Tunneling

[BrentS]

I swam competitively in college in the 90's in the days before jammers. We wore tiny form fitting racing suits. The concept was the less you wore and the tighter it was the faster you could go. We even downsized them, as if they weren't small enough. This often resulted in butt crack showing and we called it 'tunneling'. The guy in the picture is tunneling. Actually I think it feels and looks good. Any opinions on how a speedo should fit the butt? Any tunnelers out there?

[California Dolphin]

When it comes to swimming (or any other athletic activity) less IS definitely better.

I hate jammers for swimming and those Gawd Awful "Half Pants" for running.

Bring back the pre 90s speedos and shorts ASAP.

[Byron]

Yes, does look good. Have not heard of tunnelling before but pic there (with neat tan line also) definitely belongs in cool photos.
Bum cleavage often to be seen with the the sexy little Japanese suits of course (and their downsizing sometimes seems to be double or even triple!).

On a technical point is it in fact unadvisable in terms of competitive swim speeds where a small area of water resistance is created ? (not that I'm complaining)

[NakedBudd]

When it comes to swimming (or any other athletic activity) less IS definitely better.

I hate jammers for swimming and those Gawd Awful "Half Pants" for running.

Bring back the pre 90s speedos and shorts ASAP.

YES, please bring back Speedos and short running shorts.

Of course, my running shorts happen to be Speedo brand. I've removed the liner and cut the side seams so they are split to the waist. Feels like you're not wearing anything, and some days when I go out the door for a run I have to look down to make sure I've got something on. Being a home (and hiking) nudist, sometimes I forget!! :eek:

[shaulis]

I never heard of "tunneling" and I'm from the same time period college late 80's early 90's. I'm sure we had a similar term but can't recall at this moment. I like the jammer not for swimming but for running or hiking I like how the jammer keeps the muscles from tiring as quick. I feel the difference when I wear the regular running shorts.

[Byron]

I forgot to say also water polo: http://31.media.tumblr.com/3588a200282c3bd92bc0484285297823/tumblr_mldpcokzt71s5fzsno1_1280.jpg

I think definitely not the right image: http://guycodeblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/clutch/2013/08/old-guy-speedo.jpg

CD to turn his eyes away : http://1.blogspot.com-T6lfyTq5tH0/Tfuq5A8FpeI/AAAAAAAAAPY/ZNcyNYthTvs/s200/004-suit+closeup+x2.jpg
(this was in fact a guy promoting Speedo Endurance by saying this is what used to be his swimwear before he found their wonderful new jammers).

An article with a girl's point of view (and with a strange anatomy perhaps as she refers to a kick in the balls): http://www.mediocreathlete.com/swimming/swimming-is-bullshit/

[Byron]

Bad third link above which should be http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T6lfyTq5tH0/Tfuq5A8FpEI/AAAAAAAAAPY/ZNcyNYthTvs/s200/004-suit+closeup+x2.jpg

[Byron]

Yes, strange word - to make sense a noun is required, not a verb.
(no.2 sounds like cruelty to animals and no.3 must be docking):
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tunneling

[Byron]

http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/50eb24b369bedd5b4c000002-480/taco-bell-speedo.jpg
This is apparently Taco-Bell's response to an Illinois sophpomore who broke all his school's swimming/diving records and wanted a custommade speedo to say "Think Outside The Buns"

[thisweirdthing1985]

"tunneling" looks hot. specialy when you are very slim and you show a "little more" of you.

[Byron]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-otb7-nUrGBI/UMMmF3RFC0I/AAAAAAAAal0/mc6yk_hVgvs/s640/48.jpg

Nice low speedo fit on this swimmer (his club ID not clear from cap in hand)

[Byron]

http://foodista.com/blog/2013/01/08/taco-bell-speedo-request-is-to-be-fulfilled#

Re. post#9 yes, we know the story but should I suspect a little photoshopping here on a certain tv interview clip?

[Byron]

Maybe this guy has gone a little too far with this choice of speedo for his particular butt as he seems to have achieved some overflowing instead of sexy tunneling:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/334e0d4ab66e69329acf341a3b06aad5/tumblr_mlz6jyEUZy1rs6ymro1_400.jpg

[Torchwatch]

I could easily forgive him.

[afewgoodmen]

I forgive him; his mini bikini from Mate Gear is on the way and he is practicing on how to wear it when it arrives :)

[PSDave]

I remember in college I too had the tight speedo for swim meets and with a bubble butt I always had "tunneling". My girlfriend at the time used to give me a big hug after a winning meet and as she did she would stick a flower in the exposed "tunnel". Since it was usually a daisy that she had picked outside the swim arena, my team mates soon nicknamed me "Daisy"

[Byron]

LOL - unique story!

[afewgoodmen]

hahahahahahahaha!!!!

Did she have a tunnel as well? Maybe she was jealous that all the girls were checking you out, the boy with the cute ass! She had to leave some sort of indication that you were taken. :D

[Byron]

.....at least her choice more comfortable to bear than a rose!

[knikon]

Nice story :D...

I did learn a downside to tunneling. Last sat I put on my shirt as I was leaving the beach and I didn't shake it out well enough.... Too much sand made it into my speedo.

[Byron]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/0aeaeb5cb457a64ca7315a603acd0a53/tumblr_ms3xur9Ucx1r5hrbxo1_500.jpg

Not much space for sand retention in this one for sure - but can anyone read the lettering on the bum? (what's left of it that is)

[NJHunkguy]

Recent visit to Lussier Hot Springs Canadian Rockies ;)
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1378843_673896169296006_92696981_n.jpg

[Byron]

Didn't know BC has subsurface fissures like NZ and Iceland.
(tris coming on I see)

[NJHunkguy]

Didn't know BC has subsurface fissures like NZ and Iceland.
(tris coming on I see)
With mountain ranges that high, it had certainly take huge amount of force to create them in a long.... time. Understandably there would be much Earth’s crust and voids beneath.

http://www.mountainnature.com/geology/HotSprings.htm

[sebbie]

A great suit and photo, NJ

[afewgoodmen]

Yes, the suit looks very nice on you!!

[afewgoodmen]

I presume the diver in the pic works out his butt (glutes) to have such nice muscle in order for the skimpy bikini to form that tunnel.

Even from the quads one can tell that they look like they are quite worked out.

Imagine this hottie in Mate Gear Mini Bikini :D

[NJHunkguy]

Thank you Sebbie! Thank you Afewgoodmen!
It was Aussiebum Squad Royal Blue.
I also feel that the around 3" sides look better for my body shape.

[Byron]

..... thank you Byron for noting triceps.


Btw thanks for extensive geology article from which I learned a lot

[NJHunkguy]

(tris coming on I see)
OH! That means triceps? Didn't know!

I also thanks Byron for mentioning "subsurface fissures". I was only a tourist to the Rockies. I didn't know much of its geology, only knew the popular tourist spots. Just after you mentioned "subsurface fissures", I then had the interest of knowing more about it by searching on the internet.

[skinnykid]

Long time no see!
Anyway, from a competitive swimming point of view, wouldn't tunneling slow me down due to drag?
Now I know why I swim slow....

[Byron]

(see last line of post#3)

Where have you been Chris - any tri events for you?
(new term now ?)

[Byron]

LOL - always shortened - glutaneous maximus takes a lot of typing
(and I see afewgoodmen must agree)

[skinnykid]

I'm great! Just trying balance tri and school. I had one race this season but I got wrecked in the swim because a guy knocked off my goggles :(

I can totally see someone's suit coming off while diving due to tunneling

[afewgoodmen]

where is school? don't have give me the exact name..but state is ok.

are you playing water polo? diving?

[skinnykid]

I'm a triathlete in Texas! I'm planing to do the half ironman next October :D

[Torchwatch]

Welcome back skinnykid, what did you wear in the triathlon you attempted?

[afewgoodmen]

I'm a triathlete in Texas! I'm planing to do the half ironman next October :D

Amazing!!! Wishing you the best of luck!

Please feel free to post some pics of it. Would love to see that! :)

[skinnykid]

Amazing!!! Wishing you the best of luck!

Please feel free to post some pics of it. Would love to see that! :)

I posted a picture to ask if a speed is too revealing. I lost some fat now and I look skinny now.

http://www.mensswimsuitboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=664

[afewgoodmen]

Oh..I remember that post!

What did you end up doing with the white speedo? Was it very revealing coming out of the water?

[Byron]

That makes a change - perhaps memory might also have noted that white suit was reserved for running and cycling only - and otherwise worn only in presence of teammate ?

[afewgoodmen]

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You can email me at joe1022@hotmail.com

[skinnykid]

PM has been emptied. sorry!

[50 Free]

That story about Taco Bell creating a custom brief was great, I happened onto it when it was occurring and especially enjoyed the stir it created. Discussions really showed ignorance of our sport and the uniforms worn in it. Not to worry, USAS won't allow it anywhere it has jurisdiction; it's just for fun.
But back on topic, I expect that when we see outrageous tunneling as some of the examples illustrated, it's done as a dare, an expression of rebellion and to attract attention. Like how my friends and I had this contest as seniors in high school about who could get away with wearing the most obscene t shirt to class. As mentioned elsewhere tunneling isn't allowed usually, sorry, just like the t-shirts I removed upon request, misunderstanding that the teacher actually wanted me to leave the room. Yeah, I was a clown... but it was just for fun. Pretty innocent by today's standards, huh?
However the "diver" who is actually a swimmer executing a great racing start certainly would not be wearing that suit in actual competition. His physical condition so admired suggests that he knows better than that. Serious swimmers just tend to look like that, there is only one muscle not well developed in that sport that we try to work on in dryland exercise. Good coaches stress it when parents complain about the posture and hunched forward shoulders that swimmers get.
Yeah that's a great photo, a beautiful example of the physique we see in swimming. I bet he could blow me away in a fifty free.

[Byron]

With whom?
Quote: "......really showed ignorance of our sport......"

I had to laugh when I saw that and hope afewgoodmen has read it.

Anyone with a bit of common sense, inside or outside water sports, would know
that no diver departs from the platform or springboard at a pool in that body position -
and doesn't wear goggles either.
A racing start off the block by a swimmer fits the pic perfectly of course.

[50 Free]

"With whom" would be the bloggers responding to an article I read about the kid who wrote to Taco Bell with his request. They were pretty hung up about how people would wear such a thing and how the kid's parents would allow it. Much less what kind of parent would allow "perverts" to give their son "intimate apparel". Hilariously ignorant, no?
Other than that, we in the biz have to be careful about using the term "Diving" because it refers to an activity that is becoming outlawed in many pools. "Racing starts" are an important part of competition, we don't need the terms mixed up and used incorrectly or misunderstandings happen. It is a bone of contention at our own pool lately. Big problem. From a safety standpoint, of course, so kids retaliate by doing a flip from the side of the pool. It was a feet first entry, wasn't it?

[Byron]

Yes, stunning photo - and am still disappointed that I cannot get an aerial shot to also read the lettering on the bum (maybe a club suit but not conclusive and he was obviously wearing something a little bit larger when tanning - just to add to this tantalising enigma).

Thanks for interesting background info. on the sport's administration - and
hilariously ignorant certainly seems appropriate for the bloggers you describe.

My own confession now - glutes are not Glutaneous but Gluteus muscles - so I must do revision on my encyclopaedia of human anatomy.
Before I do I will say Quadriceps for quads however - in case that helps NJH

PS: "diver" now being a terminological problem surprised me (however, my little obsession remains against journalists who want to write bikini for anything less than shorts).
It might also be a bit of a headache for Google as the word covers the sport
(the scoring of the perfect entry into the pool) - the cliff (the daring Red Bull exhibitions) - the sub aqua (the use of SCUBA in the depths) - and the commercial (repairing the legs of the maritime oil rigs, etc. -
not forgetting the hold-your-breath guys going to the seabed in the Indian Ocean.

[Byron]

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbzg3mSkJZ1qelnfpo1_1280.jpg

This pic is annotated "BU crack" but I am not sure whether the guys are from the Bulgarian Swim Team or B.........University.

[50 Free]

Their mascot is the Terrier, breeds which excel in tunnel competitions. :)

[Byron]

Good pic here but have I captured a Terrier?* (this guy in black speedos, not red)
http://cdn1.bostonmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/boston-university-swimming-1.jpg

*have you heard of the Jack Russell? (usually good ratters)

[50 Free]

Probably, he's wearing the team cap but in practice swims any suit is okay, the previous picture was at a meet where uniform is required. BU has a really good team, extreme talent there.

[Byron]

Have to agree what this poster from another forum says about the Aqux here:
http://www.thespeedoforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=93765

btw being blown away in a fifty free was a puzzle - but then my brain was retuned to swim-speak

[Byron]

As a PS to post #46 have I correctly read that cliff divers are also always feet first on entry as a safety measure against water surface impact ?

[Torchwatch]

http://www.redbullcliffdiving.com/en_INT/video/video-amazing-action-thailand

Watch the video, decide for yourself.

[Byron]

I need a slo-mo button but the answer seems to be yes (Tom Daley's ex synchro partner has joined them)

[Crail]

Byron, using "stop freeze", I agree that it is feet first.

[Byron]

Thanks for confirmation Crail (we have heard sore stories from the celebs. attempting the high ones for their appearances on the Splash tv programme).

Btw, not knowing my Bostons from my Bulgarias I did find a proper Team BUL pic. after all - not a tunneler but their swimmer wears a nice black speedo (but lost it so must retrace to post , if I can ).

[sebbie]

I really like the look and fit of the Aqux in the yellow photo. It is sharp. Convinced me I need to downsize some more. Ordered a pair of bright green Seobeans in Small not medium today just to see if I could replicate the look in the photo.

Obviously, a lot of American guys have not yet bought into the idea of letting a bit of butt crack show. Interesting, I think that that look is so popular in Asia.

[50 Free]

Well I'm still working on getting full-out nude public swimming popular here but every time I try, the lifeguard calls the dang cops. :eek:

[Torchwatch]

You have to find a pool without windows, declare yourself the secretary of a naturist club, find a willing qualified lifeguard and then hire the pool at a quiet time, with full knowledge and support of the pools management. Since you will be sitting at the door selling tickets and stopping anyone under 18 (without parents) from getting in. You won't get to swim or actually see anyone in the water.
It won't be very public, and unless you declare your group to be gay naturist you may be forced to balance male and female numbers (keeping out single males).

[sebbie]

LOL , or you could just say to heck with it, and just wear your SEobean or Aqux suit

[Byron]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/639af31255247367a5ca40843d5d4888/tumblr_mgl4419mDW1r3if0mo1_500.jpg

As a PS to post#45 we clearly have a diver here but is the camera playing tricks with us on arm and feet?

[Byron]

http://31.media.tumblr.com/4470638c03f0673c2f217866c0ed4835/tumblr_mfyp28Ez3O1r0g3zto2_500.jpg

It might be only Louis who can explain the rear - in which case what is likely to be on the front? (clue is feuille)

[Byron]

The answer to conundrum above is revealed on http://31.media.tumblr.com/89a16ff177cf342b436bbb1b6212bafe/tumblr_mfyp28Ez3O1r0g3zto1_500.jpg (feuille means leaf and the Maple Leaf on the little red speedo identifies Canada) - (as well as all colors being red and white)

[Byron]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/553e0281276ec7031d83c6063f42e385/tumblr_mt1qo8m5Hr1rlxm6ho1_500.jpg
This tunneler studying the feeding habits of ducks I believe

[NJHunkguy]

Tom Daley
(was this photo posted before?)

[Byron]

Don't think so - not one I know anyway
(Olympics Adidas being worn certainly but is it TD ? - hairline and nose look wrong but that could be down to an image distortion in water)

PS (No - I will correct myself - two wristbands indicate diver)

[Byron]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hwgC1rvft64/T0cxyXsHTHI/AAAAAAAAAxE/UdhyBvi7uLQ/s320/800px-Butt_Hole_Road+David+Locke.jpg

Embarrassed residents here in Conisborough Yorkshire England had the name changed to Archer Way .

(historically accurate however as the communal water well once existed there and the local name for a well is butt hole).

[Kaden]

Looks like this was a big topic back when. I think on a fit guy with the right suit it's a hot look, as below.