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.

[afewgoodmen]

I guess it's just my luck at seeing WP guys in "grandma" type suits.

The pics you guys posted look GREAT!!

I have often times noticed the suits tend to fold into themselves around the waistline which might a suit look "briefer" than it really is. I think that seems to be the case in one of the pics.

Nevertheless, great pics!

[Byron]

.....the speedo roll-up or roll-down factor can often be confusing in pics , eg the surf lifeboaters at Bondi and elsewhere who want their bum cheeks firmly gripping the seats for rowing.

(and thanks to PSD for brand info - the only dp I knew was an old chain of ladies' fashion shops called Dorothy Perkins)(and remarkably similar)

[singletlover]

PS Dave - I loved those underwear/swimwear "suits". Still have two somewhere, but I got them.

[Byron]

Now the second WP player - could there be Vodafone sponsorship on speedos ?
http://www.ames.asia/uploads/images/vodafone.png