Burr Hole to Blue Hole: A Surgeon's Desert Diving
Posted By Charles Engles on 13 February 2006
Before finishing for the day, Aharon wanted to see my finning technique and I was instructed to perform vertical finning. I proceeded to do so while being videoed. I thought I performed rather well, perhaps even exceptionally so. Aharon, on the other hand, immediately felt that my fins were wrong and later, a review of Cliff’s video did show that the fins were too stiff. What a teaching tool the video is ! I could see what Aharon was seeing. The fins were a disappointment, since I was quite proud of them. Back home I'm regarded as an old ex-scuba diver that has perhaps suffered from too frequent, low-grade occult type II DCS events, leaving me befuddled and fixated on freediving. Humoring me a few years ago, my friendly dive shop obtained what we considered to be super trick, high-powered, state-of-the-art, carbon blade Mares Pippin Attack Fins. Gee, they are too stiff. I was consoled by the offer swap out the carbon blades for some more suitable Sporasub blades.
Continued Next Week...
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