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deliriumdreamer3 — Dolphin Kick Tutorial
Published: 2009-04-15 04:31:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 14976; Favourites: 213; Downloads: 271
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So here it is- the add-on tutorial that goes with Colt-kun's tutorial .I might make another tutorial on turning/flips/barrel-rolls, but only if there's an audience for it.
(Just for the record, I've been doing the dolphin kick since I was about 8 yrs old, and have a lot of experience in swimming activities: 4 yrs of swim team, 4 years of lifeguarding (and still going!), one semester of water polo(and still going!), and 2 years of teaching swimming to 7th graders. I'm pretty darn good at what I do.)
If there are any questions, let me know!
Featured costume: Atlantica Kairi - inspired by Kingdom Hearts
Credit goes to for making my costume, all of the pictures here are mine.
Kingdom Hearts is (c) Squeenix/Disney
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lol i was just reading this n i was like.. um ok thats weird... i think its from when i was little playing mermaid games but when im under water is is how i automaticly swim XD cos doesn't work so well without a fin XD
nice tutorial =]
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Your ideas are so awesome~! (same for the one who made the costume, saw his tutorial)
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thanks.. you both bringing back my spirit in cosplay and swimming.. =')
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Thanks! Keep at it and never give up! You never know what will come your way!
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Great tutorial! You two got me interested ^^ I'll definitely be looking for a monofin this summer XD Will there be a tutorial for the tricks? :3
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Possibly... I do not own an underwater camera nor a camera person at the moment, but I'm working on getting them soon. At that point, there should be some more pics with me and my Sora in our outfits after our tails get repaired.
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i just railised... one of the first strokes i learnt was dolphin kick O_O'
my friend and i cant be stuffed making tails of buying a monofin so we use dive rings over our legs to keep them together and normal flippers 
suprisingly it works really well
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Where do you get monofins? Do you have to but them online or do they sell them in leslie's pool supplies? I'm from Texas so idk if there's Leslie's' everywhere else. I've been using regular flippers for dolphin kicks and I find they work great for me,but recently they just broke on me and I've been looking everywhere to see If I can find flippers like them. Then I saw this and I was like,"wow!They make those?!?" and....yeah now I'm interested in them. They look like they take some getting used to though
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Sora and I bought our monofins from Swim2000.com. So far, the monofins haven't broken yet, but mine is a little worn so far, just because I do use it to practice butterfly and not just for this costume.
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Ok thank you 
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OMG!! can't wait to make my fins! I've been on a swim team for five years and get in the water whenever I can. This will make swimming even more awesome! I'll actually become a fish!
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That's exactly how I felt! Have fun!
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make the tricks tutorial!!!! i already know how to do the dolphin kick (do it all the time in the summer) so PLEASE, I'M BEGGIN, YOU, DO DA TRICKS TUTORIAL!!!! I'LL GIVE YOU COOKIES!!!!
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Well, if cookies are involved, the I guess I kinda have to, huh? I'll see if I can get some decent stills from the video I got during my second photo/videoshoot. If not, you might have to wait until my Sora comes down with a waterproof digital camera, since I don't own one.
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yayz!!!! cookiez~[link] i made that video :3 no idea why XD
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'Kay, now I'm dead set. I want a Monofin for my birthday. Much love to ya for givin' some insight.
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Thanks for the tutorial! I was never sure if i was doing it right (i never got that far in swim lesson, lol). My bestfriend who's the best on the swim team tried to help me but i didnt understand it. Great tutorial!
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Glad you enjoyed it!
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IT HAS A NAME!!!!!!!!!!
heh, I always just called it 'mermaid swimming'. I've never tried it with any sort of 'fin' before... New entry for my list of dream items.
Did you ever do a tutorial for 'flips, barrel rolls and turns'? I'm curious about those 'cause I've never managed anything more than a straight line.
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I can, once I get a hold of another waterproof digital camera. I have some slightly older footage, and I'll see what I can do with that- but if it's not sufficient, I'm not going to use it. I guess I know what my next DA project is!
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Great tutorial! Now I want a fin and a pool to test it out XD
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Nice and interesting Tutorial (and nice explaining pics ^^)
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Cool!
I opened your tutorial, and my parents gave me a present. It was a monofin! Now I know how to swim in it!
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Pretty awesome! Good luck!
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Sad that I'm the only one who commented.
I would like to see more tutorials.
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one question:
When I swim with my monofin, it gets looser.
Do you know what to do against that?
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Sometimes it does that. My suggestion is to keep tightening the straps (if yours can do that) to the point where it's comfortable. You can tell it's too tight when the straps start to dig into the back of your feet. I know I can tell my fin is on correctly when the tips of my toes start to poke out of the feet part of it, and no matter how I twist and turn and kick, the fin doesn't move.
Other than that, how is your monofin experience coming along?
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Thank you very much!
The problem is, that can swim barely 10 yards without losing my fin.
But its nice to swim with! I really understand the Dolphin Kick now, and I felt like a mermaid!
But my muscles hurt like hell at the moment.
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Yeah, the muscle thing happens to everyone. I just recommend eating bananas or something with a lot of potassium to fix the 'found muscle' situation.
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