[louis]

Sebbie, I have bene poster on this board for 13 years, (old board included of course)
And what you say couldnt be more then exact, its bene years now that speedos seem to have gone out of style (in public anyway)
yet thousands of firms offer and sell them on the inernet, nor to mention big surface dept stores such as Sears, etc, and big surface sport stores like sport expert that we here in Montreal, plus some small boutiques were we find them also.
Never the less like california dolphin says speedos are worn by water sports athletes and you can see them at water polo trainings and competitions and also diving, (I see speedo wearing athletes at trainings and competions all the time) but they are va bit less worn by swimmers unfortunetely.
It seems to me thet board shorts not to mention gargo ones trends started in the USA and the style has bene spreaded all over the world even Australia the speedo capital of the world, this is probably due to the Hollywood film industrie viewed all over the world
Speedos are never the less publicly worn all over the world besides the states of course at beaches at lakes and pools, in France its even forbidden to waer shorts at pools speedos must be worn is the rules they even sell speedo style suits in vending machines just put the money in the slot and bingo a speedo falls out in a palstic bag.
Why are speedos less popular in the USA , well probably because of the gay phenomenon plus like wearing them at parades etc, also another reason is according to many medical journal articles mentions the USA is one of the countries were people are thge most fat (obese) due to the popularity of fast foods like Mc donalds, Kentucky fried chicken, and many more.
And also the US are very influenced by religious traditionnal fondamental sectes and religions,(born again ones, so speedos are not to be expected especially in the bible belt regions.
Anyway dont worry speedos are here to stay and will always be worn by divers, swimmers and water polo players and even more by those bold enough to wear them. My apologies for my misspellings or bad compositions of my post, being FRENCH CANADIAN FROM QUEBEC CANADA. SPEEDO ON.......