Comments on: Mermaid Fin http://idealist.blinkr.net/mermaid-fin/ dreamed objects Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: phraust http://idealist.blinkr.net/mermaid-fin/#comment-22281 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:33:50 +0000 http://idealist.blinkr.net/mermaid-fin/#comment-22281 these are called monofins, and are used in competition free-diving. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monofin these are called monofins, and are used in competition free-diving.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monofin

]]> by: iynque http://idealist.blinkr.net/mermaid-fin/#comment-21524 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:33:45 +0000 http://idealist.blinkr.net/mermaid-fin/#comment-21524 If it's meant to be more of a costume, there are better ones out there. If it's meant to work like existing swim flippers, but mermaid-style, it seems dangerous. Having your feet bound while underwater seems like a bad idea. Maybe if it was easy to kick it off if you need to. ...but if it was easy to kick off, it would probably just fall off when you don't want it to. If it’s meant to be more of a costume, there are better ones out there.

If it’s meant to work like existing swim flippers, but mermaid-style, it seems dangerous. Having your feet bound while underwater seems like a bad idea. Maybe if it was easy to kick it off if you need to. …but if it was easy to kick off, it would probably just fall off when you don’t want it to.

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