04-22-2003, 07:09 PM
[cool]Those black fins I sent FB2 are IDI Frogfoots. They were some of the best made when I got them, and they powered me around many Utah ponds...and some Sea of Cortez and Arizona too, before I discovered the Mares Plana fins.
Here's a link to the Mares home page. You can find their fins in almost any dive shop, and there are always online specials if you look for skin diving outlets. They can be competitive. [url "http://www.divernet.com/blandfrd/mares/fins.htm"]http://www.divernet.com/blandfrd/mares/fins.htm[/url]
I use the Power Plana and Tube Babe wears the Plana Avanti. I paid around $80 for mine in 1985 and they are about the same price today. You don't find many things that have maintained their prices that long. You also don't find any kind of outdoor equipment that holds up that long, with as much use as I have given them either.
After almost 20 years...fresh water and salt...I am still using the original straps on my Planas. The soft rubber channels between the harder "Tecralene" blades are developing cracks, but there has been no noticeable decline in power or performance...at least in the fins. MY power and performance ain't what they were that long ago, but that is another issue.
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Here's a link to the Mares home page. You can find their fins in almost any dive shop, and there are always online specials if you look for skin diving outlets. They can be competitive. [url "http://www.divernet.com/blandfrd/mares/fins.htm"]http://www.divernet.com/blandfrd/mares/fins.htm[/url]
I use the Power Plana and Tube Babe wears the Plana Avanti. I paid around $80 for mine in 1985 and they are about the same price today. You don't find many things that have maintained their prices that long. You also don't find any kind of outdoor equipment that holds up that long, with as much use as I have given them either.
After almost 20 years...fresh water and salt...I am still using the original straps on my Planas. The soft rubber channels between the harder "Tecralene" blades are developing cracks, but there has been no noticeable decline in power or performance...at least in the fins. MY power and performance ain't what they were that long ago, but that is another issue.
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