Coogee

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

What I do care about is when people bash my country unfairly. Speedos or any brief suits are as common on beaches in most countries as they are in the USA. Your original post certainly establishes that, Byron. Some places they are more common (Ogunquit, Maine; South Beach) and others not. I also think people get too hung upon why people wear boardies or whether they are the only one in a brief. I no more want to have someone tell me what to wear than I want to tell someone else what to wear. If a guy likes boardies, cool! If I like brief suits, cool! And heck, the right guy in board shorts is just as hot as the right guy in a brief.

A far better solution is if all the closet brief wearers just wore what they want. That would certainly increase the number of Speedos or other brands out there on the beaches.

[Byron]

I have to agree that we see a lot, and maybe too much, written on the lines of "too many boardies are outnumbering speedos on our beaches (and in some pools) and who or what is to blame for this relentless trend?"

I started this thread somewhat tongue in cheek as "buried in boardies" - but there is nevertheless a cogent point to be made if brief suits lose out 86-1 in pics from a "sexiest beach" in the land of the Speedo.