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Hilarious wetsuit tanlines

Postby icetime » Sat Apr 30, 2016 5:29 pm

Hey guys, you know that little tan where your head and hands are tanned really well and the rest of your body isn't so you look like your head is floating or something, well I have one now and I was wondering how do you guys deal with these tans and are their any solutions of mitigating it. :lol:
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Re: Hilarious wetsuit tanlines

Postby BoMan » Sun May 01, 2016 3:56 am

I was a high school swimmer and our Speedo suits had green and white stripes. At the end of every season I had a tan striped butt! :lol:
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Re: Hilarious wetsuit tanlines

Postby RinkyDink » Sun May 01, 2016 5:01 am

I've even got the beach blonde hair of my youth coming back in places. I'm not complaining. :D
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Re: Hilarious wetsuit tanlines

Postby dtc » Sun May 01, 2016 5:59 am

I used to play cricket, you wear a short sleeve polo type shirt. So your tan would be up to your biceps, your face and a shallow V shape just under the neck.

the other two fun tans are ski goggle tans and 'snorkler back' - where people go snorkeling and forget that their back is out of the water and have a sunburnt back but everywhere else is still white.

What can you do about it? Nothing, just be pleased about not risking skin cancer in the white spots. Or wear more clothes. :-D
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Re: Hilarious wetsuit tanlines

Postby waikikikichan » Sun May 01, 2016 10:48 am

icetime wrote: how do you guys deal with these tans and are their any solutions of mitigating it.


Look to China for the answer, they got it figured out.

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Re: Hilarious wetsuit tanlines

Postby RinkyDink » Mon May 02, 2016 12:34 am

waikikikichan wrote:
icetime wrote: how do you guys deal with these tans and are their any solutions of mitigating it.


Look to China for the answer, they got it figured out.

No face-kini is complete without webbed surf gloves, as far as I'm concerned. The ironic thing about those face-kini ladies (I'm supposing) is that they wear those because they are concerned about the beauty of their complexions. I guess they have no problem with looking ridiculous if they're anonymous the entire time. Go figure. Great gag gift idea for wives and girlfriends, by the way.
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Re: Hilarious wetsuit tanlines

Postby dtc » Mon May 02, 2016 1:12 am

Could be good for serial sneakers and drop ins
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