED WITH YOU ALL...
THEY WERE ALLOWED TO BE USED IN FINSWIMMING AND IN TRIATHLONS AND OPENWATER SWIMS....i remember starting the swim meet competitions thread which was merged into the thread you now see today...




the one shown here IS NEW TO ME; almost has the look of a wetsuit; akronitalia.com
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and close it out with some 'naughty' ENGLISH TEENAGERS from across the pond as they say:






VERY LOVELY INDEED ISNT IT?............

davislove wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:30 am THE ANKLE LENGTH SWIM COMPETITION SUIT WAS DISCONTINUED BY FINA FOR SWIMMING RACES A FEW YEARS AFTER I JOINED THIS FORUM [AROUND 2010 OR SO: FINA banned most LZR models that covered the whole body but allowed those that covered part of the leg to be used in racing.]

AS YOU VETERANS KNOW THESE SUITS WERE NEVER EVER DISCONTINUED FROM BEING SHOWN BY YOURS TRULLY SINCE I STARTED WITH YOU ALL...
THEY WERE ALLOWED TO BE USED IN FINSWIMMING AND IN TRIATHLONS AND OPENWATER SWIMS....i remember starting the swim meet competitions thread which was merged into the thread you now see today...

FINA banned the "shiny suit" which was developed by NASA and Speedo prior to the 2004 Olympics, because they felt it gave too much of a competitive advantage to those swimmers and teams that can afford to buy those suits. It was like performance-enhancement that you could wear because the suits reduced drag and compressed the body to make them sleeker. In 2008 during the Beijing Summer Olympics, the records were falling left and right in the Water Cube, and Michael Phelps earned his eight gold medals. Analysts felt that the records set then would be stapled to the wall forever.

However, a 2019 article from Swimming World stated that every world record set during that competition have been taken down since 2009, including by Katie Ledecky, and only the men's freestyle relay record from 2008 remains. I can see the banning of neoprene and the requirement to have air-permeable fabrics and no zippers, but I don't know why they have to limit the length to the knee and have men be bare-chested.

VanMan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:13 am

davislove wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:30 am THE ANKLE LENGTH SWIM COMPETITION SUIT WAS DISCONTINUED BY FINA FOR SWIMMING RACES A FEW YEARS AFTER I JOINED THIS FORUM [AROUND 2010 OR SO: FINA banned most LZR models that covered the whole body but allowed those that covered part of the leg to be used in racing.]

AS YOU VETERANS KNOW THESE SUITS WERE NEVER EVER DISCONTINUED FROM BEING SHOWN BY YOURS TRULLY SINCE I STARTED WITH YOU ALL...
THEY WERE ALLOWED TO BE USED IN FINSWIMMING AND IN TRIATHLONS AND OPENWATER SWIMS....i remember starting the swim meet competitions thread which was merged into the thread you now see today...

FINA banned the "shiny suit" which was developed by NASA and Speedo prior to the 2004 Olympics, because they felt it gave too much of a competitive advantage to those swimmers and teams that can afford to buy those suits. It was like performance-enhancement that you could wear because the suits reduced drag and compressed the body to make them sleeker. In 2008 during the Beijing Summer Olympics, the records were falling left and right in the Water Cube, and Michael Phelps earned his eight gold medals. Analysts felt that the records set then would be stapled to the wall forever.

However, a 2019 article from Swimming World stated that every world record set during that competition have been taken down since 2009, including by Katie Ledecky, and only the men's freestyle relay record from 2008 remains. I can see the banning of neoprene and the requirement to have air-permeable fabrics and no zippers, but I don't know why they have to limit the length to the knee and have men be bare-chested.

i searched and this is what i referenced: https://oacasinnovations.weebly.com/fin ... %20product.
i quoted directly from what came up on bing: Following years of controversy around the performance enhancement of racing suits, FINA in 2008 implemented a ban on their production. Although the ban did not come into effect until January 2010, new laws deemed the Speedo LZR an illegal and therefore obsolete product.
thanks VAN Man for the notification
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BUT AS I ORIGINALLY SAID THE SUITS WERE NEVER BANNED FROM BEING SEEN ON THIS FORUM NOT IF I COULD HELP IT!!!!!!!!!

THEY ARE QUITE COSTLY...HERE IS THE VERY LATEST COLOR ARRIVAL;
JAKED CARBON Blue champagne!
[IVE ONLY SEEN JUST 2 GALS WEARING IT AND IT WILL SET YOU BACK 310€]
BUT YOUR GIRLFRIEND WILL LOOK SO 'F'-ING HOT WEARING IT:





SHES Katerina Maniati
@katerina_maniati
Finswimmer [EL GRECO....HAVENT POSTED A GREEK ONE IN A WHILE]

[THAT LAST PHOTO SHOWS A GUY IN 'GIRLWATCHING' MODE PROBABLY IN THE POOL AND IN THE STANDS SO I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT SUIT ON HER IS 'WAY MORE AWESOMMER']
HERES THE ONLY OTHER GAL FROM FRANCE IN THAT COLOR SUIT:


THEY ARE ALMOST A SUBSTITUTE FOR WEARING A CATSUIT; A dressier type catsuit-like the ones were i show the bachata dance ones in the youtube...i assume these are a super tight fit more restrictive than a dressier catsuit...so really designed for swimming not for anything else...i remember reading that in competition they are so uncomfortable to put on and gals just want out of them as soon as possible...i remember reading something to that effect some years ago.

I SAID casually THAT IT WILL SET YOU BACK QUITE A BIT OF MONEY AND THAT YOUR GF WILL LOOK SO GOOD....well that is if shes got the ideal athletic body shape; no you cant walk into any swimming apparel store and pick one of these up...they have to be ordered since its made for a purpose and so if your wife is a 'fat slob' she will never ever fit into this thing
goes without saying that you would have to be dating an athlete in the right sport for this swimsuit to make her 'f-ing hot'

HERES ONE GUY WHO WILL SPEND THE MONEY ON ITALIAN @silviaa.sevii

HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Italian Finswimming 2018 World Championship 2018 Universiade 2019 Mediterranean Beach Games Motor Science TRENTO - MODENA

SO YES IF YOUR GF HAS AN ATHELETES SHAPE TALL AND LANKY YOU WILL SPEND THE $$$$$ TO MAKE HER LOOK SUPER SEXY
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OFF TOPIC 'that IS insane!
I WANTED TO BUILD A YELLOWSTONE LODGE HOUSE RIVER VIEWS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBqDs5nIsGU