Regardless of your athletic history, you will need to practice swimming with fins if you are pursuing any of these programs: Navy SEAL, SWCC, EOD/diver, search-and-rescue (SAR) swimmer, USMC RECON ...

For instance, at SEAL training, you must swim two nautical miles with fins (4,000 yards) every week in the ocean. Competitive scores are in the 60- to 70-minute range, with some candidates ...

Lachlan Pye, a 17-year-old spearfisherman, experienced a frightening encounter with a bull shark that “came out of nowhere” and bit off his right swim fin. The young diver thought he would ...

Fins make a swimming workout more enjoyable because they increase your speed. Ideal for weaker swimmers, they train you to kick better on your own and have a large surface area that improves ...

The Little Mermaid famously sang "flipping your fins, you don't get too far." Apparently, she's never seen Merle Liivand swim. Liivand, also known as "Eco Mermaid," broke a Guinness World Record ...

Before the fourth and final day of the 2016 Louisiana Long Course Swim Championships began, Michael Foley already had won four individual events for the Franco’s Fins.

Unlike scuba fins, the FINIS Zoomers Gold Swim Fins ($34) have shorter blades so you take smaller, faster kicks. ... $60 at TYR Sports. speedousa.com Women's Vanquisher 2.0 Mirrored Goggles.

Churchill was the first to design and patent the swim fin and his were the only manufactured fins from 1940 to 1947. According to Churchill, they were used by the United States underwater demolition ...