A dive tender's offhand comment got me thinking about my fin technique

Last week on a job in the Gulf, one of the tenders, a kid maybe 22, asked why I was kicking so hard during descent. I told him it was habit, and he said, 'You're not trying to win a race down there. Just let gravity do the work.' I laughed it off, but on the next dive I tried it. Slowed my kicks way down, used my arms for trim instead, and hit the bottom with more air in my tank than I've had in months. Anyone else had a green guy point out a basic thing you've been doing wrong for years?

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