Alternative to ala fins

Liam says they put the mold in storage. Sounds like they will come out again, just give 'em a few years.

But in the meantime if anyone wants to spend US$250 I'd be willing to part with a pair of unvulcanised Alas and for $300 I'll part with my Graphite pair.

....i dunno. the guy gave me some stats and i think we'd need something like an order of 30,000 or something to get them to attempt to put things together again.

looks like alas are dead, apart from the cherished few pairs left.

Sometime ago I had heard the same. 10,000 per size requested. Three most popular sizes would make it 30,000. I think that was what it was going to take to get them imported to the US way back when they were actually still being made.

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belle
I think as long as we have hope, mabey, just mabey, the ala godd will dorp some out of the sky for us all. I dream of raining ala! oh and Underwater hockey making the olympics 1 day. dream dream.
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"IF" by some chance it was possible for someone to manufacture a fin the same as or 'extremely similar' to Ala fins, how much would people pay for them? That is, what was the going retail rate for Ala fins before they effectively dissappeared?

Just trying to see if something is possible...

surely it's possible.

well, alas were selling for $300nz just before they died out.

they used to go for $120 when i was a kid in school. ah, if only i had known then what i know now.

I would pay $300 for a brand spanka pair of new ala. Prob more.
I keep trying to rack my brain of old players of Yesterday that may have a pair stashed in a shed, atic etc!
Im at the point of even visiting garage sales in the hope!
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I'd probably pay AUD250 for a new pair of graphite alas. The rubber ones were more comfortable but they went soft more quickly too. Which was a particular problem with my lightening quick speed.

Stupidly I gave two old pairs away to my old school when I left NZ. Baggage restrictions. Luckliy I still have three (not pairs) left in case one of them rips.

i have a new pair of fins, have you noticed that water runs off new fins really quickly? This is due to a thin layer of silicon grease that protects the rubber and stops it degrading before they are sold. When they are put in water and used this protective layer is worn off and the rubber (an organic material by nature) starts to perish. The first indication of this is the fraying on the sides of your alas. Then finally a split appears and the fins are dead :cry:
So i am trying to preserve my fins and prolong their life by maintaining a thin layer of silicon grease on them, i am pretty certain it will work.
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Sophia

Awesome idea Sophia. I'll have to do that when I start using my new alas (currently stashed in a very highly secured, top secret location). You can get silicone spray at any hardware store so it should be easy enough!

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