Marcus Lee migrated to Australia in 1988 from England, and within hours of arriving in the country had the idea of creating the “shinfin“.
After 19 years of research, the Middle Cove resident and his shinfin will appear on ABC-TV’s The New Inventors on April 25.
Mr Lee said the premise behind the invention was to develop a swimming flipper that strapped on above the ankle rather than over the foot.
“When swimming [with the shinfin], it takes the load off the foot, decreasing cramping and blisters, while taking stress and pressure off the ankle joint… You can walk around in them, climb ladders, or anything really.”
The former Cambridge University engineering student has put his career as a mechanics and design engineer on hold to focus on selling the shinfin. “Through my website the business has been funding itself. I’ve sold a few thousand of them worldwide to the US, Canada, Europe and Asia as well as in Australia.”
Photo by Shinfin Pty. Ltd..
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