FINS ....... DO WE REALLY NEED THEM ..

The thing is if you want to dive without FINS , then you need a size 30 feet with webbings like a duck feet between your toes to function as a FIN.
There are 3 types of fins in my point of view. POWER FINS , JET FINS and BIO FINS.

well dunno why but in the diving community they love to flam peeps who support alternate types of FINS but their own….

And there are the ever stylish freakishly high-tech FORCE FINS. I will be talking bout my FINS , the POWER FINS. Picture below



Yes they are the same ones used by US Naval Seals 20 years ago. Why change something thats not broken right? its very simple and easy to use. Plus its shorter in length infront so walking around with it is not as hard as try to walk with the normal 1 meter length ones.

From the next picture you noticed that its 1 single piece constructions. No high tech manufacturing techniques at all. Thats why its been said to last you a lifetime.

Now you will need one of these below to use my type of fins. Its called a dive boot.

This is because my Fins design is called open Sole type. There are full Sole fins out there that is like a huge slipper with fins

That type of FINS you dont need to have to wear dive boots. The reason i found having Dive boots really is sometimes the dive boats are a couple of 100 meters away so you need to walk there on foot , just imagine the hot sand or the odd rocks or sharp corals along the way??? hehe get the idea right.

Now for the other fins you can go google it with the names I supplied earlier on. Make sure to try on the FINS with the BOOTS as there are different cuttings to a boot and materials like normal shoes. It has to be compatible to your FINS. Its must be a comfortable fit with both on and the end of the fins should be touching your ankles. Thats very important as if you are too far behind your ankles , that means the fins are too big for you and you cant power it under water. If its too short infront of your ankles , that means its too small and you will be wasting alot of your strength using it underwater.

Finally just a note on how to use fins in the water. When you swimming normally on the surface of the water, try to put as much of the fins into the water and not lift it out of the water as it will be wasting alot of time and energy to push it back into the water again each time you kick. I usually just lay on my back instead of my front to kick towards the pickup boat hehe …. Also when under water, bear in mind its not the upward stroke of the fins that gives you the force to push you forward. Its actually the downward stroke that does the pushing. So conserve energy while doing the upstroke and put more effort in for the down stroke or kick. Try not to use your knees only to kick , use the largest muscle to do most of the work hehe and that would be your Thigh muscles and buttocks





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