Letter from Fort Lauderdale

[Blue Nike]

Here’s my report after spending the last two weeks in the Fort Lauderdale area:
Other than at Sebastion Street beach, the gay beach, Speedo sightings were almost nil. One exception: yesterday I saw a cute 20-something Hispanic in a black speedo at Las Olas beach, a non-gay beach (although I suspect he was gay in that he was with 3 other guys). Even in Canadian-friendly Hollywood, there were almost no sightings. Special mention goes to one super-studly guy and his girlfriend in matching gold thongs. Back at crowded Sebastion beach, the swimsuit breakdown was about 40% briefs, 40% square-cuts, and 20% other. Briefs were mostly not the tight, low-cut style I prefer, but more fashion-oriented and higher-waisted, with piping, color blocking, and such. A 50's-era Jantzen look is popular. A couple of Aussiebum 1.5 suits stood out. An enjoyable time was had.
A reliable place to spot Speedos other than Sebastion beach is the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center. This is a large swimming pool complex with 2 x 50 meter pools and a separate diving well. (Compared to where I normally swim, the entry fee is cheap, cheap, cheap.) It is usually crowded in the morning hours with swimmers, including beach life guards. The swimsuit mix is about 60% briefs, 30% jammers, and 10% other. The beach life guards swim there prior to reporting to their lifesaving stations, and all wear red briefs emblazoned across the butts with “Ocean Rescue”; unfortunately their briefs are generally ill-fitting, over-sized, nylon(?), with about 6” sides. Think mid-60’s Dolphin brand suits. Someone should donate some special-order Turbos to them. When the Ocean Rescue crew leave for their posts, they all slide on red surf trunks over their briefs. (One exception noted at Sebastion beach one day: a guard in only his Ocean Rescue briefs.) The briefs worn by other swimmers (non-guards) at the Aquatic Center are usually black with 3” sides, but I noted a few guys in what looked like Sporti Euros with 2” sides. Occaisionally a visiting team practiced at the pool and provided a change of scenery. The visiting teams guys seemed to universally wear briefs, not jammers. Last week provided a special treat when what appeared to be an Italian swim team held practice at the pool, and the guys all wore 1.5” briefs. Low and tight.