[isom35]

the device in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ejeWbBvHE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Fvideosearch%3Fhl%3Den%26num%3D10%26lr%3D%26ft%3Di%26cr%3D%26safe%3Dimages%26q%3DLunocet%26um%3D1%26ieiurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fi2%2Eytimg%2Ecom%2Fvi%2FI8ejeWbBvHE%2Fhqdefault%2Ejpg&feature=player_embedded

[Finny]

My screenname "finny" came from "finfreak," and that name comes because I am a monofin freak, and the lunocet is the latest evolution of the monofin. NO offenense to you, but believe me when I tell you that this video is a super-duper CRAPPY exhibit, and if you read the comments on the lunocet website, you'll see that folks who know swimming beg again and again of the company: Why don't you get some real swimmers to demo the thing??

I'd love to try a lunocet. You can haul ass with a monofin if you know how to do it, and the guy in this video most emphatically DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DO IT. Not even close. He is totally inept, and why lunocet has so many very, very, extremely inept swimmers on their video demos is beyond me.

Top speed with a monofin the last I looked, which was a few years ago, was about 7 knots. The ability to swim 50 meters -- that's a l-o-n-g way!!! -- in about 14 seconds. I can't go that fast by a long shot, but then again, I'm not a competitior. But I'll tell you again -- one can really haul serious ass with a monofin. They are a blast.

[Finny]

Apology if I came across antagnostic toward you! I'm glad you linked the site and the video! I found it a few months ago and was dumbfounded at how such a cool invention, that fin, could be demo'd by people who clearly had zero idea how to use it. Like giving a set of golf clubs to me and asking me to demo them!

Anyhoo, sorry if I got carried away and sounded snippy in my passion for monofinning. Really, it is a blast. I highly recommend it.