Scuba Gear: How to Improve Swimming Efficiency: Dive Rite
Friday, June 24th, 2011 at
8:50 pm
Learn how the proper fins can maximize efficiency underwater, especially for the technical diver who expects to be working against flow or strong currents. Dive Rite’s founder, Lamar Hires, gives us some great insight to the EXP Fin.
Duration : 0:2:0
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@randykhayman
Hi,
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@randykhayman
Hi,
Yes, absolutely. We use frog kicks primarily in technical diving along with back kicks. We flutter kick only when in open water or if there is enough silt in the cave system that it doesn’t matter what type of kick you use :).
Is this fin good …
Is this fin good for frog and back kicks?
Lamar is not …
Lamar is not kidding .. He will go swimming with you ! He even loaned me a pair before I bought mine. Something else that I like about these fins is they are so much lighter than the rubber fins. Less mass to accelerate . Love the fins ..
@dougmacnr Mares is …
@dougmacnr Mares is a nice fin, but it will flex under heavy load in high current and you be sitting still. USN dive school doesnt use Mares and they are not authorized for use by Battalion or Force Recon units. You go through BRC and dive school using either SCUBAPRO Jetfins or Aqualung (US Divers) Lighting fins.
It’s all about kick …
It’s all about kick cycles as well as working in overhead environments. Mares is a great fin in open water, however we prefer the efficiency of our kick cycles over theirs in heavy flow and currents. Come diving with us, we’ll show you what we mean.
you have got to be …
you have got to be joking this fin is a plank! Check out the most popular fin used by (SF) water operators world wide covering long distances hauling heavy gear! Mares! still pound for pound the best performing fins ever!!!!
Pretty sure I’m …
Pretty sure I’m gonna spray paint mine yellow, I miss the asorted colors! Also, these fins are fantastic, pretty sure I can back peddle faster than some going forward with these guys 😉
Thanks for the …
Thanks for the video. As I just finished technical cave, and was having a of a time with the frog kick and the currents in the caves, the dive rite fins saved my ass. I love them. Thanks!
PD