The hubbub around Roka’s new Maverick X reminds me of TYR’s ginned-up TYR’s Freak of Nature 4 years ago. Does the Maverick X deserve the hype?

The entire wetsuit world sits on one side. De Soto sits on the other side. Can De Soto be right? Here’s our analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of 2-piece wetsuits.

An old school company that’s lived with glue & blindstitch construction over a 40-year history of making just these kinds of suits. Aquaman was around at the beginning of tri wetsuits; it’s still here today.

These suits, much to my amazement, work! This is the third in my series of tests on speedsuits for no-wetsuit swims. This SpeedZoot compares very favorably to those made by TYR.

Do swim skins really work? Are they worth the money and effort in a no-wetsuit swim? This is the question we set out to answer in this, the first of our time-test reviews of entries in the swim skin category.

The theme of this company is to tailor a wetsuit to match a swimmer’s specific strengths and weaknesses or, more precisely, to match a swimmer’s aspect in the water.

This suit takes the daring step of removing thickness from the chest, floating the hips and legs higher, to correct body posture. HUUB, and to an extent Rocket Science, mimics this motif. Does this work?

TYR’s Freak of Nature suits up against Aquasphere’s Powered Racer. These suits were tested in a swim-off. How did the world’s first $1200 wetsuit fare up against the competition?

I believe this suit every bit as fast as the TYR Hurricane. However, it’s better for the right swimmer, and I’m not him. I’m slightly long in the torso, and this company’s ideal morphology is average to leggy.

If I was to pull a suit out for a leisurely open water workout with the posse, it’s very likely this is a suit I’d consider, because it’s so comfortable and easy to get on.

This TYR Hurricane 5 has pluses and minuses, and usually the pluses cause the minuses. I swam in this suit, juxtaposing it with a De Soto T1 Concept 5. Here are the results.

Sit back in your easy chair and curl up with The Tale of Two Torsos, featuring slices and grafts down the chest, and the question of whether or not to sever arms. Sounds like Poe short story.