orca fins? other symmetrical fins

[rodndtube]

Uploading image test from Facebook, two ways:
1) paste the link in as shown directly below -- the result is the link which when clicked on shows a figure (image, photo, etc.)

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=5C4338FD

2) paste the link into the "File Name Location" (you need to be in the full editor mode of a thread reply not the simple mode), but first see the "Instructions on Posting an Image" thread in the "About the Forums - Read Me!" section of the Paipo Forums, at: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24

Below is a basic image posting using the an image posted from Facebook after using the "view image" in Facebook.

I think the problem in posting from an image in your instance might be Instagram which does not seem to want to share images outside its domain (other than Facebook which owns Instagram). It might share a raw link posting in the text box here but not a image that would display within the posting here.

Suggest trying to post your image directly from your electronic device instead of the social hosting service. We do want to see the images you wish to share!

BTW, how does one post an image to Instagram without using their cell phone app?

[asier esnal]

I found in France a 1 hour van ride, a store that looks like it has many different fins. next week I'll pass, I'll tell you how it hit me. They have hydro. hydro tech2, pod 1.2. dubb zero mr viper, it seems that there is a choice, another thing will be that they have in stock my foot number

https://www.ogm-bodyboard-shop.com/en/29-palmes

[belly rider]

Hi Rodntube
thanks for your explanation and guidance to posting pictures but unfortunately I do NOT have facebook so that is out of the options

MEANTIME-- I don't know if this is of any interest to this general fin discussion but I read in the texts that some of you are criticizing the comfort of some of the fin products out there so I thought I might mention what I have learned from the creative Italians as a useful technique that can be applied to rubber fin "shoes" that fit tight and or need to be loosened up a bit

I am currently trying to enlarge a bit the shoe of those special fiberglass bladed fins that I mentioned earlier-- by first applying diving silicon onto the shoe upper surface then sticking a tennis ball first then a baseball as deep as I can get them in there. I then lay them in the sun in order to have the rubber heat expand and mold itself a bit around the tennis/baseball, creating pressure that stretches out the rubber -- while the silicone paste (used on diving gear "O" rings) maintains soft and nourishes the rubber avoiding damages to the material under strain. For bigger/larger feet the softball has been used also in some instances instead of the smaller baseball, and/or the Bocce wooden/Metal balls

Hope someone finds this idea useful/helpful for those tight fitting fins

[GeoffreyLevens]

I thought I might mention what I have learned from the creative Italians as a useful technique that can be applied to rubber fin "shoes" that fit tight and or need to be loosened up a bit

I would expect no less from the creators of pizza! I have pondered in the past how expand stiff rubber foot pockets, but somehow that never occurred to me, maybe because I have too much Russian ancestry and, well, Salo aka sliced pig lard on black bread. 'Nuff said.

[rodndtube]

Ideally, Load an image file from your device (desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, with the image stored on the device and not in the cloud) storage. Instagram is not a friendly player outside of playing with its parent company which is Facebook.

Hi Rodntube
thanks for your explanation and guidance to posting pictures but unfortunately I do NOT have facebook so that is out of the options

MEANTIME-- I don't know if this is of any interest to this general fin discussion but I read in the texts that some of you are criticizing the comfort of some of the fin products out there so I thought I might mention what I have learned from the creative Italians as a useful technique that can be applied to rubber fin "shoes" that fit tight and or need to be loosened up a bit

I am currently trying to enlarge a bit the shoe of those special fiberglass bladed fins that I mentioned earlier-- by first applying diving silicon onto the shoe upper surface then sticking a tennis ball first then a baseball as deep as I can get them in there. I then lay them in the sun in order to have the rubber heat expand and mold itself a bit around the tennis/baseball, creating pressure that stretches out the rubber -- while the silicone paste (used on diving gear "O" rings) maintains soft and nourishes the rubber avoiding damages to the material under strain. For bigger/larger feet the softball has been used also in some instances instead of the smaller baseball, and/or the Bocce wooden/Metal balls

Hope someone finds this idea useful/helpful for those tight fitting fins

[bgreen]

Bellyrider,

I tried looking at your photos but the message said - "This account is private".

Is there a link to a website?

I tried diving fins once - they worked fine. I knew a few guys who use them, but never heard of these new high tech versions.

Bob

[belly rider]

Bob its a private account but if you ask me for friendship I will approve you and then you can access it
Sorry but I try and keep control of my account to filter unrelated topic pictures and other unusual stuff
Dave

[belly rider]

Bob what's your instagram name/address so I can look for you -- I am bumbastic58
That is if you don't mind me asking for this info online on the forum

[belly rider]

Holly cow did I finally do it??
Did I figure out at age 60 how to post a picture on Forums??
It actually took me 60 years to figure this out??
Ha ha -- I am truly a hopeless slow learning dude-- way behind in the cosmic internet world
Let me know BOB

[belly rider]

Check out how thin the fiberglass blade actually is

[belly rider]

They are very flexible blades that whip the water
These are medium strength blades (not hard) and they are really light as a feather
The blades are glued on and come in. three different width all of the same length
However the length of the blade is different for each shoe size (S, M, L, XL) for obvious reasons of rider's weight and physical size
I am 6'2" at 210 lbs age 60 so my size is the XL-- longest blade
They provide great acceleration

[bgreen]

Thanks Dave,

Regarding an instagram account I'm pretty sure I don't have one. I may have a pinterest account but don't use it. To many accounts. A FB account is more than enough for me.

How do you find the pockets in more solid waves? Do they ever come off? I never really had problems with fins coming off until an Indonesian trip and lost 3 fins. Now I more regularly use fin savers (patent pending - a piece of cord).

How durable are the fins - my Churchills have all manner of rock cuts and scrapes on the bottom.

[belly rider]

Hi I hope you got a chance to see the pictures I posted on page two
These fins do not have a closed shoe, therefore on the back securing strap I can apply fin savers to make sure I don't loose them-- plain string ones will do a great job as well
These fins do not float and actually sink pretty fast

The only "complaint" we all would find on fins with fiberglass blades, such as these, is the fact that the blades were never meant/designed for walking on reefs and or on rocky bottoms
These fins would not withstand many outings--- lets say low tide old mans San Clemente walk out through the rocks to get to water deep enough to start floating your board and body
Therefore I usually always use my 3mm neoprene fin sock to walk with and when I get to a point where I can lay down and float in shallow water then I slip on/secure my special fins

Just recently I have purchased and received a pair of the underwater "rugby" pool game fins I was mentioning in one of my earlier post---
I will post pictures of these new fins in the forum as well so anyone interested in knowing about new fin developments from Europe can have a chance to see these very particular new products

I find the advantages in using these products to be far greater then the "disadvantages" -- on one of the three ones I own I already started experimenting by shortening the fiberglass blade to
come closer to the actual size of a standard da Fin blade (these are some of my favorite rubber bladed brands)

more later good night from overseas
Dave

[bgreen]

It looked like a show? How does your foot fit into the fin?

[rodndtube]

It is good to see more of the pluses and minuses spelled out below. For one, if the swim fins can't hold up on rocky or reefy terrain they are not the swim fins for me, a real showstopper. I was very pleased to find out my DaFins were so much lighter than my Vipers because I usually take two pairs of fins when I travel and that weight adds up quickly. Kudos to being able to use the fiberglass blades in beach breaks. Slicing myself up might be another issue

Hi I hope you got a chance to see the pictures I posted on page two
These fins do not have a closed shoe, therefore on the back securing strap I can apply fin savers to make sure I don't loose them-- plain string ones will do a great job as well
These fins do not float and actually sink pretty fast

The only "complaint" we all would find on fins with fiberglass blades, such as these, is the fact that the blades were never meant/designed for walking on reefs and or on rocky bottoms
These fins would not withstand many outings--- lets say low tide old mans San Clemente walk out through the rocks to get to water deep enough to start floating your board and body
Therefore I usually always use my 3mm neoprene fin sock to walk with and when I get to a point where I can lay down and float in shallow water then I slip on/secure my special fins

Just recently I have purchased and received a pair of the underwater "rugby" pool game fins I was mentioning in one of my earlier post---
I will post pictures of these new fins in the forum as well so anyone interested in knowing about new fin developments from Europe can have a chance to see these very particular new products

I find the advantages in using these products to be far greater then the "disadvantages" -- on one of the three ones I own I already started experimenting by shortening the fiberglass blade to
come closer to the actual size of a standard da Fin blade (these are some of my favorite rubber bladed brands)

more later good night from overseas
Dave

[asier esnal]

belly rider :
Thank you very much for the information, I have been studying it, I have spoken with a friend who does underwater fishing, he has carbon fins and he has been teaching them to me. It is a very attractive idea, but on the beach I go there is a brutal massification of people. I'm afraid of hitting someone or myself with that kind of fins, that's why I decided not to buy these models


I've been to the store in France, they had a few models, happy because I could prove them before buying. It is very curious as some fins without escarpin, they fit me well, but a larger size with escarpin, they are fatal to me.

Hydrotech2 example. without escarpin size 9/10. very bad, with escarpin 3mm size 10/11 perfect. I bought these, they are not completely symmetrical but neither are the churchill makapuu. that deviation I do not think it hurts my knees

those that uses dafin 9/10 without escarpin, hidrotech2 with escarpin 3mm has the same foot shape

[belly rider]

Asier hope I did not confuse you with my information
Please remember these are NOT the long blade carbon fins -- measuring 90cm
The fins I am talking about are very rare and they are short bladed more similar to regular snorkeling fins
Shortly I shall publish pictures of a different model fin with short blades as well
You must be in the Basque region -- beautiful area-- are you close to Mundaka ??
An incredible wave

[belly rider]

here is a better overview of the fin model I am referring to

[rodndtube]

belly rider :
I've been to the store in France, they had a few models, happy because I could prove them before buying. It is very curious as some fins without escarpin, they fit me well, but a larger size with escarpin, they are fatal to me.

Hydrotech2 example. without escarpin size 9/10. very bad, with escarpin 3mm size 10/11 perfect. I bought these, they are not completely symmetrical but neither are the churchill makapuu. that deviation I do not think it hurts my knees

those that uses dafin 9/10 without escarpin, hidrotech2 with escarpin 3mm has the same foot shape

I can see the issue you may be having with or without escarpin! I had to do a Google search to learn about this escarpin...

escarpin_-_Google_Search_-_2018-1024.jpg (34.69 KiB) Viewed 112174 times

Possibly you might want to try this model with integrated escarpin?

highheelfins[1].jpg (16.81 KiB) Viewed 112174 times

[bgreen]

Dave,

Thanks. I get it now. Those earlier photos made the strap look larger - just the perspective.

Rod,

Perhaps you should post in Spanish - a bit is getting lost in translation.

Bob