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Old 25-08-07, 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by atapene View Post
yeah they are similar to leaders but as discussed before they have vanes on the bottom as well as the top of the fin, more so than the leaders, and no they are nowhere NEAR as heavy. cos leaders are encased in rubber, the rubber adds a lot of weight... these are just the fibre with a rubber strip, they are actually the lightest fins i've seen in ages, far lighter than alas too i thought. was one of the things i liked about them.
Sounds like they are illegal for Hockey then. The leader fins were okay'ed because they were fully encased so that if the fin broke there was still some protection from the splintering of the fiberglass.
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