The History of Swimsuits with The Swimsuit Guy, Sonny Trigg

Inside with Brett Hawke

English - November 17, 2022 12:05 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 140 ratings
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What was it like swimming and coaching in the super suit era? Brett and Sonny sit down and talk all about the evolution of the competitive swimsuit.

00:00 Bratter PA Immigration Law

00:05 Hello Sonny Trigg

01:00 Becoming The Swimsuit Guy

03:15 The Speedo Aquablade

06:15 The Speedo Fastskin

09:00 Brett's personalized Aquablade

10:56 Bill Pilczuk's suit

12:26 Mark Foster zipper on the front

14:48 Brett's PB in the 2004 legskin

16:40 Weird Tech Suits

17:40 Ian Thorpe's Adidas suit

21:34 Beine Nutritional Genetic Testing

22:22 Swim Angelfish Adaptive Swim Lessons

23:00 2006 Commonwealth Games

23:47 Brett's full body suit

25:45 2007 suit evolution

27:25 2008 suit frenzy

28:40 Blue 70

30:00 Cesar Cielo swam in 1 suit

32:30 Arena X Glide & Jaked poly suits

35:00 Richard Quick's suit contract

37:15 Fred Bousquet Jaked suit

41:00 Suit company control

44:00 Manchester Duel in the Pool new suit

43:41 Speedo + Fina controversy

45:21 What it was like as a coach

47:57 Swimtraxx Swimming Tracker

50:00 Futuristic technology at a price

51:15 Best suits on the market today

54:00 Asics swimsuit

55:17 What about TYR?

57:10 Sonny never been paid

59:00 Siobahn Haughey testing secret suit

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