Walking fins

[wet]

Tech Digest: Amphibious flippers help you not break your own face while on land

 

[sgnips]

sooooooo cool.... gonna wear them at office....:blackeye

 

[Erik]

LOL sgnips, that would be a great pic.
I wonder if any of these actually sold?

 

[sgnips]

something deep inside of me is asking they're not.....

 

[trux]

Yes, they are, and they are rather common. I saw them even utilized like official fins at some diving event or at some expedition (I just don't remember what it was exactly). You can buy them in plenty stores - just check out Google shopping:

http://www.google.com/products?rlz=1T4GGIC_enFR241FR241&q=omega+amphibian+fins

 

[Erik]

You'd have to put a gun to my head to get me to walk down the beach with those on lol!

 

[watts]

What happened to just putting on your fins at the water.:head

 

[trux]

What happened to just putting on your fins at the water.:head

The problem is when you are too fat and cannot bend sufficiently over your belly (especially with the BCD on) to put the fins on.

No, seriously, I can imagine plenty of situations when the fins are quite practical - for example when you need to wade through shallow water, or walk out of the water frequently; when you have full hands when entering water; when you need to be ready to jump to the water quickly; etc. There are other amphibian fins though too. I have some of them (including these Omega Flipfins) in my Collection of Weird Fins

 

[Lazuli]

I think I look strange enough without them. They look like fancy dress "Transformers" apparel!

 

[Oldsarge]

Not being a 'tanker', it does seem to me that they make better sense for our SCUBA friends. I just put the fins on at the surf line and back into the water. It's getting out that's the challenge!