need to be fit?

[Byron]

What you refer to is vaguely familiar - I do not recall exactly who said it but check the RNLI to see any advice they may have published on open water safety.

[Torchwatch]

Weak and non swimmers entering the water are more likely to get into difficulty and less likely to be wearing speedos or square cuts.
This might unbalance the safety aspect of wearing board shorts in the sea.
Also board shorts wearers may not have planned entering the water and are more more likely to have been drinking than speedo or square cut wearers who have planned to go to and into the water.

[knikon]

While more of a convience factor, out here in california there are many boardshorts that contain pockets. I go ocean kayaking and I lost a cellphone due to pockets in boardies. Speaking of kayacking, it is MUCH easier to board that thing after I've flipped it in a speedo. Never again will I wear shorts on my Kayack.

[Torchwatch]

Do you have a canoe or a surf ski?

[Byron]

http://bettermost.net/forum/index.ph...&topic=45731.0

Re. posts#1/16/19 etc.
Interesting to read speedo designer Peter Travis interviewed here three years ago (has anyone yet seen the appearance of the modesty wrap?)

[knikon]

Fantastic look into the history of our beloved suits. Jantzen had been making brief swimsuits as early as the 1920's but the speedo was the winner as it wasnt made of wool.

"I will create a new fashion … I want to design a swimsuit you can swim in’.”

While wearing one (I wore my little black one with yellow sides today) makes me feel great, all in all the reason I love them the most is their practicality. They just make sense.

[Torchwatch]

Am thinking of designing a speedo suit with a string. Pull the string and the suit inflates into board shorts..... yuk!