monofin

The most common construction involves creating a sleeve to fit around a monofin.

Diving as far as possible with the use of fins or a monofin.

The monofin provides support for the main "fin" of the tail, which is used to kick while swimming.

A monofin is typically used in finswimming and free-diving.

Horizontal freediving for distance, using bifins or a monofin.

From 1984 to 1997 he was a competitive monofin swimmer (finswimmer) (distances 50m and 100m).

The monofin is modeled after a dolphin's tail.

He is responsible for bringing the sport of finswimming and the monofin, until then unknown, to North America.

In May 2009, utilizing only his monofin for propulsion, Martin became the first man to dive over 400 feet on a single breath of air.

At age 14, she was already a member of the national monofin swimming team, where she stayed for several years and set several Turkish records.

The Lunocet is a 2.5 lb (1.1 kg) monofin built from carbon fiber and fiberglass.

The monofin swimmer extends arms forward, locking hands together, locking the head between the biceps.

Monofin Freediver.

Both bi-fins and monofin can be used during this discipline (AIDA).

By slowly oscillating the surface of the monofin when submerged, divers can generate large amounts of thrust even with small or slow movements.

Tanya, meanwhile, has just glided effortlessly down to the sea floor with a couple of dolphin-style swooshes of her monofin.

The undulating movement starts in the shoulders, with maximum amplitude towards the hips, the legs almost don't bend to transfer the movement to the monofin.

The diver's muscle power, swimming style, and the type of aquatic activity the monofin is used for determines the choice of size, stiffness, and materials.

The Lunocet is a biomimetic monofin designed by Ted Ciamillo in the USA.

Monofins were introduced in 1972 by a Ukrainian finswimming club and have been used for finswimming competitions since, allowing monofin swimmers to reach speeds of 12km/h.

A monofin is a type of swimfin typically used in underwater sports such as finswimming, free-diving and underwater orienteering, and in recreational freediving.

For this discipline the athlete can choose whether to use bi-fins or the monofin (AIDA, CMAS).

He later met Cayetano Garcia (1958- ), the U.S. monofin champ, who gave him his first monofin and later coached him.