Free the Thighs with Budgy Smuggler – Life’s Too Short for Soggy Shorts

I’ve always had my own individual style, nothing outrageous but I never conform to trends, I’m generally always behind but in one case I was ahead of the curve. I grew a beard before it was cool! It was mental, in the space of 12 months the interactions went from, in the beginning – “Eurgh, why would you grow a beard….” And “why don’t you have a shave? it’s not professional!” To in the end – “I love a man with a beard!” and “I wish I could grow a beard, mine grows all patchy!”

I can confidently say that in this one case I am a trend setter!! What you, as the reader cannot see, is my smug beardy face!!

Anyway… One thing that is unfortunately unlikely to sweep the nation in the next 12 months, despite the best efforts of the good people at this respectable company, is wearing Budgy Smugglers! Unlike beards, I don’t think they’ll ever become quite that mainstream, which probably means I’ll keep getting funny looks and “comments” about my choice of swimming attire!

I’m a huge fan of Budgy Smugglers, and I’d like to use this platform to share my story.  Why I wear them, why I love them, and why I think more people should give them a go

I like most blokes used to wear swim shorts/board shorts to the pool or beach, I like a swim, especially in the sea or lake, anything open water! Pools are great too but you just can’t beat that open water feeling! So, I’d go for a dip swim around have a blast then when it was time to get out, I would walk out the sea or climb out the pool only to take half the water with me in my shorts! Then I’d sit there wet, waiting to get dry while cold water drips everywhere wetting everything around you!

One day I had the idea of wearing some swimming trunks underneath my shorts, this may shock some of you as I believe some people wear underwear with their swimming shorts…. Each to their own, I go commando! What I would do is take the shorts off, go for a dip, and when it was time to come out there would be no persistent drippage, the material of the trunks would dry quickly so I could put my shorts back on! Winner! No more sopping wet TimberMane wandering around the beach or pool area feeling uncomfortable and getting cold!

Then about a year later I thought ‘what the hell am I doing!?’ Just lose the shorts all together!! The trunks are perfectly acceptable, if Daniel Craig can pull them off as James Bond in Casino Royale, why can’t I!? Yes I am totally aware that Daniel Craig is an absolute hunk of a man, and I am just well, me! Plain old me! But who cares, I’ll never see these people again! So in Majorca one year I went full trunk! No shorts, just trunks! I put a picture on social media pretending to be James Bond, this received some questionable comments but it also triggered my algorithms!!!

I had been let into a new world, a wonderfully colourful and accepting world. My feeds were full of men’s swimwear and one brand in particular… Turns out there was this Australian company who had taken the Urban Dictionary term of Budgie Smuggler:

Bud.gie smug.gler

Noun

1. A tight pair of pants, swimming shorts, or any type of men’s underwear. usually outlining his genitals.

Example:

“Check out the fella wearing Budgie Smugglers, he’s not leaving much to the imagination is he!?”

They altered their brand name slightly to Budgy Smuggler (a spelling mistake that wasn’t noticed) and started producing swimwear in outrageous colours and designs! One thing’s for sure, they had me written all over them! Embrace it I thought!! I had to have a pair! One problem, they were only sold in Australia! Lucky for me I had a trip down under planned and I had every intention of visiting Manly, where the original Budgy Smuggler store is!

Long story short, I bought a pair of Pink Pineapples and Wallabies! The Pink Pineapples are my favourite to this day!

Budgy smugglers are now available in various countries around the world and the designs are off the chain! Since then I have bought various designs including a whole family set of Rubber Duckies, Pink Palms and One Wave allowing us to be apart of the #couplesmuggling and #familysmuggling movement!

I know what you’re thinking, you probably need a certain body type to pull these off, not true! Budgy Smuggler run a yearly campaign/competition called Worlds Most Ordinary Rig! Celebrating body positivity and encourages people to be comfortable in their own skin! So free the thighs chaps!!

And that’s all it is! What’s the difference? You see more thigh! Big deal!! Who cares!? Maybe it’s a little bit suggestive around the meat and two veg, but the perverts shouldn’t be looking!!! Don’t forget the drying time being drastically reduced and obviously the nice even sun tan!

I urge you to free your thighs, be confident and have some fun at the beach!

Keep Smuggling

TM

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