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Guys, Really, who needs ankle weights. Cave diving stance is feet up any way. Just dive like that all the time. Well not really, but who needs heavy feet? Jeff of Darwin Merry Christmas George I, we look forward to your comments next year........JS of DWN At 16:26 24/12/99 -0500, you wrote: >Ankle weights are for guys with plastic fins. When you have the wrong >gear, it takes more gear to correct it. > >Andrew wrote: >> >> Walter, >> >> Now you've gone and done it. >> >> You've pissed off all these PADI strokes. They "don't" wear PADI ankle >> weights with their PADI drysuits. PADI Instructors all teach the PADI >> drysuit course the PADI way. So they don't have to wear PADI ankle weights. >> Now I ask, if you don't wear PADI ankle weights does your PADI buddy wear >> PADI ankle weights or does he have to remove his PADI ankle weights too. >> >> Walter, Quit pissing them off. >> >> Andrew >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Mike Strong <divermike@fn*.ne*> >> To: Walter Jaccard <wjaccard@mi*.co*> >> Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 8:19 AM >> Subject: Re: DUI rock boots >> >> >Walter, >> > >> >I have no problem fitting my rock boots into Jet Fins. >> > >> >And, UP YOURS--I am a PADI Open Water Instructor, and I don't 'need' ankle >> >weights. >> > >> >Happy Holidays, >> > >> >Mike Strong >> > >> >At 02:48 PM 12/22/99 -0800, you wrote: >> >>Cam, >> >> >> >>I have yet to see anyone make rock boots work with scubapro jet fins, and >> I >> >>have yet to see a good diver that needs ankle weights. >> >> >> >>Ankle weights are for padi open water instructors. >> >> >> >>Walter >> >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >> >>From: Cam Banks <cam_banks@ho*.co*> >> >>To: <rs@da*.co*.uk*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >> >>Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 8:21 AM >> >>Subject: Re: DUI rock boots >> >> >> >> >> >>> Luann's reply about covers it. I have them and they're great. Once I >> got >> >>> some really thick insulation for my feet (Whites thinsulate booties) >> >>though, >> >>> I had to go up a size in the rock boots. I have a size 9.5 (US) foot >> and >> >>> was trying to go with the size 10 boots. Size 11 turned out to be a >> much >> >>> better choice. >> >>> >> >>> I still wear ankle weights, as all that insulation gives me floaty feet. >> >>> >> >>> If you're trying to have them put on another brand of drysuit, that may >> be >> >>a >> >>> different story. >> >>> >> >>> Cam >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >From: Richard Sherington <rs@da*.co*.uk*> >> >>> >To: "'techdiver@aquanaut.com'" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >> >>> >Subject: DUI rock boots >> >>> >Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:47:54 -0000 >> >>> > >> >>> >Does anybody use DUI rock boots? I have no end of grief with a leaky >> >>> >right >> >>> >boot which doesn't want to be cured. I'm thinking of changing to the >> >>rock >> >>> >boots. They look a good idea but I don't know what their like to use. >> >>Any >> >>> >comments appreciated. >> >>> > >> >>> >Thanks >> >>> > >> >>> >Richard >> >>> >-- >> >>> >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> >>> >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to >> `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> >>> >> >>> ______________________________________________________ >> >>> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> >>> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> >> >> >>-- >> >>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> >>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> >> >> >> >> > >> >-- >> >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> > >> >> -- >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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