waterway glide vs. leaderfins hyper

[Kars]

Great, more views!

It's so difficult finding the fin that suits your feet, style, strenght, use, patience and wallet.
Also keeping the names appart appears challangeing as for instance a 'Hyper' is for instance a model and type of Leaderfin. Hyperfins, is a brandname .
A 'flyer' is a model with less blade angle, traditional looking footpockeds and (mostly incompresseble) wings.

Keep it comming people! Perhabs others like Peter, Maria, Annely, Natalia, Jesper, Henning, Timo, Stig feel like throwing in some of their wisdom preferrences and experience too?
It would also be revealing to hear what everybody is whishing and looking for in particular.

Personally I would like to see something with not to much weight and compresseble rubber like a Classic fin with a relative big angle, a blade that does not fold, and has a wide blade and some water guiding rims.

On the footpockets, tight equals efficiency, but it would be nice if the it would follow the shape of the foot better. My big toe is not in the middle of my foot

Ok, Looking forward to your postings!

Kars

[Mullins]

Originally Posted by Evita

Well, it's not exclusive to the norwegian-german team, but they have dibs on it...

Leather upholstery?

[monkeyhatfork]

Evita- when you say the medium glide is stiff, do you know if its stiffer than the medium model 1, maybe takes more effort do to the pocket placement? Kars- as for the mono design wish list, I've been wanting too make my own better pockets,I never fit standard sizes, I'm gonna mold them straight of my feet for perfect suction fit, still working out materials, should have it done with a good blade as well by the end of the year.

[ADR]

I had an LD glide and an LD model 1 and in my discussions with Bogdan he explained that the equivalent blade on the glide will feel stiffer than with the classic footpockets. Given that, you could expect the medium glide to feel a little stiffer than a medium model 1.

[Evita]

I tried the Leaderfins Hyper Pro tonight but I didn't have much time, so all I can say is that it is definitely a softer fin and feels a bit more wobbly, but there is glide potential. The russian fin hasn't arrived yet after 8 months and many promises, which probably says it all. I never understood the hype about russian fins...

[Evita]

Originally Posted by Mullins

Leather upholstery?

The Official Couch is a BigBlue, medium-soft and velvety. The seating is low cut and has a slight angle for a better glide into it. Cushions are not custom made but still provide a snug fit around lower back and thighs. No soap needed. It is my first and only couch, it is a little worn and scratched but no major tears, so it still works for both Constant Sleeping and Constant No Sleeping. It has cut down on my paces around the living room, particularly when the tv is on, I'd say about 50 in one session ;-)

[Mullins]

[Kars]

LOL It's a nice way to couch freediving terms and freedivers as well, indeed a very practical, helpfull, versetile and lovely couch!

As we like to phrase it in the Netherlands, A good couch in need is a good friend indeed! - We use this way of expressing our graditute for other substances as well .

Kars

[Mullins]

How's this for some folding...

[monkeyhatfork]

is that your new fin?

[Mullins]

Yep, hyperfin

[ADR]

Well it's official, your amazing depths are being achieved inspite of your fin instead of as a result of it. Have you posted any of that to Hyperfins and if so what was their response?....right up there with the pics I posted of my Glide fin.

After having my Hyperfin repaired (it arrived with 4 major damage areas and was not the dimensions I had ordered) I have added water guides (see pic) to try and reduce the v-folding. It didnt help unfortunately. The worst part of the v fold is not the tip bend but the fact that it creates a non bending line down the centre of the fin. You only have to try and hold up a piece of paper at one end with and without a fold to see what I mean (pics also attached.)

[Kars]

Well Recently I talked to a divebuddy using an old and very flexible Specialfins 'Dolphin' about the folding problem. I got the idea of glueing a broad sailbatten on the upperpart of the back of the fin, in the horizontal direction paralel to the lower edge.

Judging from the great exampleratory Mullins picture, i suggest the batten to fixed just a bit lower than the toes of the footpockeds. With some good sanding I think the added drag of a 3-5mm thick batten will neglegeble, but will keep the otherwise exilent fin bending in right direction even under the pressure of some serious power aplied in the demanding discipline of CW.

I'll hope to receive my hyperfins in a few weeks, just befor I'll go the Berlin pool competition. It's a medium blade, and hopefully they got the footpockedsize right this time arround.
I will test it doing sprints and if any folding appears I'll make the batten reinforcement, well perhabs first use my -cheap- old WaterWay MD1 Long Distance

I'm very much enjoying this thread! Thanks for your imput and insights people!

Love, Courage and Water,

Kars

[Fondueset]

Possible someone will hurl virtual objects at me for this - but are we sure some degree of fold is a bad thing?

[chrismar]

Originally Posted by Fondueset

Possible someone will hurl virtual objects at me for this - but are we sure some degree of fold is a bad thing?

Folding = lateral water/thrust spilling = loss of thrust/efficiency. So assuming you're trying to get the most out of the power that you put into your kicks, yes its a bad thing.