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2. Swimfin - Wikipedia

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   Swimfins, swim fins, diving fins, or flippers are finlike accessories worn on the feet, legs or hands [1] and made from rubber, plastic, carbon fiber or combinations of these materials, to aid movement through the water in water sports activities such as swimming, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, float-tube fishing, kneeboarding, riverboarding, scuba diving, snorkeling, spearfishing, underwater ...

3. Finswimming - Wikipedia

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   Surface finswimming (also known by its acronym, SF) is swimming on the surface of the water using mask, snorkel, and monofins.SF races are held for distances of 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 4 × 50 mix relays (2 men's, 2 women's), 4 × 100 relays and 4 × 200 relays (meters) in swimming pools and over various long distances in the open water environment.

4. Flipper (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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   Humboldt penguin swimming. Penguin wings evolved into short, strong flippers causing flightlessness. [1] This green turtle is about to break the surface for air at Kona, Hawaii. A flipper is a broad, flattened limb adapted for aquatic locomotion. It refers to the fully webbed, swimming appendages of aquatic vertebrates that are not fish.

5. Inflatable armbands - Wikipedia

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   In 1907, swimming became part of the school curriculum in England and caused parents to become more concerned with their children's safety in the water. In response to parents' worries, the Dean's Rag Book Company , London , introduced the Swimeesy Buoy, inflatable armbands with a colorful design that looked like the wings of a butterfly .

6. Fin and flipper locomotion - Wikipedia

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   A species of mudskipper (Periophthalmus gracilis)Fin and flipper locomotion occurs mostly in aquatic locomotion, and rarely in terrestrial locomotion.From the three common states of matter — gas, liquid and solid, these appendages are adapted for liquids, mostly fresh or saltwater and used in locomotion, steering and balancing of the body.

7. Finning techniques - Wikipedia

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   This is a fin stroke for maintaining position and attitude at the surface, particularly while waiting for a pickup or taking a compass bearing. The fins are sculled from side to side using opening and closing motions of the legs, and the ankles rotated as best suited to the thrust needed to turn or hold the diver steady.

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   More than 1,300 reviewers have given this swimsuit an overall 4.7-star rating for its excellent price point, vibrant colors and flattering fit, making it one of Walmart's best-rated swimsuits of ...

9. Aquatic locomotion - Wikipedia

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   Aquatic reptiles such as sea turtles (see also turtles) and extinct species like Pliosauroids predominantly use their pectoral flippers to propel themselves through the water and their pelvic flippers for maneuvering. During swimming they move their pectoral flippers in a dorso-ventral motion, causing forward motion. During swimming, they ...