TN-Steve
Contributor
I've kept hearing how great split fins are, how they make it so much easier, how I'll love them forever once I try them. Yea, not so much for me.
I have been diving a set of Scubapro Novas that I love. I can flutter, frog, pivot, stop and position myself without thinking. They are easy on my old legs, I'm as fast as I need to be and then some. They worked well with my knees bent up and doing little sculling kicks. In short, I like them.
Now my LDS (with whom I'll be going for Divemaster and later instructor for them) isn't a Scubapro shop, and I've gotten a bit a good natured flak about "Diving stuff we don't sell".
I tried a set of the Atomic "Smoke on the Water" splits this last weekend. Yea, they were easy to kick. I couldn't frog kick for beans in them. I'd move, but no real glide, not like the Novas. When I put them out like drag-brakes to stop in position, I just kept gliding. Trying to pivot from a hover involved lots of big sweeping motions.
I'm thinking of trying either the Atomic Blades, or maybe something from the Aqualung family, maybe the Slingshot, since the band technology looks like they would feel a lot like my Novas, or maybe a plain blade like the X-Shot.
I'm not interested in a set of rocket type fins, too stiff and heavy for me to be comfortable in. What other suggestions do you have? (and "Change your dive shop" isn't an option. They are great folks, we have a great relationship, and I see where they are coming from.) I've got Aqualung, Atomic and Dive Rite as the main brands they sell.
TIA,
Steve
I have been diving a set of Scubapro Novas that I love. I can flutter, frog, pivot, stop and position myself without thinking. They are easy on my old legs, I'm as fast as I need to be and then some. They worked well with my knees bent up and doing little sculling kicks. In short, I like them.
Now my LDS (with whom I'll be going for Divemaster and later instructor for them) isn't a Scubapro shop, and I've gotten a bit a good natured flak about "Diving stuff we don't sell".
I tried a set of the Atomic "Smoke on the Water" splits this last weekend. Yea, they were easy to kick. I couldn't frog kick for beans in them. I'd move, but no real glide, not like the Novas. When I put them out like drag-brakes to stop in position, I just kept gliding. Trying to pivot from a hover involved lots of big sweeping motions.
I'm thinking of trying either the Atomic Blades, or maybe something from the Aqualung family, maybe the Slingshot, since the band technology looks like they would feel a lot like my Novas, or maybe a plain blade like the X-Shot.
I'm not interested in a set of rocket type fins, too stiff and heavy for me to be comfortable in. What other suggestions do you have? (and "Change your dive shop" isn't an option. They are great folks, we have a great relationship, and I see where they are coming from.) I've got Aqualung, Atomic and Dive Rite as the main brands they sell.
TIA,
Steve