Do lavapants count as a wetsuit?

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2015-06-15 9:01 PM

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Subject: Do lavapants count as a wetsuit?
I did a local OWS race yesterday and a couple of the guys where wearing lavaplants/ blue seventy core pants and at least once placed in the non-wetsuit division. I thought that was pretty questionable, but it was pretty much an anything goes kind of event. Someone had a waterproof mp3 player and someone else was swimming with a snorkel. It still anoys me that they where competing in the non-wetsuit division because there is a clear advantage over a regular wetsuit.


2015-06-15 9:03 PM
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Snorkel is fine.....perfectly legal.

2015-06-15 9:12 PM
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Subject: RE: Do lavapants count as a wetsuit?
By the letter of the law, yes, they're "wetsuits."
2015-06-15 9:23 PM
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Subject: RE: Do lavapants count as a wetsuit?
Its a wetsuit. Think of it this way... if its not legal under FINA rules and is made of neoprene then its a wetsuit.
2015-06-15 9:29 PM
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Subject: RE: Do lavapants count as a wetsuit?
Originally posted by Left Brain

Snorkel is fine.....perfectly legal.




They aren't legal for USMS races.... but then again neither are wetsuits. This race had no governing body, so I should probably just accept things the way they are even if it is annoying.
2015-06-15 9:31 PM
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Subject: RE: Do lavapants count as a wetsuit?
Originally posted by Left Brain

Snorkel is fine.....perfectly legal.




Yep, snorkel is good. Lava pants &/or the shorts, etc are, or should have been, considered wetsuits. If it was a non-wetsuit race or division, then those who wore the wetsuit were not legal.


2015-06-16 5:26 AM
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Subject: RE: Do lavapants count as a wetsuit?
Originally posted by Left Brain

Snorkel is fine.....perfectly legal.




FYI, snorkels are not allowed at 70.3 and IM events. Not sure the logic, but they aren't without a doctor's note :-)
2015-06-16 7:57 AM
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lol, my doctor says I need a snorkel because it makes me swim faster.... :P

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