DennisS
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Try moving the weights from next to the plate to near your buckle. When you're in the horizontal position you have a "keel"
My BP/W rolls me on my back!
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cmufieldhockey8
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The dude is not wearing any weight, people. 
cool_hardware52
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This is truely a matter of practice. Unless the harness is really way too loose.
Consider a diver using PST 104's -~3.5 lbs each empty, + bands and manifolds and regs and a Backplate.
When the bottles are near empty there's no gas in the wing either, but some how divers manage to balance with ~15-20 lbs on their back.
Tobin
Consider a diver using PST 104's -~3.5 lbs each empty, + bands and manifolds and regs and a Backplate.
When the bottles are near empty there's no gas in the wing either, but some how divers manage to balance with ~15-20 lbs on their back.
Tobin
What I always tell my students, is that they should roll their hips forward (aka: arching your back slightly). When you do that, your center of gravity will shift and put you in a face-down position. Hopefully that helps! But, Tobin is right, you just have to get in the water and play with it.
OP
Crazy Fingers
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Thanks for all the help guys. When I use a full suit and a hooded vest (where I will need another 2 - 4 pounds) then I will add the weights to my harness by the buckle. For right now I will make sure the harness is extra tight (the problem did seem to be worse right after I practiced ditch and don) and focus on using my fins to stabilize me.
I think another major contributor to the problem is that I am almost perfectly neutral with zero air in the wing. While this is totally awesome from a swimming standpoint (I can ascend and descend without screwing with dumping or adding air), it makes the roll problem a lot, lot worse.
I think another major contributor to the problem is that I am almost perfectly neutral with zero air in the wing. While this is totally awesome from a swimming standpoint (I can ascend and descend without screwing with dumping or adding air), it makes the roll problem a lot, lot worse.
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