In Reply to: The karate wars posted by Elaine on August 22, 2006 at 22:12:36:

The thing is MHK is right on.

Things like ankle weights especially are nothing more than crutches for lack of education and bad skills.
Ankle weights are a sign of someone who needs help in both areas. There nothing more than a crutch, learn to dive properly in the first place and develop good skills and there no use for such garbage.

If you need to rely on some "gadget" to get you back to the boat or up line, maybe you should take up some other hobby.
Ever think about what happens when you come to rely on that garbage and then it quits, what then? And at some point it will stop working.

If you don't have the skills and you're too lazy to get the training and develop the skills, then maybe it's time to do something else.