Force Fin Designs

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My early interest in our Oceans.Our Father, Gordon B. Evans took me down to the Redondo Beach Harbor to collect fresh sea water, each week for over a year. Having Parents who supported my projects was what it took. A happy Octopus, who loved small crabs.
 

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Found this intresting drawing showing the downward heel section on Force Fin.1981 I discovered this advantage of leverage over my Jet fin foot pocket. You can see the pink add on, with a earlier protype. The final Patent drawings allow you to see our form in a center cross section. I always had fun making this film with Vance Scott, but you can see why our foot pocket is the best design. Next Story.
 

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The Flying Force Fin...what a story.FLYING FORCE FIN – Force Fin Here was a very large xxxl made for a certain Basketball player to swim agaisnt a Olympic swimmer, who won. But Force Fin still hold the World Record for distance swimmer.
 

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Once I designed the first " Split Fin" , Foil Force their were many other ways I played around.
 

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Robert Flores pounding out lace holes on the SD-1 Military Force Fin foot pocket.
 

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My first Underwater design. 1970, The BUDDY MIRROR. A 180 degree mirror. I had my J valve get caught on a fishing net on the Olympic, 120 feet, San Pedro, California. I was happy my dive BUDDY Jim Pennington untangled the net. Without eyes in the back of my head I could not get loose. Aqua-Craft developed the BUDDY MIRROR and sold many at the time. Here my Dad Gordon B. Evans takes a view.
 

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Greg Holt, host of Scuba Radio Scuba Radio checking out " Sperm Force ". This design caused so much trouble at trade shows...besides if it hit you in the head you could get really slapped. What did I learn, alot. When using this design you moved with very little effort. The name summed it all up.
 

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