Editor's Blog May 17th 2012
Budgie Smuggler?
With the bathing season just around the corner, I was left with the very difficult choice of selecting what I will be wearing when I hit the beach this summer.
There are loads of different types of male swimwear and I have always kind of gone for the same thing, functional, black and allowing a certain amount of modesty.
My usual choice is for a short board short, as these seem to complement my stocky body and chunky legs, but because I feel slimmer this year I have been looking at other options.
So what’s available out there? Lets start at the beginning, when I was bought my first pair of swim briefs by my mother, branded with the words speedo on the side. When one was young, one could easily wear these and not attract the same kind of revulsion held for the middle aged German, who normally sports a pair of sandals, a beer gut and white socks, all while keeping their genitalia packed in a sliver or electric blue material.
Jammers are like speedos, with the cut being just above the knee and not very popular locally, due to the fact that they leave very little to the imagination. Jammers are made from lycra or similar material and in my humble opinion only look good on triathletes, anybody else would look ridiculous in them.
Square leg suits are probably the jammers little brother and I will admit to having worn these under my board shorts to keep my junk in check. This year I will almost surely buy a pair, just to sunbathe in so I can get smaller tan lines than that afforded by board shorts.
Board shorts come in a gazillion colours and in different lengths, they are airy and loose fitting and some of the more expensive makes are cut extremely well, allowing the wearer to put their oblique’s on show.
Normally my swimwear of choice will last me one season, two at the most. For something I would wear daily in salt water, it tends to last well offering good value for money.
What ever you go for, the most important thing is you have to feel good in them, and that’s why I am, after much consideration, going for a Mankini this year.
See you all at Catalan Bay.
Ed.
