**Split Fins – Let the Bashing Begin!**

[ONESPEED]

Split fins are less likely to silt than a paddle fin using a flutter kick.

:headscratch:Who actually uses a flutter kick....and why?

 

[Splitlip]

:headscratch:Who actually uses a flutter kick....and why?

Most average divers.
It is what they used for swimming, snorkeling and what they used in their open water training.

Hunters and freedivers too, but I don't think that is where you were going.

 

[Splitlip]

Most average divers.
It is what they used for swimming, snorkeling and what they used in their open water training.

Hunters and freedivers too, but I don't think that is where you were going.

And of course if bursts of speed are required....

 

[mike_s]

if this thread is back to life.... then we need to bring this back to life also

 

[Lobstah Slayah]

I have arthritis, I have used both split fins and paddle fins. All I can tell you is the splits are much easier on my knees.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

At last ... proof that split fins are dangerous ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[diver_doug]

Split fins are the result of curious scientists splicing together a high-quality paddle fin with the extra chromosome that causes Down's syndrome. Scientific fact!

 

[Snowgod]

I have read this thread and enjoyed it. I was a ski and snowboard instructor for most of my adult life and I had to help people find a ski or board that flexed enough for the speed and type of turn they desired. Too stiff a ski was hard work and too soft a ski meant loss of control at higher speeds. How to find that right ski or board was fairly easy with the use of some 2x4 blocks of wood under the skis while you stood on them. If they squashed to the floor they were too soft, if they just touched or almost touched the floor was about right. Now if only there was a similar test for fin flex. I think that the split and other modifications have really been to make the fins flex more easily.

 

[Bob Evans]

Diver Doug, many split fin's are FLAT, but then one design is curved and came out one year before the others.YouTube - ForceFin2020's Channel You might to know how Flat works over a curved shape.

 

[cperc]

I like 'em both...........