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--=====================_3840767==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 01:00 AM 13/08/2001 , terry michael wrote: > >water with split fins seem to swim with a more rapid kick > >than those with normal fins - jets or quatros. Why is that? > >Quatros? >Billy are you diving with quatros? >These fins are very sloppy, soft and slow to respond in my opinion. The avante is nearly as bad but with only two of the soft stretchy rubber inserts is slightly better (still the same fin). The quick releases will need to be duct taped shut. This would qualify as a "stroke" fin in my opinion. >I keep hearing people talking about speed but we all know the free diving fins are for speed. What you all need to concentrate on in my opinion is reaction time "speed" and sensitivity. The quatros and the split fins score a big fat ZERO in these two categories in my experience. Anything that limits your ability to respond to a situation should be destroyed. I say lose the compromise and lose the quatros! Thanks Terry. I've dived with jets exclusively for the last four years. I wouldn't put quatros in the same category as splits. There's something strange about the way divers pedal round in the splits. Like monocycle riders. rgds billyw --=====================_3840767==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> At 01:00 AM 13/08/2001 , terry michael wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>>water with split fins seem to swim with a more rapid kick<br> >than those with normal fins - jets or quatros. Why is that?<br> <br> Quatros?<br> Billy are you diving with quatros?<br> These fins are very sloppy, soft and slow to respond in my opinion. The avante is nearly as bad but with only two of the soft stretchy rubber inserts is slightly better (still the same fin). The quick releases will need to be duct taped shut. This would qualify as a "stroke" fin in my opinion.<br> I keep hearing people talking about speed but we all know the free diving fins are for speed. What you all need to concentrate on in my opinion is reaction time "speed" and sensitivity. The quatros and the split fins score a big fat ZERO in these two categories in my experience. Anything that limits your ability to respond to a situation should be destroyed. I say lose the compromise and lose the quatros!<br> </blockquote><br> Thanks Terry. I've dived with jets exclusively for the last <br> four years.<br> <br> I wouldn't put quatros in the same category as splits.<br> <br> There's something strange about the way divers pedal round in<br> the splits. Like monocycle riders.<br> <br> rgds billyw<br> <br> </html> --=====================_3840767==_.ALT-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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