I dont believe v-bend it's anything to do with footpocket construction/placement or technique but rather blade shape and construction . I have a Hyperfin (does it a little), Waterway Glide Black (does it a lot) and Leaderfin Hyper (does it a fair bit), water way model 1 (no v bend at all)
The reason i believe it is all in the blade is
1. Ant Williams Hyperfin doesn't do it and mine does (that's with both divers using either fin) Only real difference in the fins is the blade shape and construction. His is an older fin with more shoulder area and more layering but same stiffness
2. I cut my Glide footpockets off my (black freediving fin) and put them on a standard waterway model 1 blade. This went from the worst offending v-bend fin to almost perfect no v-bend profile. Again much more shoulder area in the blade and different layering in the fibreglass
Here is pic from a previous thread of the two blades one on top of the other and you can see the shoulder area difference
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Andy
Sydney, Australia
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Last edited by ADR; May 13th, 2008 at 22:25.
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