MS with gold
 

Just noticed a pattern cut difference - his centre line blue, yours red

If I recall, Speedo didn't pattern match each suit, so the vertical lines didn't necessarily end up centered. I pawed through a few boxes (remember how Speedos used to come in boxes?) to find one that was perfect. Bet Mark Spitz didn't have to do that.

stars and stripes
 

OK - maybe better photo quality but prefer yours there.

Don't remember boxes but always snap-top plastic bags I think.
Speedos now always on hangers - sometimes as wire ones
contoured for stretched display (not sure that's a good thing
however as they could remain so for months).

Refrigerator Door V2.0
 

Printed more pictures yesterday to stick up on the door. Now I'm out of magnets!

the gallery
 

:) ....and soon the need for a bigger fridge too ?

Btw did you ever graduate from two skis to one?
(never could quite get my balance right there -
it's the same on snow as skis vs snowboard)

I never learned how to get up on one ski. Once up, I could drop one successfully. When that pic was taken, we were coming back from lunch on the other end of the lake, so leaving a ski behind was not an option.

sporting attempts
 

:D LOL - always possible to carry the spare and with one hand left for the pull bar?
Reminds me that in the early days of learning I was sure to keep the skis moving against the suction of soft sand when awaiting the tow in shallow water (several friends at the time were snatched skywards with nothing attached to the feet !)

As I suffer the after effects of the holidays, plus too much work and not enough laps, it's time to dust off my old refrigerator picture trick and this old thread.

There's never been a suit as cool as the old nylon Speedos!

Is that one of the original nylon suits or the lycra remake that came out in the 90's?
I almost cried when my original nylons finally wore out

PSDave: Original nylon!