Speedo Friendly Beach List

[LongIsland Tom]

Your thought process confuses me. How do you convert my comment that I am "Glad to see so many responses" into me being upset?

[knikon]

Reviving this for no good reason... Laguna Beach in CA is great for speedos. Last time I went 80% of the guys were in speedos. You may catch 1 or 2 in Hunnington bch too.

Venice and Palos Verdes are speedo friendly in cali too

[Byron]

Re. post#16 some beach nostalgia here where they have probably been speedo*-friendly for a long time:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/chr...one/tags/beach

*use the term as widely as you wish

Lots of pics but rather dominated by NJ* - there are nevertheless others you may recognise. Captions of seventy years ago are amusing - all sorts of suits are "brief" and those gaudy prints we see on boardies today would be very "loud".

*that part for NJHunkguy

(LIT#18-join the club)

[Blue Nike]

Off topic from "speedo friendly beach list" but prompted by Byron's trip down nostalgia lane. During the 1970's, 2 print sources I used to look forward to where I could catch glimpses of men in what I thought were very brief (and very attractive) swimwear: 1st, the Sunday New York Times Travel Section, and its advertisements for Caribbean vacations, and 2nd, the occasional shot of European competitive swimmers, especially (as I recollect) the East German teams. Does anyone have a stash of these to share? Were the suits as brief as I remember them, or is my mind playing tricks on me?

[Byron]

Yes, they were and good pics could often be found in the free holiday brochures sent by travel operators.
I had quite a stash - unfortunately all binned many years ago as I grew up.
DDR swimmers were certainly good - but too good ( doping scandal, 1976 Montreal Olympics).

[Byron]

As I mentioned NJH I will slot this in also to bring us more up to date - but must ask him for beach location as I suspect not NJ this time (btw, against what was Gunnison so fortified?)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2249/2...18cd8f9b0f.jpg

[Byron]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/...577d853fea.jpg

Head hammock from 1963 - can we assume this essential beach accessory never got far ?

[NJHunkguy]

Originally Posted by Byron

As I mentioned NJH I will slot this in also to bring us more up to date - but must ask him for beach location as I suspect not NJ this time (btw, against what was Gunnison so fortified?)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2249/2...18cd8f9b0f.jpg

It was Laurence Harbor beach, NJ. Located in the inner bay, not facing the Atlantic Ocean. The land in the background was Staten Island, NY. There were pollution problem in the water in recent year, so swimming is not longer allow. Sunning is OK. And further troubled with erosion caused by Hurricane Sandy.