Thanks !
What stiffness would you recommend for C4 fins ? 25, 30, 40 ??
I read that for deep dives you need softer fins, 25 for example. But I am worried that it would be a waste of potential as I am already used to these hard workouts with plastic fins !!
I might find 25's tooo floppy! Are 30 and 40 stiffness efficient for +60meter dives ??
(My height is 1m93 (6ft3) and weight 90kg (195lbs) and I train a lot my legs.)
Thx
I don't know much about carbon fins, but I want to comment on stiffness.
The deeper you go, the more buoyancy you loose, the more negative you are. If you got soft fins, if you got short fins, you'll overpower these and consequently waste energy.
Example, I used a soft monofin in combination with a 5mm suit and plenty of weight. At 40m at the turn I pushed of the bottom and overpowered my fin, it felt like a towel instead of blade. So I needed to adjust my technique, slowly build up to speed.
Also I suggest you wear some soft and or small fins and make a deep dive with the same suit and weight. Use a line because you may get a bit scared and want to go up in Free Immersion.
In short for deep dives medium to stiff fins are best.
Now because you're spearfishing, being in the water for hours, swimming at the surface too, you have to take that into consideration.
For me that means that I want a generous footpocked to blade angle and a soft blade.
Now because of the your 40m+ depth I would choose a medium stiffness, especially because your tall, strong and have a considerable water displacement
Furthermore I think I would choose glassfibre over carbon because it's stronger, standing more abuse in multiple directions.
Those are mine considerations, I hope they are useful to you.
At the moment I have Gara 2000HF fins, but would buy the above once I got some new income. The gara's are nice but lack footpocket angle.
Love, Courage and Water,
Kars
