What people buy

[JamesSwim]

Originally Posted by Swimmboy

Jamesswim - Swimoutlet is indeed focused on serving the needs of competitive swimmers rather than the general public, and I am sure that is why you see more briefs on their web site. They are a major advertiser/sponsor of the Swimming World Magazine web site, which is dedicated to competitive swimming (Swimming World Magazine was created around 1960 to serve the college/high school/summer league swimming members). So it is not surprising to find such a wide choice of briefs on their site compared to sites run by department or general sporting goods stores.

Thanks, that make sense. There sell many suits that can be used for competition, but not too many that are in men's fashion category.

The site that Bede75 mentioned, Swimwear 4 men, also sells more briefs (504 styles) vs. board shorts (80 styles), but that's probably for a different reason. Their best selling brief is a solid white "HOM" brand brief, so it may cater to those in Europe (it's an Austrian web site) who buy it for recreation or sunning rather than for competition (they do sell standard competition suits, but not too many)

[Bede735]

Strange bestseller as 'they' always recommend that you shouldn't wear white briefs.

I don't know how many of their suits are meant for recreation as opposed to training/competition. Surely if the suit is brief enough then that makes it suitable for proper swimming?