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hard or soft blade?
- Thread starter kirehe
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Hi , Erik .
This is another question that depends heavily on personal preferences . IMHO there is no specific right or wrong .
Factors would include what you want to use the fins for ;personal experience/fitness ; swimming style ect.
I like a fairly stiff blade , use OMER Tuna Competition . Gives me good acceleration when I sprint after a fish and makes me feel I'm really MOVING when I return to the surface after a deep dive .
Others will probably claim similar results with softer blades ...
This is another question that depends heavily on personal preferences . IMHO there is no specific right or wrong .
Factors would include what you want to use the fins for ;personal experience/fitness ; swimming style ect.
I like a fairly stiff blade , use OMER Tuna Competition . Gives me good acceleration when I sprint after a fish and makes me feel I'm really MOVING when I return to the surface after a deep dive .
Others will probably claim similar results with softer blades ...
No disagreement here. Stiff, actually a broken in stiff works for me, but you gotta have the legs and technique, as in time to develop both. OMER Millenium Competitions when I get lucky enough to dive warm water where I can get by with 3mm socks and Esclapez open heel jobs for the usual 5mm boots that the 47-52F wtaers and my big feet dictate.
sven
sven
depends on how much you use them
If you use the fins often, you will be able to swim with harder finblades, due to better fitness of the leg mussels.
For most uses, it is probably better to have too soft fins than too hard.
Try your diving buddys fins before buying your own.
If you use the fins often, you will be able to swim with harder finblades, due to better fitness of the leg mussels.
For most uses, it is probably better to have too soft fins than too hard.
Try your diving buddys fins before buying your own.
Umberto used C4 80's.
I don't know what they are like in terms of stiffness, they are longer then the 40's. A longer fin pushes more water so has more 'resistance'. So in that context they would be quite a stiff fin, even if they are a bit softer then the 40's.
Read on a french website somewhere that the 80's are only good for larger divers, something like 180cm+
I don't know what they are like in terms of stiffness, they are longer then the 40's. A longer fin pushes more water so has more 'resistance'. So in that context they would be quite a stiff fin, even if they are a bit softer then the 40's.
Read on a french website somewhere that the 80's are only good for larger divers, something like 180cm+