Re: Hyperfin from Triton equipment
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Well, we got into the bay near one of the harbors (elmwood, pete) and managed to cross the mouth of the marina to get into some nicer water. Visibility was not good so the Videos are nothing special. We definitely confirmed the fin has some V bend - more pronounced, interestingly, on the backstroke. It is not the huge sort of fold we've seen on some pics posted here. I'm also discovering I need to adapt my undulation to this softer fin - I think both my waterways are harder - certainly the hard one is. With it I tend to use a high frequency undulation - I think this fin may benefit from a longer, slower stroke.
I had almost no foot pain this time - though my toes got a little numb - probably because my 3 mil socks are too short and leak. We had to cross a very busy harbor entrance to get to open water - theres a big air show and boat traffic is insane. Crossing the harbor mouth on the surface was amazing - This fin absolutely rocks for surface swimming and I just flew across!
Once again I was amazed how easily and quickly I cover distance underwater . I can barely move and just zoom along the bottom - hardly disturbing the fish (other than being a huge, fast moving object that is).
This beauty is definitely getting easiar each time I take it out. I expect I'll be able to wear it at least a couple of hours at a shot for temps above 50F.
Just to be clear - I told Max I wanted a hi performance fin for recreational freediving - It would be interesting to see what Salibandy ordered for comparison.
Last edited by Fondueset; July 5th, 2008 at 18:16.
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