FEATURED FIN TALES
June 2007
JOEL M. (SEAL TEAM THREE)

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing this letter in regards to the APS Mantaray fins that I have tested. My
experience in diving has been eight years as a Navy Seal, in where I have spent my
first seven years in Seal Delivery vehicles where I have accumulated over fifteen
hundred hours of bottom time.  I have owned and tested a number of fins before
testing the APS Mantaray dive fin.

I was fortunate enough to be given the chance to experiment with the fins for two
weeks in February 1995 while test diving Navy electronics. I used the fins for two
fifteen hundred yard dives where I was wearing twin 80's. I was quite impressed by
the fins, they were very mobile with excellent thrust. Also I noticed after the two dives
my legs were not nearly as fatigued as when I used my personal fins for the third
dive. After dive testing the electronics for three dives we had to surface swim the
equipment for two sixteen hundred yard swims, where I jumped at the chance to
sample the fins. I was equally impressed with them on the surface. They gave me
excellent thrust and were very navigable in shallow water. Through my
experimentation with these fins I have found them to be one of the best I have ever
used. Also it is very rare that I have found a fin that is equally comfortable on the
surface as it is diving. I highly recommend the opportunity to anyone who is an avid
diver or surface swimmer to examine these fins.
APS Mantaray Dive Fins
Advanced-Aqua Propulsion System
Dual Directional Water Channeling
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