Hello from Kansas
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:44 am
Hello,
I now live in rural eastern Kansas south of the Kansas City area. I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona back in the 70’s early 80’s. Back then brief type swimwear was fairly common – not that every young guy wore them but it seemed close to half did and those that did not, wore fairly short trunks. I don’t remember ever seeing guys swimming in board shorts. I was also on the swim team in high school.
In the hot Phoenix summers, I wore speedos most days as did most of my friends. It was normal for me to hop on my bike in my suit with a towel draped over my shoulder and ride down to a friend’s house, go swimming then hang around, watch some TV, etc., then get back in the pool; no need for us to change out of our suits(they dried so quickly in those temps). No adult ever told us to put on more clothes or wear a different type of swim suit. In the summer, even when not swimming, I tended to wear my speedos hanging around the house. We had a small patch of lawn in our back yard and it was not uncommon for me to mow the lawn, do other yard work (both front and backyard) and wash the cars wearing my speedos. It was less common for adult men to wear speedo but I remember our neighbor next door wearing them to do yard work too.
I have never felt out of place wearing speedos where ever I have traveled or lived. As a child we used to do a lot a foreign travel. My parents had many friends living overseas as my dad had been stationed overseas in the military and my mom worked for the State Dept. i.e. Foreign Office, plus we had relatives living in Germany. As an adult I have lived in several other countries for a several years; Germany and Japan and for three months on Guam. I have never stopped wearing brief style suits for swimming.
My current collection is about a dozen suits. I have several Speedos, one Nike, one Tyr(nylon), three from Agon(which I have had for about 20 years) and as of Christmas, two pairs of Budgy Smugglers.
Yesterday it was snowing here with temps around an uncommon sub 0° for this area. I can’t wait for spring and summer - I will be out in my speedos, mowing my lawn, working in my garden and grilling.
I now live in rural eastern Kansas south of the Kansas City area. I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona back in the 70’s early 80’s. Back then brief type swimwear was fairly common – not that every young guy wore them but it seemed close to half did and those that did not, wore fairly short trunks. I don’t remember ever seeing guys swimming in board shorts. I was also on the swim team in high school.
In the hot Phoenix summers, I wore speedos most days as did most of my friends. It was normal for me to hop on my bike in my suit with a towel draped over my shoulder and ride down to a friend’s house, go swimming then hang around, watch some TV, etc., then get back in the pool; no need for us to change out of our suits(they dried so quickly in those temps). No adult ever told us to put on more clothes or wear a different type of swim suit. In the summer, even when not swimming, I tended to wear my speedos hanging around the house. We had a small patch of lawn in our back yard and it was not uncommon for me to mow the lawn, do other yard work (both front and backyard) and wash the cars wearing my speedos. It was less common for adult men to wear speedo but I remember our neighbor next door wearing them to do yard work too.
I have never felt out of place wearing speedos where ever I have traveled or lived. As a child we used to do a lot a foreign travel. My parents had many friends living overseas as my dad had been stationed overseas in the military and my mom worked for the State Dept. i.e. Foreign Office, plus we had relatives living in Germany. As an adult I have lived in several other countries for a several years; Germany and Japan and for three months on Guam. I have never stopped wearing brief style suits for swimming.
My current collection is about a dozen suits. I have several Speedos, one Nike, one Tyr(nylon), three from Agon(which I have had for about 20 years) and as of Christmas, two pairs of Budgy Smugglers.
Yesterday it was snowing here with temps around an uncommon sub 0° for this area. I can’t wait for spring and summer - I will be out in my speedos, mowing my lawn, working in my garden and grilling.
