Quote Originally Posted by Merman Storm View Post
The shoes attach with three bolts. The rubber of normal swim fins will just pull off from the bolt heads. I'm thinking I need make an aluminum plate that has PEM nuts pressed into it, and glue it to the bottom of the fin pockets. Or something like that. ( Wide head bolts, fender washers, there are many possibilities.)
Perhaps you could reinforce the bottom of rubber foot pockets with a small piece of lexan? That would likely be much cheaper and easier than using an aluminum plate. And it would still have a small amount of give.