About time I see water polo boys in skimpy ...

[afewgoodmen]

speedos!

It's always those "wide sided" drag suits.

Would you say 1.5 inches? Maybe 2 inches at the most?

Any idea what kind of suit they could be. No logos

[Byron]

Nice pic - agree they should all be like that but haven't a clue here (metaphorically and literally) to give an answer.
I would go with 1.5 but something about the lines of the dark blue speedo makes me suspicious whereas the light blue seems to be genuine.

(TightJeans is good on photoshopping detection it seems but no posts from him for a long time and he has yet to explain why he said so for the blue TYR on the Mission Viejo guy)

[Byron]

Can't agree on always seeing wide-sided drag suits as the WP guys often show up with some pretty neat and low cuts in their choice of team speedos*
(and all those tanned bodies in a line-up photo are quite impressive - actually saw an untanned player in the middle of one such and he sure looked out of place).

*LOL - to show what I mean: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...xrgo1_1280.jpg

[Swimmboy]

Yes - water polo players are 'notorious' for wearing some of the briefest Speedo or Turbo or Ducko suits available. I've seen hundreds of pix from water polo meets, and have attended quite a few meets myself and can never remember seeing a water polo player in a wide-sided 'drag' suit!

[Byron]

TWO interesting clues show now but I still can't work these out:
http://37.media.tumblr.com/745754c1f...t623o1_500.png

[PSDave]

dp was a line of underwear that came out in the 80's by Jockey. They were basically a nylon speedo type brief that came in a variety of colors. The dp stood for double purpose.(swimwear or underwear) New at the time since there was little on the mass market in anything but cotton tighty whiteys in a briefer cut. Since Jockey is an international company, perhaps they are still or again are being made somewhere.

[PSDave]

Originally Posted by Swimmboy

Yes - water polo players are 'notorious' for wearing some of the briefest Speedo or Turbo or Ducko suits available. I've seen hundreds of pix from water polo meets, and have attended quite a few meets myself and can never remember seeing a water polo player in a wide-sided 'drag' suit!

I remember playing water polo and we always wore two suits that were about 2 sizes too small. We wanted them as tight as possible so the opponent couldn't get a hold of them and pull you under. If there was anything to grab on they would and either pull you under or rip the suit trying to (the reason for 2 suits). That was also the reason we wore only the nylon. They had no stretch left after we pulled them on and was impossible to grab any fabric -- lycra always seemed to have a little to grab no matter how tight. The suits would start out about 3 inches on the side but by the time we stretched them on they were down to 1.5 or 2 inches.

[California Dolphin]

The best suit to wear for W-Polo is none at all.

Then there's nothing to grab (except at the front).