These are the Marea long fins. I've been using them for 7 years now and feel that I don't need to look elsewhere. These blades fit into all standard foot pockets, Sporasub, OMER, Spetton, Beuchat etc. allowing you to pick the foot pockets most suited to your feet. These blades are lighter and stiffer than ANY plastic blade, and they very durable, much more durable than carbon. You can jump into the water from the boat, push off the bottom, they can be stepped on and no damage done.

These blades are well engineered, they have graduated thickness ranging from thickest at the base to thinnest at the tip. Like a fishes tail that is thickest at the base and thinnest at the outer edge. This is no marketing gimic, it makes the blade flex in a specific way every time you kick allowing a most efficient transfer of energy.

They come in different stiffnesses for divers with different muscle and tendon strength, #2, #3 and #4. The blades are straight but assume an angle when fitted in the foot pockets. Contrary to current marketing trends the fact that the blade doesn't have a built in angle does not make it difficult to swim on the surface. I do a lot of surface swimming and my fins are completely submerged allowing for powerful energy saving kick.

These blades are available from me for $135 a pair, pickup in Ft. Lauderdale/Miami area or shipping to anywhere in the US for $10. Shoot me a pm if you need more information. I will be adding more information on these fins in future posts.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s170/da4095/MareaFins.jpg

Fiberglass blades are not new, they have been manufactured and sold mainly in Europe under different names for years. Essentially the following examples are all the same technology. A similar product in different colors, different edge termination, or little plastic fins glued on LOL. Do the math, mine are prettier and cost less.

Leader Fins 109EUR http://www.leaderfins.com/cgi-bin/form.cgi/65eng?id=228&tm=1188515901

http://www.leaderfins.com/img/nhid228pic1.jpg

Special fins 150EUR http://www.sebakfins.net/eng_products.php?product_id=76

http://www.sebakfins.net/img/1317.jpg

OMER Bat 245USD http://www.hanapaahawaii.net/shop/default.php?cPath=27_61

http://www.hanapaahawaii.net/shop/images/omer-bat25.jpg

What you can expect when you buy these blades from me.

1. Information on the construction of the blades and what makes them the best all round solution for freediving in terms of effectiveness, durability and cost.
2. Information on what footpockets they can be used with and where these footpockets can be purchased at the best price.
3. Help on deciding which stiffness blade you may need.
4. Information in written form on installation of the blade in the footpockets or if you are local I install the blades when you pick up at no extra charge.
5. Fast payment using Paypal if not picking up the blades.
5. Timely delivery, barring shipping mishaps within 3 business days.
6. Product support in the form of stocking the rubber rails for $15 a set which will completely refurbish a pair of blades, the rails will deteriorate after 2-3 years depending on use http://www.spearfishingplanet.com/showthread.php?t=431

SpearEasy is very easy to deal with and provides stellar customer service. He'll even through in a free lunch if you pick them up;). This is a great price for quality blades.:beer:

Those Omer's look SICK!

The bats look nice, but the mimitec pictured above only comes in one stifness and is much too flimsy to be used for serious diving in my oppinion.

A heads up for those of you who are using the old yellow Matrix blades and considering an upgrade. While the new black blades come in the same stiffnesses 1-5 these stiffnesses are not equal to the respective stiffnesses in the yellow blades. In other words a #3 in the black blades is stiffer than #3 in the yellow. I went from using #4 yellow for three years to #4 black and found it too stiff for my shore diving. I went down to a #3 black and am still using it. I thought it may have been in my head and forgot all about it but recently someone brought in a pair of yellows and I had a chance to compare again. It was not a matter of the yellows being used and losing their stiffness. The graduation pattern is actually different between the black and the yellow, the black being stiffer.

If you need to contact Speareasy to obtain these blades, he can be reached at:

seahunterusa@rogers.com