drysuit & horizontal positioning
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Not by choice. I find gas in the feet makes fin control sloppy. Especially if you need to back up.
FFMDiver:
I use air in the boots too but the basis still comes from good trim and body position.
NOt everyone finds this comfortable and it should be made clear that if you need a lot of air in your boots that something is wrong with your trim.
R..
vodolaz
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Dan has it right. As you ascend, the gas will expand and your finning will become sloppy. You'll have to go vertical to clear it out and Murphy's Law says that spot will be above the siltiest area in the cave.
vodolaz:
Or instead of going vertical you could just arch your back a little and extend your legs a bit. There´s no reason to make this sound more complicated than it is.
I agree that a large amount of air in your shoes will make finning sloppy. There is, however, a continuum between all and nothing.
R..
If the problem is positioning of your feet and legs I think you should work on proper positioning rather than looking to a solution that will ultimately become a source of dynamic instability for you as you move up in the water column. Why do you have problems with foot and leg placement
does it affect your trim? With legs out your trim may be thrown off. Where do you carry your weight
on a belt and BP or just a belt
how about trim weights on the BP? How about the position of your tank on your back
to far down your back. How about more land drills to get the leg positioning spot on?
At any rate work on the fundamentals and dont look to a work around.
At any rate work on the fundamentals and dont look to a work around.
Oh
before I moved down here
to my .5mm suit I dove dry up north
you know cold dark and inhospitable water.
Tollie:
Was this directed at me?
The point is unless you're wearing something like rock boots there is always air in your shoes. Vodolaz probably wears rockboots and doens't have a good idea how to move the air out of your feet without going vertical. I was just correcting him.
R..
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