Speedophobia

[TitanicJake]

I've had the same white speedo for years. I like wearing white in the water. Guess I'm a showoff.

I remember swimming with buds in a warm lake in August. One by one we all took off our speedos and swam & horsed around naked. It was so freeing. I loved the water hugging my body and I loved the sun all over my body. Everyone's body was more slippery without anything on. We even layed out naked after. I wonder if there is that type of comfort level anymore? If men are not going to sport a speedo, will they skinny dip?

The speedo is always the next best thing to being naked.
Jake

 

[EddieAztek]

You are a serious naked bastard Jake. You and your buddies love to be naked everywhere! Do you ever put back on your clothes? If I'm naked with you guys will you smack my ass with the towels like I am on your team?:wink: :biggrin1:

 

[TitanicJake]

You are a serious naked bastard Jake. You and your buddies love to be naked everywhere! Do you ever put back on your clothes? If I'm naked with you guys will you smack my ass with the towels like I am on your team?:wink: :biggrin1:

We are a bunch a roudy college friends who wrestled for 4 years. We are all very comfortable being naked talking, drinking, being silly or playing waterpolo. I never thought about the amount of time we spend together naked but I guess it is a lot especially counting the gym showers/locker room and wrestling on weekends.
Yeah man. We'd have your ass bright red (part of initiation).
Jake

 

[Industrialsize]

me too coach?

 

[muscleboy9]

If men are not going to sport a speedo, will they skinny dip?

American men are so ashamed of showing their naked bodies that skinny dipping is only a distant memory.

 

[DavidBD]

I am Proud of how I look in speedo's I see nothing wrong with wearing them at
all !!!! If you feel goog and look great why not show it!!!

I do wear my trunks to and from the pool area or beach and the I just slip them off!!

DavidBD

 

[deleted15807]

American men are so ashamed of showing their naked bodies that skinny dipping is only a distant memory.

American sensibility is built on the male member being invisible.

 

[ieatcats1426]

I'm not comfortable wearing a speedo or a hipster cut suit right now. However, I wouldn't mind wearing something like I guess it's called an L-cut. I wear it all the time for underarmor compression shorts, so I was wondering where I can get a pair of swimming shorts/trunks/whatever that actually have a bit of an inseam.

 

[LeeEJ]

I was wondering where I can get a pair of swimming shorts/trunks/whatever that actually have a bit of an inseam.

Either in Europe or at a store in a "gay" part of town.

I'm being serious about the store, too; the only place I could find around here that had something of the sort -- neither "beach shorts" nor a Speedo brief, but they have a bit of an inseam -- was at an adult shop here in the rather progressive northwest part of DC.

Or else you could always go online, of course.

 

[ieatcats1426]

Or else you could always go online, of course.

Yeah, I was hoping someone could point me to a website, all I can find is hipster/bikini/thong or long ass shorts.

 

[chico8]

The public swimming pool in a nearby town (northern CA) has a sign clearly stating that speedos aren't allowed.

That's sick.

 

[LeeEJ]

Yeah, I was hoping someone could point me to a website, all I can find is hipster/bikini/thong or long ass shorts.

You should be able to find something here:
http://abcunderwear.com/misw.html
http://www.undergear.com/subdept.asp?viewall=1&sid=466F3380160D617F&navtheme=dept&N=1540

The public swimming pool in a nearby town (northern CA) has a sign clearly stating that speedos aren't allowed.

That's sick.

That's stupid. And in Cali of all places, too.

(really, really trying to not bring either politics or religion into it)

 

[EddieAztek]

me too coach?

I guess we have to smack you too, dude.

 

[WellHung83]

My Dad was saying he is pissed that so many guys are becoming so embarrassed to be nude or semi naked around other blokes whatever their age was that he thought that the schools should make speedo wearing mandatory at swim meets or during PE, and perhaps even bring back the nude swimming days he says they used to have down at the YMCA type places before people got all 'but it's perverted' and stopped it.

 

[miloandtock1]

Back in the 1980s, you could go to the Jersey shore, a lake at state park (Hopatcong or Swartzwood were popular), or even old Action Park (a water theme park in Vernon, NJ) and I'd say one in three or one in four guys - and these are straight guys - would be in a bikini/speedo -even to walk around the water park and ride the water flumes etc...Even the lifeguards at Seaside, Wildwood or up at Swartzwood Lake would be in a bikini all day. Even hanging around a large outdoor pool at the athletic center of University of Illinois campus in summer of 1990 - alot or at least enough young guys - and lifeguards - were in speedos.
I was in my glory going to these places back then - even different ads in magazines (I'm thinking of a late 70s RonRico rum ad with a guy on a sailboat kissing a girl - he's wearing a black bikini) and swimsuit editions (non Sports Illustrated) of magazines - a guy model in a speedo was common. It certainly was the sexualiation of the male and the liberating 60s and 70s that lasted for awhile.
Another guide was watching the Olympics - as men's swimsuits became briefer and briefer for competitive reasons - watching the LA Games in 1984, Seoul in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992 were awesome -- I think by 92 they were at their skimpiest/narrowest side - and boy didnt Pablo Morales and company sure look good! And now - ugh! These ugly full body suits - I guess technology is better than our own skin!
I didnt like what happened in the 90s as the hip-hop culture and the "he must be gay" idea pervaded society. More and more men's bikinis became trunks and then these ridiculous baggy and long board shorts. Same thing with clothing - as young men wore baggy shorts (and boxers became the underwear of choice) and baggy pants more and more. The gay moniker stuck to guys who wore speedos. Very sad. I hate what happened. Feel free to write/email to share stories and thoughts!

 

[matt121matt121]

Back in the 1980s, .....

Makes me wish I grew up in the 70's, I love speedos and wish that everyone didn't make such a big deal about them since it is just a piece of clothing afterall, once that is actually practical and designed for swimming rather than the shorts that everyone wears today.

And then it gets even stupider when most guys wear normal cotton etc boxers or briefs under their swim trunks to add even more drag, weight, etc.

We need to work to stop this trend before it gets any worse or pretty soon everyone will be swimming fully covered.

Also may pools outside the US believe that speedo and other swimwear help to keep the pool cleaner.

Here is a sign that I created that should be posted at every pool nationwide!

Picture 1
Picture 2

 

[MuscleBound]

I have been an "exercise" swimmer for years. I swim two miles three or four times a week. Most of the other guys at my gym pool (which are almost all tri-athletes) wear a body suit. I assume they wear them because that's what they would wear in competition? I wear a shirt to create drag because I want to make the workout harder. I will also wear ankle weights for as long as my legs can stand it. The new SwimMP3 has really helped me build endurance.

Anyway, yes I wear a Speedo. If you stare, then I suppose you could measure the outline of my dick. I wear one because even though I want drag, I sure as hell don't want it there! I assume any kind of swim trunks that weren't form fitting would come off in a proper flip-turn? I must be missing something cause I don't know why a straight guy would care who saw him? If I could by with it I'd swim naked (or I guess a jockstrap because I wouldn't want to twist my balls) and create artifical drag somehow. I'm proud of my body. I look at other guys that are well buillt and who obviously have put the work into it. If you look good, why wouldn't you want to be admired for it? I can honestly say that do most of my workout for good health not for people to admire me, but that doesn't mean I don't like it.

However, I love board shorts. I wear them around my own pool at the house, and when I go to public pool or beach. I cut the pouch out cause I like the free swing. It's as close to naked as I can get legally. And I always get naked anywhere that I can get by with it.

 

[Bbucko]

I wore a bikini for many years, but lately I'm into square-cuts.

They just seem more modern somehow.

 

[tanhardbod]

Love this thread. It's just all about the double standard where women are expected to show off as much as possible while guys are expected to wear those stupid ass "clown shorts" which weigh ten pounds when wet and never dry. I have made it a point to stay in shape and wear a skimpy bikini (not a thong) at the beach every year just to fight the "conventional wisdom" that dudes can only wear big baggy shorts. I get lots of looks at the beach but no bad comments, I am muscular so I guess it gives pause. I do get a lot of smiles from women though most probably assume I'm just gay, not that there's anything wrong with that. I always get some dudes that stare with disbelief but I just ignore them or stare back til they look away. And why was that lifeguard so obsessed with Dolfs suit? Seems like she was more interested in your bulge and could'nt deal with it. What kind of suit was she wearing? I bet it was at least as revealing as her underwear and probably more so. Cheers for standing up for your rights man.

 

[matt121matt121]

Love this thread. It's just all about the double standard where women are expected to show off as much as possible while guys are expected to wear those stupid ass "clown shorts" which weigh ten pounds when wet and never dry. I have made it a point to stay in shape and wear a skimpy bikini (not a thong) at the beach every year just to fight the "conventional wisdom" that dudes can only wear big baggy shorts. I get lots of looks at the beach but no bad comments,

Great comment, we need to show all those baggy shorts boys how much fun there missing out on since Its impossible to actually swim swim in baggy shorts.

Example, recently I went to a waterpark and wore my speedos. I could go down the slides faster, had more mobility in the wave pool, got a better tan, and the list goes on and on for the reasons that SPEEDOS RULE!!!