(Please note that the following is true except that I tried to make the great folks at Force Fin [Blair mainly] appear as the evil villains. I think that they'll bear with me because the story has a happy ending!) 
Well, after much counsel and discussion with the Pros at Force Fin, it was decided that I needed XXXL for my drysuit as I have very wide feet. To do justice to Blair, he LIVES at FFin, so he doesn't quite relate to trying to obtain anything here in Estonia. So when, Blair said, "No sweat Mike, if the XXXL are too big put an insert in it, or even two! That's what I do."
Well, that was fine and dandy until my fins arrived and I could about put BOTH feet in them!
Hmm. Need inserts, I guess. Just like Blair suggested. So, I checked the net and a lot of places either wouldn't ship to us or wanted like 3 million dollars in shipping and couldn't guarantee that they would arrive before Obama's third term and I needed them yesterday because we had a scheduled ice-dive coming up. (Ice-diving is very labor intensive so the chances don't come around very often.)
I had a choice modify my existing fins to fit my drysuit boots or simply borrow the dive shops rental fins.
So, I did what any red-blooded man would do. I bought some duct tape added a little sweat and ingenuity. (Not wanting to be too obvious, I did buy the black color.
) A few snips of the scissors on some dense foam and wa-lah! CUSTOM INSERTS A-LA DUCT TAPE!
The problem is NOTHING sticks to Bob's polyurethane! Not water, not glue, and surely not duct tape. So I had to tape the SNOT of these things to keep them in place. But I succeeded! They worked like a charm!
Speaking of charms, they acted like magnets to these guys. The first time I unveiled my Force Fins here they called me Donald Duck, now they are starting to look seriously at them. I envision the day when we start seeing them for sale in the shops here.
After working like mules to get the site prepared my legs were already cramping. I don't even want to think about what would have happened if I had to have used the rentals! Thanks again Bob, Blair, and the folks at FFINS!
Well, after much counsel and discussion with the Pros at Force Fin, it was decided that I needed XXXL for my drysuit as I have very wide feet. To do justice to Blair, he LIVES at FFin, so he doesn't quite relate to trying to obtain anything here in Estonia. So when, Blair said, "No sweat Mike, if the XXXL are too big put an insert in it, or even two! That's what I do."
Well, that was fine and dandy until my fins arrived and I could about put BOTH feet in them!
Hmm. Need inserts, I guess. Just like Blair suggested. So, I checked the net and a lot of places either wouldn't ship to us or wanted like 3 million dollars in shipping and couldn't guarantee that they would arrive before Obama's third term and I needed them yesterday because we had a scheduled ice-dive coming up. (Ice-diving is very labor intensive so the chances don't come around very often.)
I had a choice modify my existing fins to fit my drysuit boots or simply borrow the dive shops rental fins.
So, I did what any red-blooded man would do. I bought some duct tape added a little sweat and ingenuity. (Not wanting to be too obvious, I did buy the black color.
) A few snips of the scissors on some dense foam and wa-lah! CUSTOM INSERTS A-LA DUCT TAPE!The problem is NOTHING sticks to Bob's polyurethane! Not water, not glue, and surely not duct tape. So I had to tape the SNOT of these things to keep them in place. But I succeeded! They worked like a charm!
Speaking of charms, they acted like magnets to these guys. The first time I unveiled my Force Fins here they called me Donald Duck, now they are starting to look seriously at them. I envision the day when we start seeing them for sale in the shops here.
After working like mules to get the site prepared my legs were already cramping. I don't even want to think about what would have happened if I had to have used the rentals! Thanks again Bob, Blair, and the folks at FFINS!
