Help me find this speedo please

[afewgoodmen]

Originally Posted by Torchwatch

The style of the green suit photo suggests that it is quite an old picture.
The green suit is not just matt but appears to be faded matt. I suspect that this is an old faded suit photographed a long time ago, probably with a film camera (the pixels don't break up easily. My guess is that this is an early 1980's nylon suit.

There are 2 lines of text on the red suit, and some white text/logo under the swimmers left hand. The photo breaks up as soon as it is zoomed in on, suggesting a basic digital camera.
I suggest the red suit is TYR Durafast: http://www.tyr.com/shop/solid-durafast-racer.html

Thanks Torchwatch, I think you are correct that it is the TYR durafast. It just seems though the depth on the sideseam is less on the diver compared to the pic on the TYR website. Then again, it's hard to tell on the TYR website since they do not shows pics of anybody actually posing in it.

I have emailed TYR again to see if they can tell me the specs on the suit.
Thanks again!

[Byron]

Torchwatch explains a lot on what I found strange about the green suit pic.
To quote Mrs Slocombe* for Durafast "I am unanimous in that opinion"

*from old tv sit-com.

[Swimmboy]

I think this is a TYR Durafast suit. The reason it appears 'briefer' than those on the TYR site probably has a simple explanation - the young man wearing it appears to be a diver, and divers are known to 'downsize' their suits (ie, if they normally wear a size 30, they might wear a 28, or even 26, for diving, so the suit won't slip down or off when they hit the water.) He appears to also be blessed with a healthy bulge in front, the weight of which is tugging down on the fabric which was already pushed down by his dive!

[afewgoodmen]

Let's not forget the beautiful hairy legs. The black hair gives a nice contrast to the bright red

[Byron]

in fact not far off Tomasso Rinaldi

[Byron]

"I'm falling in love with....."

Something here spotted by Louis - very cheap suits, including red - would seem to be no great loss on an order if not successful:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-Low-Ris...SA_MC_Swimwear

[Byron]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/4ff60098c...zs1o1_1280.jpg

Brand logo I do not know but it is .....EEDO with a long white arrow through it.
Fabric is unusual - not Lycra I would say, but what?