Rocket monofin?

[DivingDane]

anybody have any info about these fins, they seem to be VERY popular with Fin swimmers in europe but i cant find any images or info about them.

anybody here seen or no what one is?

DD

[mgm]

Flickr Photo Download: DSCN5536

seems to be the fastest fin ever

Flickr Photo Download: DSCN5550
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1564792...7617603549851/

[Fondueset]

Looks like your standard Hyper style fin. Like the Waterway Glide, Triton and Leaderfins hyper pro.

[mgm]

Flickr Photo Download: DSCN5572

yes it is more or less the same. could also be, that the blades are made by waterway.

[Fondueset]

Waterway blades are made by a fellow in either Russian or Ukraine - I cannot recall his name offhand.

Design of the fin is also very like Max's fins from Triton.

Triton Underwater Sport Equipment

[DivingDane]

looks like a pretty different lamination style in that last photo and the footpocket reinforcement panel on the top is interesting. anybody have any contact details for that fin.

DD

[Fondueset]

You'll need to join yahoogroups but I found an email link here

Yahoo! Groups

It does have some interesting design details - but looks like a variation of the hyperfin theme - perhaps with quite a bit of blade angle. I've seen that lamination style on a number of blades - from specialfins, leaderfins and Triton. I haven't really gotten detailed with it but it seems like the blade starts well down the foot. The shaping of the trailing edge is a little different than some as well. Quality of finish and shaping looks very nice and I like the way they have wrapped the foot strap - this is one of the weak areas on monofins.

[mgm]

Could it be that lamination style depend on soft or hart blade?

that one is used from Stefano Figini in a middle distance race I think.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1564792...7617603549851/

[TimoP]

Hard to find any information about Rocket monofin from the web, but I found this from a interview of a finswimming champion:

"What kind of fins or monofins do you use? (Brand)
Now rocket, and immersion, and I’m very grateful the masters, who made it: Viktor Panev, Igor Soroka, Alex Lichenko"
(What is that Immersion fin, and have the men made the Rocket or Immersion or both...?)

In finswimmers' poll 2009 Rocket is No 1 monofin (in poll results there is something interesting about trainings, too):
http://www.finswimmer.com/polls/ (side 2)
_________________________________________
Which is your monofin?
Rocketfin (36%, 26 Votes)
Other (36%, 26 Votes)
Waterway (16%, 12 Votes)
Handmade (8%, 6 Votes)
Glidefin (7%, 5 Votes)
Simply (4%, 3 Votes)
Mat Mas (4%, 3 Votes)
Binfin (4%, 3 Votes)
Leaderfin (3%, 2 Votes)
Start Date: September 16, 2009, End Date: No Expiry
______________________________________________
Quite a lot of Others = the Russian Hyperfin mainly?
It may be that Glidefin=Waterway Glide? If so, WW 23%.

Here (scroll down on linked page) are interesting pics of 11 different - mainly hyper type - monofin brand for finswimmwers...but not Rocket?!
http://all-finswimming.over-blog.com...e-1230914.html
Edit: reason is that pics are from year 2007. But there are some interesting rare monofin brands...

BTW there seems to be 'Rocket' stereofin from another manufacture and it has (probably) nothing to do with Rocket monofin.

[servuks700]

For sure russian names.

[salibandy]

Am you thinking what I'm thinking DD? Are you getting one?

[TimoP]

Viktor Panev, Igor Soroka, Alex Lichenko
I found that they are top class finswimmers from Ukraine. But i didn't found more info about Rocket monofin or their possible role with it.

[pranoide]

I have tryed one rocketfin in Italy in the apnea academy conference 2007.
Several of the competitors, italian, in finswimming ,were using them.

I think, that the contact was the national trainer?


DiveFree
M

[jump]

Viktor Panev, Igor Soroka are top ukrainian finswimmers and they are really make these fins by themselves.

As i remember at last finswimming world championship rocketfins are the most popular fins between athletes from all countries exept China and Russia. But only 2 or 3 current world records in finswimming was set using rocketfins...

[TimoP]

In that Yahoo!group there is said:
"I haven't the personal e-mail but you can write to rocketfin@...
that is the e-mail of Victor Panev and Igor Soroka for the selling of monofins."

So it has investigated that finswimmers Victor Panev and Igor Soroka make and sell Rocket Monofins in Ukraine. I haven't managed to get that whole email adress altough I joined that Yahoo!Group.