Split Fins

Hey, guys, I'm a little new to the world of diving and such. I'm taking
a scuba class at high school, and I've gone free diving/spear fishing
w/ one of my friends a few times. I'm using my older bro's gear, and
the fins are pretty out-dated. I'v heard a lot of good stuff about
split fins, and I've been looking at a few of them. Two of the best
looking ones I'v seen are the IST F-2 Talaria, and the AquaLung V-Tek.
I'm looking for something at or around the $100 range, and those two
looked pretty good. (Keep in mind, I'm too young to get a job, so my
budget is pretty limited.). Check em out if you could, and reply.

Thx for your time,
Mike

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:47:19 -0800, Scorcher878 wrote:
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Check the USENET archives via Google Groups... Split Fins have been
discussed to death in various threads over the years... Some people like
them, some people laugh at them and anyone caught wearing them...

Of course, if you wear 'em, you're gonna die...

Scorcher878@gmail.com wrote:
> Hey, guys, I'm a little new to the world of diving and such. I'm taking
> a scuba class at high school, and I've gone free diving/spear fishing
> w/ one of my friends a few times. I'm using my older bro's gear, and
> the fins are pretty out-dated.

Hm, must remember to have a look at the soles of my fins to
verify the "best before" date.
Thanks for the hint.

Matthias

<Scorcher878@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hey, guys, I'm a little new to the world of diving and such. I'm taking
> a scuba class at high school, and I've gone free diving/spear fishing
> w/ one of my friends a few times. I'm using my older bro's gear, and
> the fins are pretty out-dated. I'v heard a lot of good stuff about
> split fins, and I've been looking at a few of them. Two of the best
> looking ones I'v seen are the IST F-2 Talaria, and the AquaLung V-Tek.
> I'm looking for something at or around the $100 range, and those two
> looked pretty good. (Keep in mind, I'm too young to get a job, so my
> budget is pretty limited.). Check em out if you could, and reply.
>
> Thx for your time,
> Mike

Try a variety of fins if you can and find out what suits you, this may
change as you get more experianced or want to try different experiances than
you will change your fins. Saying that my current fines are over 20 years
old are still perfect for my modest diving needs and apart from a strap
replacement or 6 still going strong.
>

> Trolls don't have physics teachers.

Excuse Me?

MikeTheGeek wrote:
> Thx brian, that was probably the most helpful post ive gotten.
>
>
> Hey guys, I've heard from quite a few people now that splits will make
> you about 3x faster than solids. Should I or should I not believe this?
> (My own diving instructor swears by them)
>

Not 3 times faster by any means, that splits use less energy than a
'standard' design has been demonstarted time after time. How much
energy? It depends greatly on the user, and the 'style' of use.

"MikeTheGeek" <Scorcher878@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> > Trolls don't have physics teachers.
>
> Excuse Me?

Did he stutter?

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:51:08 -0800, Scorcher878 wrote:
> um... by dying do you mean with fatigue or you would kill me because of
> them?

Neither...

"MikeTheGeek" <Scorcher878@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Thx brian, that was probably the most helpful post ive gotten.
>
>
> Hey guys, I've heard from quite a few people now that splits will make
> you about 3x faster than solids. Should I or should I not believe this?
> (My own diving instructor swears by them)

He's on crack.

He wants you to buy them because he makes twice as much money as regular
fins.

"Magilla" wrote:

>>Hey guys, I've heard from quite a few people now that splits will make
>>you about 3x faster than solids. Should I or should I not believe this?
>>(My own diving instructor swears by them)
>
>
> Hey Tony,
>
> is y'all's bridge still available? May have a buyer.
>
> Curtis

I thought it was sold already )

Matthias