Turbo swimwear

[BJE]

I hear what your saying bout the size, but you also have to take I the fact one is used more for water polo while the other is just normal swim brief.

The Turbo I have is not a water polo suit, it's a swim suit.

[swimdude]

My bad bro, I know mine is a polo I just assumed yours was too.

[Thom]

Great suit BJE! Own a pair myself...

That's one sexy suit swimdude. And it's the one I want. It's also available as a swimsuit in that same color. Even the swimsuit has the water polo ball logo on the butt cheek. Thanks for posting. Now I KNOW it's the one I want.

[Thom]

Just a thought: BJE mentioned that the U.K. turbo web site had a size chart that included hip circumference. I'm guessing that's the key variable, and more important than waist size. My butt is on the small side, as compared to guys that work on their glutes and are larger and more muscular there. I have a 31 waist, but that's not where I wear my speedos, which is lower at the glute/hip level. I can wear the size 30 speedos that I bought from speedorob. They're tight, but that's what works in the water, as also noted by BJE. I want the butt of the suit to stay skin tight and avoid catching water. That's why swim teams wore skin tight "paper suits" years ago. The fabric was thin and had little give. No lycra or lining. They showed everything. They could only be used a few times.

Read about paper suits here: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-paper-swimsuit.htm
They've been superseded by tech suits.

[BJE]

Thom, I included the Turbo size chart at the beginning of this thread. My hip circumference at the level I wear my suits is about 91cm so I went with the size on the chart labeled 90cm which was the closest match. I'd like to try a smaller one though.

[Thom]

Thom, I included the Turbo size chart at the beginning of this thread. My hip circumference at the level I wear my suits is about 91cm so I went with the size on the chart labeled 90cm which was the closest match. I'd like to try a smaller one though.

I do recall. And it struck me as a key insight. I remember when I was a kid that the waist measurement for pants was some place around the navel. As a kid, I wore chinos and jeans below that level. They just naturally seemed to want to ride on the hip bone more at speedo level. The Australian man who invented speedos saw, in addition to being a better suit for competition, that speedos just fit a mans anatomy better and looked awesome. As everyone here would agree....

[swimdude]

Thanks for the comment Thorn,glad I was able to help. Next time I think I'm going to go for a print style one.

[Thom]

Here is my size M (34) Turbo swim brief with a size 32 Sporti Euro on top. You can see how much bigger the Turbo is. It fits well but I think I would still buy my normal size 32 regardless of what is said about upsizing.

Interesting comparison. Since I'm a size smaller than you are, I should go for the 30.

Liking the green, BTW!

[Thom]

Thanks for the comment Thorn,glad I was able to help. Next time I think I'm going to go for a print style one.

I like the prints. I have some Swedish ancestry, and there's an awesome Turbo Swedish flag suit.
You've totally sold me on the blue. That suit is hot

Oh, I just use a weird spelling of Tom for my handle. Thom does look like Thorn. Hard to tell the difference. And my friends say I can be a prick sometimes.... Hmmm, maybe I can fix that. The handle, I mean....

[BJE]

After wearing my Turbo again I would have to go back on what I said about buying a size smaller. I think a smaller size would be pretty tight considering there isn't much stretch and it may not give the backside coverage I want. I think the best way to choose size is measuring the hips at the intended waistband level but I wouldn't upsize from there unless you are very close to the next size.

I like prints too. I feel less conspicuous because genital outline becomes less noticible.

My grandfather came from Sweden therefore I am 1/4th Swedish.

Swimdude, what size suit are you wearing and how does that relate to what you would normally wear in pants or underwear? Also, is that a water polo suit?

[swimdude]

Damn, stupid typo mistake Thom, my bad. Guess I just typed it to quick, haha.
I usually wear size 30 for swimsuits. For the turbo I when I first bought it I read mixed comments on sizing so I didn't haven't good reference in buying when I got it. For pants I wear 32 and yeah it is a water polo suit.

[BJE]

Damn, stupid typo mistake Thom, my bad. Guess I just typed it to quick, haha.
I usually wear size 30 for swimsuits. For the turbo I when I first bought it I read mixed comments on sizing so I didn't haven't good reference in buying when I got it. For pants I wear 32 and yeah it is a water polo suit.

So what size is your Turbo water polo suit a M, L, or XL? I wear 32 pants and swimwear but my swim Turbo is a size M which is 34 on their chart. If you wear 30 swimsuits you must really like them tight or else you have a smaller butt than me. I'm at about 36 1/2" to 37" at my fullest part. If my suit is too small it doesn't cover my backside and my don't like my cheeks showing.

[swimdude]

My current/only turbo I have at the moment is a size S, but I swim I usually wear a drag suit to help in my training. But at my current time the next time I buy a new turbo will be an M.

[Thom]

My grandfather came from Sweden therefore I am 1/4th Swedish.

For me, it's my maternal grandmother.

I have a photography book of pictures of Sweden from the 1990s. There's one of the start of an open water swim competition; and of course, they all are wearing speedos. When I visited my relatives, the guys about my age (late teens/early twenties) all wore them. And they all were lean, defined, and athletic. When we went swimming, I had to wear the dumb, plaid boxers that they "kept for relatives from the U.S." I felt like such a dork.

T.

[Thom]

Damn, stupid typo mistake Thom, my bad. Guess I just typed it to quick, haha.

Hey, I thought it was cool, like a character from a novel about English boarding schools.

"Remember Thorn, you have to earn your place on the swim team. We don't care that your father's an earl."

[swimmerbud]

Turbos are all I wear!

[diveguy]

My grandfather came from Sweden therefore I am 1/4th Swedish.

For me, it's my maternal grandmother.

I have a photography book of pictures of Sweden from the 1990s. There's one of the start of an open water swim competition; and of course, they all are wearing speedos. When I visited my relatives, the guys about my age (late teens/early twenties) all wore them. And they all were lean, defined, and athletic. When we went swimming, I had to wear the dumb, plaid boxers that they "kept for relatives from the U.S." I felt like such a dork.

T.

Well, Thom, no better reason to go back for another visit now to be able to toss those dumb plaid (or whatever they have now) swim trousers back at them and say, "screw these, I'm a speedo man!"