aquacat8
Contributor
Ok I’ve been spending WAY too much time on scubaboard geeking on equipment I want but can’t afford—so today when I walked into my LDS I broke down and went for the “little black dress” of fins, the venerable and many storied Scuba Pro Jet Fin. Because I wanted them. Because that much black rubber is just hot. Because 50 years of Diving Gods can’t be wrong. And because since I lost my steel 72’s and am forced to dive rented AL80’s sometimes my trim is off.
I thought they might be too much, too heavy, and I’d heard the foot pockets sucked, but still I had to try. To the pool for a swim! At first yes my feet protested a bit, but they were snug enough and my feet got used to the feel. They were really heavy too, and they didn’t want to be rapidly fluttered like my swim fins. But something else was going on, and as my body adapted to it I began to groove on it: Momentum! Mass has momentum, and it was giving me that “glide”. I tried all my different kicks and it the jets could do them all, in their own way. Best of all was my beloved dolphin kick. I found the jets were so solid in the water I could pry my body off them forward into the undulation, and then the Jetfins followed thru with a powerful kick like a giant whale tale. It was so much fun I stayed in the water twice as long as my usual swim: a hour and a half instead of 45 minutes. It was a workout but it was great! Thanks for recommending them Scubaboard!
I thought they might be too much, too heavy, and I’d heard the foot pockets sucked, but still I had to try. To the pool for a swim! At first yes my feet protested a bit, but they were snug enough and my feet got used to the feel. They were really heavy too, and they didn’t want to be rapidly fluttered like my swim fins. But something else was going on, and as my body adapted to it I began to groove on it: Momentum! Mass has momentum, and it was giving me that “glide”. I tried all my different kicks and it the jets could do them all, in their own way. Best of all was my beloved dolphin kick. I found the jets were so solid in the water I could pry my body off them forward into the undulation, and then the Jetfins followed thru with a powerful kick like a giant whale tale. It was so much fun I stayed in the water twice as long as my usual swim: a hour and a half instead of 45 minutes. It was a workout but it was great! Thanks for recommending them Scubaboard!
