 Poster: A snowHead
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| Lizzard wrote: |
Last time I went swimming in Val d'Isere was about a month ago, and it was swim trunks only at that point.  |
I guess some women would probably want to wear more than that .......
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sorry Pompey ref to a bunch of people who thought a child doctor was a child molester! There are some thick people out there!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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The public pool in Tignes in October permitted baggy swimshorts - indeed it was the norm for all the French youths there too.
By comparison the public pool in Chamonix last week had signs up showing no baggy swimshorts, but the boys' skin-tight shorts were fine.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| enfilade wrote: |
| Would be interested to see the reasoning behind the French desire to see peoples packages. |
hygene as skin and "other" irritations are better visible while wearing a normal swiming gear and not stupid american shorts
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| kat.ryb wrote: |
| I don't see how a pair of dedicated swim shorts are less hygenic than a pair os speados? |
If they are dedicated swim shorts, it is marginal - more material = more fibres clogging up filters.
But I think the rule was introduced because of people wearing shorts which were NOT dedicated swim shorts, and then they found it easier to just ban shorts than to try and define which onjs were acceptable.
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Hi just come back from the pool in Val d'Isere and you are allowed standard 'english' baggy shorts so no worries everyone.
No one checked and it was very relaxed
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You can wear shorts - even baggy knee length ones - provided they're made out of elastic, swimming costume type material.
They only have an issue with shorts that are non-stretchy that would be acceptable street wear - even if they are made by Speedo!
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Snowheadette, not the case in Alpe D'Huez though. They make you get your swim wear out of your bag at reception to check it is correct before they let you in. This year I had come prepared after a visit to Sports Direct.....
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Is the same in the spa hotel in Levi, Lapland
Bought some specially (the hipster style ones which are acceptable). Now, I often wear them in this country too, actually prefer them for the most part!
Honestly don't see why it's a big deal to rail against it. Bit like the complaints about naked saunas. It's just how they roll, if we as tourists don't like it we do have a choice.
You can flip that argument on its head of course, but anyway...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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been there loads wore oakley board shorts no problem whatsoever never seen a sign advising what to wear
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Most of the french pools insist on either speedos or tight-fitting shorts. The logic behind it is that if you let people wearing board shorts in they will have probably worn them to walk to the pool (ie outside and got them dirty) so it's less hygenic. Why the rule then still applies in January in a ski resort I've no idea!
The lagon pool in Tignes (which is very nice) allows board shorts if your hubby isn't keen on speedos.
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You know it makes sense.
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Budgie smugglers required ...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Phyllis Stein wrote: |
| Budgie smugglers required ... |
- definitely in Morzine...
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Poster: A snowHead
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| albob wrote: |
| Phyllis Stein wrote: |
| Budgie smugglers required ... |
- definitely in Morzine... |
But not in chatel. Was there in Jan 2015 and we had no issues with 'boardies' though with snow on the ground we hadn't walked there in them.
Great pool by the way, even if the pricing was somewhat deer
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I went into the public pool in Alpe d'huez in a pair of speedos swimming shorts. The staff there refused to allow me to swim in them, this was after I had changed into them. I read the regulations, and it said you must wear "maillot de bains". I pointed out that these were speedos, but the interpretation of rules vary depending on the staff.
The next weekend a group of solicitors from Grenoble came up, and I heard they were all going to go swimming in shorts to see if the interpretation of "maillot de bains" were enforced.
To be fair, there were signs as well as official regulations, which had pictures of people in shorts with a cross over them. I did not have any problem in the swimming pool in Val d'Isere with my speedo swimming shorts. However, I was berated by the staff there for going into the balerno without the correct colour band on my arm. (I did have the correct colour band, it was their mistake and I stayed in the balerno as I did not understand her accent).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Both my son and I were in board shorts when we were there in March and no one said a thing. Lots of French youngsters were doing the same.
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If you turn up without the appropriate speedos/budgie smugglers they quite often have a "RENTAL BIN" to choose from... the only ones that didn't look too smeggy (@Red Dwarf) were about 2 sizes too small for me and my g/f at the time was doubled up laughing!!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Has anyone tried "Tom Daleys" ? ( barely hummingbird smugglers) !
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