It would be awesome if you could, tho not too many places to swim here unless your family live in a lake community.... I just looked at pics of your tail! What's it made of? What mono fin do you have? It looks so pretty!!
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It would be awesome if you could, tho not too many places to swim here unless your family live in a lake community.... I just looked at pics of your tail! What's it made of? What mono fin do you have? It looks so pretty!!
@ Mermaid Sabie. That's even closer than I thought. I feel though there aren't many pools in the city that would allow us mers to use our tails to swim in. I know that my tail that Jesse at Mermaid Creations has made should be shipped tomorrow and the first swim will be in a hotel pool hopefully soon. Do you have a tail and if so have you swam in it in any pools?
In the process of making one, waiting for my neoprene to get here and for it to get warm enough to order latex :) Did your tail arrive yet? I'd like to see a pic!
Here's another Canadian mer joining the tiny pod! I live in the Toronto, ON area. I recently ordered my first silicone tail from Mermaid Creations, wont get it for a long few months though. It is gonna be so worth it! Im also in the works of making my own fabric tail so I can practice while I wait for my silicone tail, hopefully I wont be a flailing fish when I get it:rollover:
welcome!
Welcome here fellow Canadian. I also ordered and received a tail from Jesse at Mermaid Creations. Just waiting for a chance to go to a hotel to try my tail out for the first time. I bought the same type of monofin that was in my tail (one size too small at the time) to practice with while waiting. Its very interesting swimming in one. One thing I did notice when I would get the dolphin kick right, I would go through the water way smoother. I know I won't be anywhere as smooth as Raina swimming but will enjoy the feeling of being a merman.
Cheers
Matt
Thankyou for the welcome c: I bought one of those child sized(it goes up to a size 7 so its fine for me) mermaid fluke shaped monofins from Finis, Havent gotten a chance to use it yet but Im hoping it will be okay for practicing. Would you mind showing me a picture of your tail from Jesse? Ive only seen a few that he has made and would love to see more.
Also, Does anyone know where I can buy some scale print spandex that doesnt cost an arm and a leg to ship? (referencing the beautiful scale print spandex from SpandexWorld and SpandexHouse)
OMG TORONTO. <3 finally, i feel like we have enough people for a meet up!
ok im just finding out now that there are tons of people in the toronto, ontario area. i thought i was the only one!
If by any chance there would be a mermaid gathering in Toronto one day, I may consider coming down for the event with my Finfolk mermaid tail. I live in the capital region. :)
I'm gonna be up in Toronto in September on the 6th and 7th (boyfriend has a cardgame tournament he's taking part in, I'm just going along for the roadtrip because I haven't been off this island in like a decade), so I'd love the chance to meet some other Merfolk while I'm there! :D With any luck I might even have my tail by then, too!
let me guess ... yugioh tournament? :P
CANADIAN MERMAIDS!!!
Halifax Mermaids is currently expanding into Atlantic Mermaids and are looking to connect with mermaids in the Atlantic/Maritime provinces. IN addition, we are expecting and filing paperwork to expand to Canada wide as Canadian Mermaids. We are aiming to be a booking agent for all you mermaids! To help other Canadian Mermaids get established in the field, get materials, get clients, advertise and hopefully through us be recognized better! We are working on our system of how we'd charge people for our services, it would likely be like any other agency in that we'd either charge per booking (ONLY bookings that we get you, take a small percent), or have the option of yearly membership fees. Each package would come with different perks, resources, and plans. We currently do this with the other mermaids in Halifax and it works quite well. (e.g. I collect a small fee from every booking they do with me, or through me, and in exchange I insure them all, market them all, book them all their own gigs etc they are still free to be independent and book gigs on their own)
Right now, since we're trying to get this going, we need to prove to investors it could work ;) So I'd like to know if any of you Canadians would be interested in something like this in the future. It's not a commitment on your behalf at all. We realize you'd want to see the whole thing set up and know exactly what you'd be getting into. But for now, we just wanna know if there are enough mermaids out there to actually support something like that, or if we were able to help get things like tails, would people take the leap?
Email me! raina@rainamermaid.com subject line canadian mermaid
thanks!
@SeaGlass: (Ohgod I didn't see your comment until like a week later I'M SORRY) Yep, YuGiOh tournament. :P Boyfriend and his buddies are gonna be busy both days playing children's cardgames for like 10 hours each day so I'll have lots of time to kill!
@Raina: Just shot off an email offering my opinion and full support for the idea. :D Good luck with it!
Your mermaid plan sounds great but unfortunately I`m located in the capital region. Wishing best of luck for you. :)
it's fine if you're in Quebec. this is Canadian wide. We would help you get bookings in Quebec as well.
Nice. Hunting for a friendly mermaid swimming pool as we speak and it ain`t easy finding one. Thank you.
I'm from Calgary, Alberta (lol, not many mers from a completely landlocked and drier-than-the-sahara province, but hey, I try!)
WOAH WHAT. I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE. I'm from south Calgary too! What places do you find to swim at???
Welcome. I am from Airdrie and have swam with my monofin only at my local rec center. I havent tried my tail there yet.
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well this looks bad LOL. ONE MONTH LATER :P i only just saw this now.
hah i knew it maybe we can meet up then ;D
late welcome, araxie :D hi!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Araxie
Hello! I'm brand-new to everything, and eagerly anticipating the delivery of my first monofin (A junior-size one from a fairly unknown Ontario company called fun-fin...which I mixed up with fin-fun on ebay and ordered accidentally...I'll let you folks now how that turns out :/ ) --I'll confess, I wound up here doing research for a project, and thought I'd immerse myself a bit more (ha!). I live in Toronto, right on the lake, but I regularly swim at the community centre after work. Does anyone know if there are any flipper-friendly pools in TO where I might practice with my monofin?
there's actually al paladini community centre up in vaughan (close to canada's wonderland, just above toronto) that lets you use monofins. they let me train with those a summer ago.
I'm from Manitoba, how do I join this pod too?
Well, it looks like you figured out how to join! Welcome :)
I am glad you have some nice mermaid friendly places for swimming where you are. I am having difficulties finding a place for this upcoming winter in the capital region.
Yeah, same here. Living in the middle of Alberta without any lake to go to does take its tole! Ah well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marie-Josie Cayer
Sorry I haven't been caught up on this pod and thread Is there any Manitobans in here or is it just me? and if so, do you want to meet up?Quote:
Originally Posted by AniaR
Hey Toronto Mers! I just got an email response to my Toronto 311 enquiry regarding monofins stating:
"It appears that all of the Etobicoke York Pools allows the use of fins and snorkels during there lane swims as long as it is not too busy. Once it get busy, we would ask you to refrain from this activity."
So, there's somewhere to practice with monofins (though actual tails would probably be pushing it). I am waiting on confirmation from the downtown area, and I'll report my findings!
we are really hoping as Canadian Mermaids gains momentum that we can advocate to pools across Canada for the use of tails :D we're going to have a section on our site for pools to read so people can send them to it and see it's all legit ;)
Just got off the phone with one of the Aquatics supervisors for downtown Toronto! The use of flippers and monofins is allowable in all Toronto public pools, as long as the pool is not especially crowded, though veto is in the hands of pool staff at any time. I went for a couple of hours last night and now I've got chaffed ankles, haha.
(Again, I was asking after flippers and monofins, not full mermaid tails, but somewhere to practice is still useful!)
Yay for canadian mers!
Im in alberta, and here in red deer the pools allow full tails during lane swims and slow days. The pool i prefer to use have a 15 foot diving tank that is tiled so nice for tails. Its also rentable, and I would definitly rent it if I could get enough mers together!
*********ADVICE NEEDED FROM CANADIANS********
So, me and my friend have written and are directing, filming and starring in a show that we are going to put on YouTube. I've written the scripts for the first 2 seasons and everything, and next summer we will film the first season, but I just wanted to know, (I'm playing a mermaid in the show btw) is this a good idea?
Sure why not :0
why do you need advice from canadians? lol go post in the threads for everyone, everyone can give you loads of advice on this! but not everyone can post in this thread!
Hey Canadians, I made a FB group for us. Please join. Canadians only :) https://www.facebook.com/groups/375142929328888/
Because I think Canadians might better understand how, weather conditions could effect these sorts of things. if you catch my drift...Quote:
Originally Posted by AniaR
uhm... but there's weather everywhere...
Your question wasn't really specifically Canadian. Unless you're in Nunavut our weather is on par with many USA states. Like I said not everyone on the forum can post in this thread. Better to ask the whole group