Fin
noun - Fins are worn on the foot or leg and made from finlike rubber or plastic, to aid movement through the water in water sports activities such as swimming, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, kneeboarding, riverboarding, underwater hockey, underwater rugby and various other types of underwater diving.
Very long fins and monofins are used by freedivers as a means of underwater propulsion that does not require high frequency leg movement. This improves efficiency and helps to minimize oxygen consumption.
Monofin
A monofin is a type of fin typically used in underwater sports such as finswimming and free diving. It consists of a single or linked surfaces attached to both of the diver's feet. The diver's appearance is then reminiscent of a mermaid or merman.
Synonyms
flippers, monofins, swimfins, bifins, stereofins, swim fins
Stig Severinsen World Record
Stig Severinsen's Guinness World Record (Longest swim underwater with fins)
External links
- Roman Urbina, 30 Years Later Still A Pioneer
- Merle's Mermaid Marathon
- Merle Liivand Makes It On Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Merle Moves Mermaid Swim To Miami
- MERMAID Birthday World Record attempt to save Oceans
- World Record 30 KM mermaid swim for 30th Birthday
- Swimming Silently, Stig Severinsen
- 30-30-30: Merle To Attempt Mermaid Swim World Record In The Bahamas
- Merle The Mermaid Completes The First Mother Earth Swim
- Celebrate The Mother Earth Swim On Mother’s Day
- Jessica Wiseman Addresses Mermaid Madness