Force Fin Designs

[Bob Evans]

What ???!!! Seems incredible. Disparaging, talking trash and telling b....... is just usual, but telling you'll drown ??? How can an instructor relay such cr.. !!!

Since I've been diving my Force Fin Pros, I've heard many questions, many false statements from people without experience but knowing everything better than anybody else, but nothing as bad as that.

As far as I context is concerned, here in France, Force Fins are more than unusual, more unheard of, alas. I fear we're shy about new diving stuff (mixed gas, rebreathers, wings...) . Only met British and German divers using Force Fins. Know only one other frenchy to use them besides me.

JMBL, I think you are right about France ( I was born in Paris, France-1950) and Force Fins..we did do a fair amount of Military sales with a guy named Willy. Sold over a 100 pairs of SD-1 to special French unit. Poseidon in UK has been a Force Fin distributor for over 25 years now. Just shipping them this week. We lost most of our distribution with high production cost over the past 40 years. But still make the best fins in the world. Why Force Fins Are Made In U.S.A. – Force Fin. Me hugging a Force Fin after a test swim..fell in LOVE with the Freedom

 

[Bob Evans]

Our friend John Chase owner of FOARM helped us with the contract sewing. SD-1, SK-1-2. Looking over our first samples, Santa Barbara 2001. One of the final products made using a non-molding method. Notice the SPLIT..one year before the others. I had Patents to make " Split Fins". Susanne and I had good reasons not to go get involved in lawsuits. Mainly having to come up with a Half Million for start several lawsuits. Crazy.!!! Always makes we wonder why we spent over $750,000 on Worldwide patents when to enforce them might run you up to a Million dollars. Good luck collecting damages. And the way they made their " Split fin" was a failure. All the water went right up thur the split area. With the Foil Force we capture this energy and redirect behing you. Not up and down, like a bad heart valve. The Force Fin Foil Force, made for the US Marines.

 

[Bob Evans]

The method Susane and I developed allowed us to make a fin sample within one week. Once the urethane sheet was sewn in a fin shape we cast Poly-urethane into the space. With Ocean Futures and Jean-Michael Cousteau I was able to make different designs for them.

 

[Bob Evans]

Might be fun to start down the road of Force Fin...Patent History..Really amazing. 5 Years of a fight like no other in Fin History.

 

[Bob Evans]

But Jim Joiner...what a special Man.

 

[JMBL]

Might be fun to start down the road of Force Fin...Patent History..Really amazing. 5 Years of a fight like no other in Fin History.

Would you care to elaborate, please ?

 

[JMBL]

But Jim Joiner...what a special Man.

Quite funny to read. Somehow, it reflects my own experience with Force Fins, years later and in a different country : making fun of the fins because of the unusual shape, thinking them worthless without even a single try out... Still some people are ready to try and change their opinion.

 

[JMBL]

JMBL, I think you are right about France ( I was born in Paris, France-1950) and Force Fins..we did do a fair amount of Military sales with a guy named Willy. Sold over a 100 pairs of SD-1 to special French unit. Poseidon in UK has been a Force Fin distributor for over 25 years now. Just shipping them this week. We lost most of our distribution with high production cost over the past 40 years. But still make the best fins in the world. Why Force Fins Are Made In U.S.A. – Force Fin. Me hugging a Force Fin after a test swim..fell in LOVE with the Freedom

Funny, I've completely missed you were born in France. How old were you when you left ? I was aware French military uses/used Force Fins. No wonder it is hard to guess, there are so many units both in the Army and Navy, or even in the French Foreign Legion, which have combat or recon divers, besides it's rather hush hush business.

 

[Bob Evans]

Would you care to elaborate, please ?

down the road....

 

[Bob Evans]

Funny, I've completely missed you were born in France. How old were you when you left ? I was aware French military uses/used Force Fins. No wonder it is hard to guess, there are so many units both in the Army and Navy, or even in the French Foreign Legion, which have combat or recon divers, besides it's rather hush hush business.

Might have been one year old, then left for Hermosa Beach. California. Love the diapers hanging in the Paris studio.. Then at 9 our parents moved to Roma Italy where our Father had a studio. We lived in Italy for 3 years, then returned to Hermosa. Miss France...and the food. Our Mother Betty Evans was a cook book writer. In fact will be selling her books I just pulled from storage.