Whats the prob w/split fins again?
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EzeeDiver
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You will be superior in whicever fin you choose, as long as you dive a BP/W! 
In all seriousness...dive whatever makes you comfortable, and don't worry about the speedsters, diving is supposed to be relaxing and enjoyable. Happy diving!
In all seriousness...dive whatever makes you comfortable, and don't worry about the speedsters, diving is supposed to be relaxing and enjoyable. Happy diving!
captain
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The only way you will know is to try both in various conditions. I have never tried splits, paddles work fine for me and not all paddles are equal as I have used many types over the years. Right now my favorites are the old Mares Power Plana Graphites. If you dive long enough and often enough and try different fins you will find what you like.
diver_doug
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The problem with split fins is that they're long. So if your trash can is already pretty full, you might find that it's hard to close the lid even if you really cram 'em down in there.
And I like the way people class split fins in a single group as though they are the same performers.
That's like saying Corvette and Aveo are Chevrolet so they must be the same.
I dove my SP Jets from the time my kids started grade school and retired the fins after I became a grandfather. I dive SP Twin Jet Max, arthritis caught up with me. I still dive a bit.
The dive is the issue. The fins are some of the tools that keep you diving. Use the tool that gives you your best dive.
That's like saying Corvette and Aveo are Chevrolet so they must be the same.
I dove my SP Jets from the time my kids started grade school and retired the fins after I became a grandfather. I dive SP Twin Jet Max, arthritis caught up with me. I still dive a bit.
The dive is the issue. The fins are some of the tools that keep you diving. Use the tool that gives you your best dive.
One of the issues that comes up with people who are really against them is based on the idea that in a cave they can be an entanglement hazard should the line get wrapped around them. The real reason and I may get in a lot of trouble for telling you this is based on the devil. The devil in the form of a snake came to eve in the garden of eden. (insert spooky dramatic music here). He with his forked or SPLIT tongue convinced her to eat the apple. She did and found out she was nekkid and looked GOOD! But Adam didn't even notice cause he was still ignorant. So she slipped some apple into his strawberry cream cheese and crackers. Soon as he took a bite he saw that Eve looked GOOD! And he was able to do something about it.
And it came to pass that the commotion and noise (she was a screamer) woke God up. Out of a sound sleep. He stubbed his toe on a planet he was working on. He was MAD! He asked em what they thought they were doing. Between moans they said we don;t know but it is great. Well that was all it took. He tossed em out of the garden, gave her a monthly visitor and mankind great fear every 28 days or so. All because of a snake with a SPLIT tongue.
So if you dive splits and corrupt a female, which is likely because of the fins, God will give you great gas pains and force you to do a warhammer on every dive. You will be shunned and laughed at. Your wetsuit will soon rot and you will have a great rash. Still wanna dive splits?
And it came to pass that the commotion and noise (she was a screamer) woke God up. Out of a sound sleep. He stubbed his toe on a planet he was working on. He was MAD! He asked em what they thought they were doing. Between moans they said we don;t know but it is great. Well that was all it took. He tossed em out of the garden, gave her a monthly visitor and mankind great fear every 28 days or so. All because of a snake with a SPLIT tongue.
So if you dive splits and corrupt a female, which is likely because of the fins, God will give you great gas pains and force you to do a warhammer on every dive. You will be shunned and laughed at. Your wetsuit will soon rot and you will have a great rash. Still wanna dive splits?
elmer fudd
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I've got a feeling that had JL written the bible I would have read the whole thing.
I'm working on a revised version. The Bible according to the Reverend Jimmy Bob Jerry Patrick Eugene Ernest Love. And wait till you get to the part about prostitution not being a sin because God was the first PIMP! Cost Adam a rib to get a woman. If that ain't a high priced escort I don't know what is.
It's really exhausting reading imaginative posts. For drysuit, over neoprene socks and wetsuit booties, Wenoka mothers 26" L 10" W, because they're the only ones that fit, like wood, legs sometimes unhappy. No problem. Backbeach or surf, Mares name scratched off, bit smaller, keep them strapped to my chest until I pull myself somewhere to put them on. No problem. Scubapro splits for currents and chasing my buddies to Fight Club, and to give my legs a rest and for climbing boat ladders, because they bend and twist out of the way. No problem. Jets much shorter, for old time diving, just bought some straps from dan@vintagescubasupply.com. No problem. Here it is. Diving without fins. Problem. So as not to appear the Ugly Australian I guess I'm just going to straddle the fence with a different fin on each foot. Might try that one day. Now I'm off to service my air 2, crack open my Koran, and see whats going on in the Hohouse. A fatwah on me.
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