I see a fair number of BP/Ws on the liveaboards I've been traveling on, not many long hoses/bungeed secondaries. Very rare to see another diver doing back kicks or helicopter turns, lots of hand waving used to turn or back up.
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Why?[...] But surprisingly I see a ton of Hydros Pros (They're gonna die!) in use. [...]
Why?
Why what? Why do I see them? Why do they use them? Why are they going to die? (The latter because SB says so )
Those split fins don't seem to be moving me as fast the last year or two. Or maybe.....Combine the HydrosPro with split fins and it's an almost sure death sentence.