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  A.Appleyard wrote:-
> What is the difference in shape between speed fins and power fins?

  Rodney Nairne <rnairne@sy*.DI*.oz*.au*> replied:-
> Speed- long, thin and flexible. more of a whole leg kick than a "stab" which
> is the usual for power fins, which are the normal scuba fin. With the right
> technique, the long (3feet) fins use less energy for a given speed. The
> French use them almost exclusively, even for scuba/cave diving. Rod.

Fins 3 feet (1 meter) long seem @#%$ awkward to walk on land in, as has to be
done sometimes. Or to move about in small places underwater. Or even to store
in diving gear bags. I have better things to do than to have to fit fins as
long as pickaxe handles into a reasonable sized diving gear bag! It is all
right to say "put your fins on and take them off in the water", but I prefer
to put them on and take them off on land near the water, than to risk being
washed about in the water without fins.

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