Comments on: Re-thinking the Monofin http://www.freedivecentral.com/blogs/re-thinking-the-monofin/23/ Freediving and Freedivers World Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:56:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Francisco http://www.freedivecentral.com/blogs/re-thinking-the-monofin/23/#comment-8 Francisco Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:08:43 +0000 http://www.freedivecentral.com/blogs/re-thinking-the-monofin/23/#comment-8 Right...kind of ribcage. Actually it was made out of nordic skiing skis. I'll try to find the pic. Right…kind of ribcage.
Actually it was made out of nordic skiing skis.
I’ll try to find the pic.

]]> By: jome http://www.freedivecentral.com/blogs/re-thinking-the-monofin/23/#comment-7 jome Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:08:28 +0000 http://www.freedivecentral.com/blogs/re-thinking-the-monofin/23/#comment-7 Hmm, I wonder is that the same thing Eero once showed me a picture of? Would you happen to have a picture somewhere? That thing looked really REALLY weird, kind of like a long sceleton or something. I think he said he'd seen it in Nice. Hmm, I wonder is that the same thing Eero once showed me a picture of? Would you happen to have a picture somewhere?

That thing looked really REALLY weird, kind of like a long sceleton or something. I think he said he’d seen it in Nice.

]]> By: Francisco http://www.freedivecentral.com/blogs/re-thinking-the-monofin/23/#comment-6 Francisco Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:34:39 +0000 http://www.freedivecentral.com/blogs/re-thinking-the-monofin/23/#comment-6 Once a guy came to our center. He wanted us to try his monofin prototype on deep dives. When he took it out of his bag we all thought he was jocking. Imagine two footpockets fixed on a 50 cm carbon axis. Then, going to the sides out of this axis, some fiber feathers with a pronounced "rocker", all separated from each other by 5 cm gaps. He said that after observing eagles flying over his farm in the french alps, he decided to realise that monofin. This guy is an aeronautcal engeneer. We made a few dives with it between 50 and 60 m. It was hard to give an opinion...it was so different from all we had ever experienced before. It worked though. Once a guy came to our center. He wanted us to try his monofin prototype on deep dives.

When he took it out of his bag we all thought he was jocking.

Imagine two footpockets fixed on a 50 cm carbon axis. Then, going to the sides out of this axis, some fiber feathers with a pronounced “rocker”, all separated from each other by 5 cm gaps.

He said that after observing eagles flying over his farm in the french alps, he decided to realise that monofin. This guy is an aeronautcal engeneer.

We made a few dives with it between 50 and 60 m. It was hard to give an opinion…it was so different from all we had ever experienced before. It worked though.

]]> By: Ian http://www.freedivecentral.com/blogs/re-thinking-the-monofin/23/#comment-5 Ian Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:49:30 +0000 http://www.freedivecentral.com/blogs/re-thinking-the-monofin/23/#comment-5 I've been following this quite closely since mid 2007 however it seems as though things have gone a little quiet on the project. Ted was due to begin his journey Dec 2007 however it appears as if it's been delayed for some reason as there are no updates on the site? I’ve been following this quite closely since mid 2007 however it seems as though things have gone a little quiet on the project. Ted was due to begin his journey Dec 2007 however it appears as if it’s been delayed for some reason as there are no updates on the site?

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