I like them primarily because they look cool. A definite chick magnet. :)
Seriously, you shouldn't look to me for advice on fins, I do 99.9% of my kicking sans fins. I asked Fort for her recommendation before I bought the Zuras a couple of months ago; she's the fin guru, despite the infamous monofin mishap.
There are a number of reasons why I don't tend to use fins. Two reasons are pretty simple: knees and ankles. As in, fins sometimes put too much strain on my knees (which hyperextend a lot and are otherwise fragile after multiple surgeries) and after a while they hurt my ankles (which are already flexible enough).
I like the Zuras because they are not too big (not too much strain on knees and ankles) and they are shaped so that your feet can be fairly close together without the fins getting in each other's way. They do float pretty strongly, meaning that if you use them while on your stomach they work the quads and if you are on your back they work the hams; I like this aspect of them too.
But I don't have extensive experience with many fins. It may be that others work just fine too.
I like them primarily because they look cool. A definite chick magnet. :)
Seriously, you shouldn't look to me for advice on fins, I do 99.9% of my kicking sans fins. I asked Fort for her recommendation before I bought the Zuras a couple of months ago; she's the fin guru, despite the infamous monofin mishap.
There are a number of reasons why I don't tend to use fins. Two reasons are pretty simple: knees and ankles. As in, fins sometimes put too much strain on my knees (which hyperextend a lot and are otherwise fragile after multiple surgeries) and after a while they hurt my ankles (which are already flexible enough).
I like the Zuras because they are not too big (not too much strain on knees and ankles) and they are shaped so that your feet can be fairly close together without the fins getting in each other's way. They do float pretty strongly, meaning that if you use them while on your stomach they work the quads and if you are on your back they work the hams; I like this aspect of them too.
But I don't have extensive experience with many fins. It may be that others work just fine too.
