- to**** with the
concept of
swimfins,
taking their inspiration from ducks' feet.
Benjamin Franklin made a pair of
early swimfins (for hands) when he was a...
-
called a snorkel,
usually with
swimming goggles or a
diving mask, and
swimfins. In
cooler waters, a
wetsuit may also be worn. The
snorkel may be an independent...
- to
shallow waters, but the
development of the speargun,
diving mask and
swimfins allows fishing in
deeper waters. With practice, some
freedivers are able...
- to the
improved performance possible when used
instead of two
ordinary swimfins. To
differentiate between the use of
monofins and
conventional fins, the...
-
their swimfins later used by Gibraltar's
guard divers (Sydney
Knowles and
Commander Lionel Crabb). This was the
first known British use of
swimfins.[citation...
-
maneuver when
wearing swimfins.
There are
several styles used for propulsion, some of
which are more
suited to
particular swimfin configurations. There...
-
exerting human power are:
directly from the
hands or feet,
sometimes aided by
swimfins;
through hand-operated oars, paddles, or poles, or;
through the feet with...
-
surfboard or bodyboard.
Bodysurfers often equip themselves with a pair of
swimfins that aid
propulsion and help the
bodysurfer catch, ride, and kick out of...
- as a
hydrographer in the
Belgian Congo from 1928 to 1933, he
developed swimfins in 1933,
patented them in Paris, and
registered them in
seven other countries...
- have been
ascribed retroactively to fit the portmanteau. The
swimmer uses
swimfins, a
diving mask, weights, and
diving regulator as in
scuba diving. Instead...
