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August 19th, 2008
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I got a pair of Carbontek Mattmimetic's from a guy in Florida. I don't know what stiffness they were, but in contrast, we're slightly softer than my meduim stiffness Edge blades.
I have to say that after diving the heavier Edge blades, these felt, in a word, strange. I almost felt like I was overkicking them the whole time, but once I slowed down, I was having no problem keeping up with someone with the medium stiffness Edge blades on the surface, and I was going negatively bouyant(~25feet) with 4-5 full kick cycles. Did a lot of surface swimming with them on Sunday, and they felt a lot better. I have no problem covering a lot of ground, and they feel really really light. The only thing I really have to see now is how they feel at depth, and that'll be after I'm done being sick. But so far, I highly recommend them. They fit perfectly in my Picasso pockets, and feel great.
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"The ocean is like a God to the freediver. You talk to the ocean, you pray to the ocean, sometimes you even hate the ocean. But in the end, you know you cannot live without the ocean." -Umberto Pelizzari 
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