joshua.d.vise
Contributor
Hi all,
Just completed my first pool dive for the drysuit specialty. We used a wing bcd with it, which was a first for me.
I found that if I got horizontal (as we should when at the bottom) the legs and feet would fill with air as I kicked, slowly at first and then more quickly as time went on. I had to do several roll outs just to overcome it during the course of the training. I think with a wetsuit my legs would naturally bend at the knee so my feet would be slightly elevated, but I'm not sure I could hold my legs perfectly straight for the whole of a dive in a drysuit, either from habit or inflexibility. Also, using the wing bcd kind of kept me from being able to get my feet slightly under me to let the air back into the body as the dive went on, at least it seemed like it (as I said, I've never used one before). It had a heavy weighted backplate that would be good for weighting, but may have also made it harder to get my feet lower than my body. Again, that was just the feeling I had, as I am completely inexperienced with a wing bcd and a drysuit.
So, I guess my question is, what should I be doing to correct this? Is it solely a posture issue? Is it possible that too much or too little air in the bcd is throwing me off? Is it the bcd type? Add more weights? Any tips will be most welcome!
Just completed my first pool dive for the drysuit specialty. We used a wing bcd with it, which was a first for me.
I found that if I got horizontal (as we should when at the bottom) the legs and feet would fill with air as I kicked, slowly at first and then more quickly as time went on. I had to do several roll outs just to overcome it during the course of the training. I think with a wetsuit my legs would naturally bend at the knee so my feet would be slightly elevated, but I'm not sure I could hold my legs perfectly straight for the whole of a dive in a drysuit, either from habit or inflexibility. Also, using the wing bcd kind of kept me from being able to get my feet slightly under me to let the air back into the body as the dive went on, at least it seemed like it (as I said, I've never used one before). It had a heavy weighted backplate that would be good for weighting, but may have also made it harder to get my feet lower than my body. Again, that was just the feeling I had, as I am completely inexperienced with a wing bcd and a drysuit.
So, I guess my question is, what should I be doing to correct this? Is it solely a posture issue? Is it possible that too much or too little air in the bcd is throwing me off? Is it the bcd type? Add more weights? Any tips will be most welcome!