One Black Fin

I didn’t always dive with red fins.  My first pair for my open water class was a pair of plain ole black Scubapro Jet Sport.  I bought them along with the mask and snorkel required for my open water class.  They didn’t even make it through the first dive.  I was out helping my instructor tie buoys to the underwater platforms used for training.  Afterwards, we went on a little underwater tour, he dragging me by my console.  Somewhere along the way, I lost a fin.  It disappeared into the hydrilla never to be seen again.  It became a running joke with my diver friends, me making out of the lake still wearing both fins.  To my knowledge, that one fin has never been recovered either.  That also became a running joke for every class, find the lost fin.  I finally said if that one fins was ever gonna be found, we’d have to hire Bob Ballard.