Tan Lines

[Minimalist75]

I may have asked this a while ago, but I will do so again anyway.
I see brief tan lines on a substantial minority of the men in my gym locker room, but almost no one in a brief suit at the beach,
Any thoughts on how this can be?

[skinnykid]

A lot of my friends wear brief suits during actual swimming or water polo practice in an outdoor Olympic size pool. That's probably where they got the tan. But not everyone wears brief suits at the beach.

[Torchwatch]

Some may be using UV tanning lamps and tables. They choose to wear swim briefs or underwear in order to appear sporty rather than naturist.

Others may be lying in the sun hidden in back gardens (or yards), daring to be glimsped in Speedos by neighbours, but not daring to go naked.

You may be going to the wrong beach, try going to the beaches away from the town centres and big car parks; the walk will do you good and you will find nicer guys in briefer suits.

[Byron]

I have often wondered too and as I find them sexy we don't see enough of them. What goes wrong however is posing in the brief after tanning in the shorts (vide posts on this a while back).
I've never asked a wearer to be sure about the method but I concluded sun-beds used as Torchwatch says.

[Lap Counter]

Because the nylon Speedos of my youth didn't stretch, they could be precisely positioned the same place every time you wore one, giving the ultimate razor-sharp tan line. Mine was so burned into my skin it was still obvious even at the end of winter.

I modeled my tanning routine after the world champion, Zonker Harris of Doonesbury. Each day I would make sure to expose even the hard-to-tan spots like the inner thigh to the sun. Knowing what I know now about the ravages the sun can inflict on skin, perhaps that wasn't the most brilliant thing I've ever done!

[PSDave]

personally, I prefer not to have a tan line. It seems whenever I have a tin line I find a new suit that the lines don't match with the suit and it looks really stupid -- not to mention a great way to get a burn on a small area!
I do my morning and afternoon swims in the nude and my yard work so it is easy to get the whole bod tan (occasionally I wear a very tiny g-string to lift the balls up so tops of thighs get tan too)

[speedotanline]

yeah thats the main reason i wear em, i try to get a consistant tan so when i get undressed you can see a sharp tan line - my dick and butt bright white almost glowing then is i skinny dip in the evening the slightest light with have me standin out from the crowd even though i may not be as big as other guys

[Byron]

so hard to find some sharp sexy pics on this subject however

[Hotbunz1969]

Being new on this board and seeing this older topic I thought it was time to resurrect the thread and add my opinion!

As a youngster and up to the age of 19 I was a swimmer for my County, hence I lived in speedos. I never thought twice about what I was wearing to the beach or pool, back then speedos were the norm. Subsequently as a youngster I had the speedo tan line. From the age of about 14 and after a trip to France and seeing my first REALLY brief suits out on the beach, not quite thongs but almost, I fell in love with the skimpier styles, would try to out do my fellow team mates by adjusting my suits to make them as brief as possible. This got me the attention of my first real girl friend and she introduced me to thongs. She bought me a true Speedo thong suit and I have never looked back. She released to show off in me and it has manifested itself over the last 25 years.

I well always wear the least I can get away with in any given situation, I'm extremely careful to gauge my audience and always carry a coverup if I have got it wrong.

I LOVE tan lines..... They are sooooooo sexy, both on myself and others be it male or female, I strive to have the sharpest and smallest I can. Since that girl introduced me to thongs I've never looked back, and my passion for small suits has resulted in tiny tan lines for the last 25 years.

With the beauty of the internet and the rapid rise of some great suit makers, both custom and mainstream, my tanning suit collection is huge! 5 years ago I found my ultimate style, the one hip 1/2 thong, the tan line is unique and the suit itself is awesome. By no means everyone's cup of tea, but if your looking for less and enjoy showing a great tan line...... Get one.
The look I get in the locker room or when wearing low rise jeans is what it's all about for me, it's as good as the looks you get for being in a speedo when everyone else is in those damn silly knee length shorts.

Cheers Paul