How to select the best fins for Spearfishing and Freediving - Spierre

Description

The value of a good spearfishing fin cannot be over emphasized and a good quality fin is probably one of the most overlooked pieces of dive equipment. If you consider that our time spent hunting while free diving underwater takes place in a foreign and sometimes harsh environment and without the niceties of inbuilt aquatic fins to propel us effectively in the deep, our free diving fins become our greatest asset (or liability) in effective underwater propulsion and safety. From the many hours spent designing and manufacturing blades and discussing our customer’s varying fin needs and questions they’ve asked, here’s an overview on the different types of blades and the design options available. There are three basic materials used in the construction of spearfishing blades. The first type is Plastic, also referred to as polypropylene or thermoplastic blades. These blades are