HI NERDMAIDS! Thanks for watching and be sure to check out the video we did regarding mermaid anxiety on Courtney's channel! th-cam.com/video/oG3ncOF3g20/w-d-xo.html Stay tuned for bloopers too!
Faith On The Bass I live in nanimo Canada I'm A MASSIVE FAN OF YOU and I swim a ton In the ocean I have clear waters and swim down pipers I would love you get into contact with you and talk a bit about mermaiding you're my idle and I love how confident you are and I would Have never bought a tail if it weren't for you♥️♥️♥️
Courtney Mermaid you two look so similar. I am not even kidding when I first started watching your channel I thought you and Faith were the same person LOL
I loled at "Don't drown and ruin it for the rest of us", but totally true, safety is SO important. (also, I see Jedi robes in the background... props!)
One thing i learnt from Mermaid Mari is that it's best to ask pools about their policy on monofins first, as that is a more commonly known thing, and they may be more willing to say "yeah it's fine" if it's less foreign. I usually ask about monofins over the phone, then ask in person about tail skins. Fantastic video, Faith and Courtney!
Would love a video on underwater swimming such as training to hold your breath for so long, how to steer ( I tend to spin when I swim underwater with my tail.....and with reg diving flippers too... I might be a seal. XD) and any other useful tips you can think of.
Thank you Faith and Courtney for a lot of great advice but also for the energy, enthusiasm and undeniable chemistry the two of you bring to these videos. These are some of the best collabs yet! Keep up the great work, both of you, individually and together! #BCMermaidsRock
I've done the full body dolphin kick my whole life because I always wanted to be a mermaid. When I got my tail, I jumped right in with my friend who had been swimming in hers for 3 years. I did it straight away. I love swimming at weirs. I feel free in my mermaid tail and it also feels so natrual :D
I found a really nice (if a little small) hotel pool and a friend to start mermaiding. I found it pretty easy even at the start and only spent around 15 mins using just a monofin because I have used flippers lots before I actually found it really easy with the tail. I love all the work you guys do your channels are my happy place.
Ever since I was 6,I’ve been trying to swim like a mermaid. At first it was just putting one of those rings that sinks around my ankles and swimming like that. Then we went to Dollar General one day and i saw flippers. They were so uncomfortable when I swam in them. Then 2 years later we went to Dicks Sports one day and I saw flippers there and got those. I’m now 14 and I’ve been using those flippers for 3 years. Me and my bff love swimming like mermaids and she has one of those pink and purple mono fins. Since I’ve got a job at the barn I board my horse at,I’ve gotten some money and now I’m going to purchase my very first mermaid tail. Me and my bff are so excited! I’m excited lol
Can you make a video about how to talk to lifeguards? I know you touched on it in this video, but it would be really helpful to have a dedicated video. Thank you ❤️
Best do/don't ever!! LOVE that you guys are collab'ing!! Thanks for this SUPER perfect do/don't! I'm gonna pin it on the NW Mer Pod group, so new members can see before their first swims/meetups! Cheers, you two! ♥♥
One important one is swimming in a good quality tail!!! The best tail maker I know of is Courtney Mermaid you can buy one of her amazing tails at www.shopvancouvermermaid.com
My first time in a mermaid tail I was real stupid. Zero practice with the monofin, alone, full tail, & I went in the deep end first. Never ever do this, anyone! Thankfully I got to the surface before something happened & I practiced by holding the ladder. This time round when I got my Mahina I practiced with my old fin first & then stayed in the shallow end till I felt good about going to 5 ft. Do not be like me. Take your time & be safe.
My eyes are terrible underwater & years ago I went to kick off in the shallow end of the hotel pool I swam at. I didn't see the floor was so close & ended up bashing my knuckles on the floor. I was fine, scraped up a bit, but don't kick off in shallow ends of pools if you can't see well underwater.
Thank you for this, it is a lot of good and important advice! ♥ If you don't mind I would like to add the following for people who STILL want to go mermaiding in open water: CHOOSE BOTH FIN AND LOCATION WISELY. (Though even I have to say: ONLY DO THIS WITH SOME EXPERIENCE. This is NOT a thing for beginners!!!) -> Fins: I, e.g., am using Mermaid Kat and FinFun tails, and if I go swimming in the lake or sea, I ALWAYS consider which fin to use where since it makes a HUGE difference if you're using the big, stiff Mermaid Kat or the much smaller, flexible FinFun one. In 90% of swims I'd choose my Mermaid Kat fin for the sea (unless the waters are unusually calm), because it gives you a lot of power you might need to deal with waves and currents. For lakes I prefer the FinFun tail, I don't need to be that strong and fast in waters with almost no waves and less currents, and the flexibility of the tips can be helpful in an area with lots of vegetation and maybe roots and stuff like that, which I could easily hurt with my stiffer fin. -> Location: IF you choose to go swimming in the ocean, either go at a place where you know how the water movements work OR INFORM YOURSELF BEFOREHAND, e.g. at a dive shop or such if there is one. If you really want to go mermaiding in an ocean area you don't know, get your infos, and when you go in, GO WITHOUT TAIL AND FIN FIRST if possible, to see how things go and to get a feeling for the currents. And once you use your mermaid tail there, don't go too far and/or deep at first try. ALSO do NOT try your new mermaiding spot when there's lots of waves etc. as this can get you in trouble in more ways than one!! (I, myself, rarely ever go mermaiding in the sea when there's lots of waves because it can really make you feel uncomfortable which can also get dangerous, but if I do I make sure to not let it drift me farer than to where it is more than 2mtrs deep. FOR ME this is not that big of a deal because the sea where I go mermaiding is a place where I went swimming for 20 years so I KNOW which water movements are to expect and which are to avoid. But I would NEVER go swimming in a wavy ocean anywhere else.) If you rather want to go swim in a lake and you got the choice, go to one that isn't much of a passage for like 5 rivers, because the less of a passage it is, the less flow and current will be there that could get dangerous. My usual lake for mermaiding is very small and with almost no currents at all, it sometimes feels more like a pool than a lake. The thing I also would call an absolute DON'T, is swimming in a river. Things can easily get out of control there even without mermaid tail, so just DON'T DO THIS unless you're a very very very experienced pro swimmer who loves some extra risk...
4:33 so someone who is new to mermaiding she only has one tail a finfun she said... For my second tail I’ll get a silicone🙂! Me:Nooooooooooooooooooooooo whyyyyyyyyyyy Her: cause there super easy to swim in! Me:No there not. Her:yes they are Me:have you swam in a silicone monofin? Her:No Me:have you ever swam in a silicone tail Her:no Me:so don’t get it for your second Her:ok then.
hi guys best colab ever and yes with safety rule number 1 parents should not be stupid because now in my country city mermaid tails are banned and because of one girl who sadly drownd in her tail and when i was starting out i got a mahina monofin and i actually go to meet mermaid mahina and swim with her and a few months before the ban i got a magic tail in the color h2o and my sister got the same one as you faith so thanks so much for reading big fan :)
what if you go the cheap way out and you wear flippers with a magnet on them so they stick your feet together but you can pull apart if you have an emergency?
Regarding supervision of little mermaids above the age of 7, who might want their parents not to interfere with their games with other kids... well, you CAN supervise them from outside inmediate range, as long as you ARE supervising (instead of just chilling or talking with other parents about how cute your little mermaid is). Case in point, my daughter, age 9 at time of anecdote, caught her fluke with a large round floater at a pool party. She would have started having serious problems in less than ten seconds. Fortunately, I always was less than five seconds away. Was I underfoot (underfluke?) as she played with the other kids? Nope. Was I too far not to be able to help her? Also nope. Meaning that you don't have to choose betwen safety and fun: you can have both.
I normally use lakes because local pools don’t allow tails. But if there aren’t any places near you that allow tails, then you can always just wear it on the couch!
My 8 year old sister keeps asking me to use my fin fun tail but she has no idea how to dolphin kick so I say no but then she throws a fit what do I tell her??
I've never watched any mermaid videos before I got my mermaid tail but I realize I was doing it all right because I started out with flippers and then I got a monofin for my birthday and now I'm getting a full skin tail and I'm prepared to swim in it it's NOT silicon XD it's finfun
That feeling when you realize that most of the video doesn’t help you purely because you can’t swim literally anywhere and pools aren’t willing to compromise and have people take swim tests and they just flat out ban tails 😢
Lol at people starting with silicone tails. Are those people like, stupidly rich or something? The $1,500+ price tag on most silicone tails is hardly an impulse price for the majority of people.
How are fabric tails dangerous though? They cant be heavy heavy?? I know its dangerous bexause you can drown if you cant get it off and stuff but whats the dangers???
They can be dangerous if you aren't prepared. If aren't a competent swimmer in the first place, it's not a good idea to swim with a device that restricts your movement even a little. Plus a tail and monofin is gonna be a little harder to remove than just a monofin in an emergency. That said, if you are a competent swimmer you shouldn't have a problem with a fabric tail, but it's still good to practice with a monofin first.
"Don't you know who I am?" Too funny, Faith! LOL! Also, just a thought... if you want parents taking your advice about their kids' mermaiding, you might want to try to avoid using the words "Parents" and "stupid" in the same sentence. ;-)
You guys made some great points!!! You did however come off pretty aggressive. I know that is your guys’ personality, but just some feedback. Love you guys so much!
HI NERDMAIDS! Thanks for watching and be sure to check out the video we did regarding mermaid anxiety on Courtney's channel! th-cam.com/video/oG3ncOF3g20/w-d-xo.html
Stay tuned for bloopers too!
Bloopers! th-cam.com/video/_tc73JnLHqU/w-d-xo.html
Faith On The Bass I live in nanimo Canada I'm A MASSIVE FAN OF YOU and I swim a ton In the ocean I have clear waters and swim down pipers I would love you get into contact with you and talk a bit about mermaiding you're my idle and I love how confident you are and I would Have never bought a tail if it weren't for you♥️♥️♥️
+Indy B we have a Mermaids of BC Facebook group
Faith On The Bass perfect I will join!!!
Nerdmaid Faith whenever I go swimming it's 90% of the time in the river do you have any advice on that cuz I do not want to drowned
Thanks so much for doing this fun collab with me! I had a great time!
Courtney Mermaid Hi Courtney!
Hi hi!
Hi Courtney!!!!!!
Courtney Mermaid you two look so similar. I am not even kidding when I first started watching your channel I thought you and Faith were the same person LOL
I loled at "Don't drown and ruin it for the rest of us", but totally true, safety is SO important.
(also, I see Jedi robes in the background... props!)
One thing i learnt from Mermaid Mari is that it's best to ask pools about their policy on monofins first, as that is a more commonly known thing, and they may be more willing to say "yeah it's fine" if it's less foreign. I usually ask about monofins over the phone, then ask in person about tail skins.
Fantastic video, Faith and Courtney!
Would love a video on underwater swimming such as training to hold your breath for so long, how to steer ( I tend to spin when I swim underwater with my tail.....and with reg diving flippers too... I might be a seal. XD) and any other useful tips you can think of.
Astro Fenn yay sea dogo
My public pool asked me what a monofin was when I asked them what there policy is on monofins
Thank you Faith and Courtney for a lot of great advice but also for the energy, enthusiasm and undeniable chemistry the two of you bring to these videos. These are some of the best collabs yet! Keep up the great work, both of you, individually and together! #BCMermaidsRock
I've done the full body dolphin kick my whole life because I always wanted to be a mermaid. When I got my tail, I jumped right in with my friend who had been swimming in hers for 3 years. I did it straight away. I love swimming at weirs. I feel free in my mermaid tail and it also feels so natrual :D
As a newcomer to the mermaid community, I feel like this is VERY informative to someone like me
6:17 swimming lessons flashback... 🤣
nice vid and i learned some stuff too ill defiantly take these tips
I was in the pool and these boys started spraying me with water guns yelling mermaid, mermaid.😂
See, that's why my daughter's mermaiding kit includes me and a big super soaker ;-)
I found a really nice (if a little small) hotel pool and a friend to start mermaiding. I found it pretty easy even at the start and only spent around 15 mins using just a monofin because I have used flippers lots before I actually found it really easy with the tail. I love all the work you guys do your channels are my happy place.
Ever since I was 6,I’ve been trying to swim like a mermaid. At first it was just putting one of those rings that sinks around my ankles and swimming like that. Then we went to Dollar General one day and i saw flippers. They were so uncomfortable when I swam in them. Then 2 years later we went to Dicks Sports one day and I saw flippers there and got those. I’m now 14 and I’ve been using those flippers for 3 years. Me and my bff love swimming like mermaids and she has one of those pink and purple mono fins. Since I’ve got a job at the barn I board my horse at,I’ve gotten some money and now I’m going to purchase my very first mermaid tail. Me and my bff are so excited! I’m excited lol
Can you make a video about how to talk to lifeguards? I know you touched on it in this video, but it would be really helpful to have a dedicated video. Thank you ❤️
Best do/don't ever!! LOVE that you guys are collab'ing!! Thanks for this SUPER perfect do/don't! I'm gonna pin it on the NW Mer Pod group, so new members can see before their first swims/meetups! Cheers, you two! ♥♥
One important one is swimming in a good quality tail!!! The best tail maker I know of is Courtney Mermaid you can buy one of her amazing tails at www.shopvancouvermermaid.com
Finally teaching the kids! XD Also great video!
MER-mazing advice ^D^
My first time in a mermaid tail I was real stupid. Zero practice with the monofin, alone, full tail, & I went in the deep end first. Never ever do this, anyone! Thankfully I got to the surface before something happened & I practiced by holding the ladder. This time round when I got my Mahina I practiced with my old fin first & then stayed in the shallow end till I felt good about going to 5 ft. Do not be like me. Take your time & be safe.
My eyes are terrible underwater & years ago I went to kick off in the shallow end of the hotel pool I swam at. I didn't see the floor was so close & ended up bashing my knuckles on the floor. I was fine, scraped up a bit, but don't kick off in shallow ends of pools if you can't see well underwater.
omg this was awesome!!! I wanna be a mermaind!!!
Shoot me an email and we can work something out!
Loll I started with the whole tail and jumped in the pool. I had no experience and I just jumped in!
I was 13 when I first got a fin fun and I knew nothing but I took to it quickly and have more confidence with a tail than without
Thank you for this, it is a lot of good and important advice! ♥
If you don't mind I would like to add the following for people who STILL want to go mermaiding in open water: CHOOSE BOTH FIN AND LOCATION WISELY.
(Though even I have to say: ONLY DO THIS WITH SOME EXPERIENCE. This is NOT a thing for beginners!!!)
-> Fins: I, e.g., am using Mermaid Kat and FinFun tails, and if I go swimming in the lake or sea, I ALWAYS consider which fin to use where since it makes a HUGE difference if you're using the big, stiff Mermaid Kat or the much smaller, flexible FinFun one. In 90% of swims I'd choose my Mermaid Kat fin for the sea (unless the waters are unusually calm), because it gives you a lot of power you might need to deal with waves and currents. For lakes I prefer the FinFun tail, I don't need to be that strong and fast in waters with almost no waves and less currents, and the flexibility of the tips can be helpful in an area with lots of vegetation and maybe roots and stuff like that, which I could easily hurt with my stiffer fin.
-> Location: IF you choose to go swimming in the ocean, either go at a place where you know how the water movements work OR INFORM YOURSELF BEFOREHAND, e.g. at a dive shop or such if there is one. If you really want to go mermaiding in an ocean area you don't know, get your infos, and when you go in, GO WITHOUT TAIL AND FIN FIRST if possible, to see how things go and to get a feeling for the currents. And once you use your mermaid tail there, don't go too far and/or deep at first try. ALSO do NOT try your new mermaiding spot when there's lots of waves etc. as this can get you in trouble in more ways than one!!
(I, myself, rarely ever go mermaiding in the sea when there's lots of waves because it can really make you feel uncomfortable which can also get dangerous, but if I do I make sure to not let it drift me farer than to where it is more than 2mtrs deep. FOR ME this is not that big of a deal because the sea where I go mermaiding is a place where I went swimming for 20 years so I KNOW which water movements are to expect and which are to avoid. But I would NEVER go swimming in a wavy ocean anywhere else.)
If you rather want to go swim in a lake and you got the choice, go to one that isn't much of a passage for like 5 rivers, because the less of a passage it is, the less flow and current will be there that could get dangerous. My usual lake for mermaiding is very small and with almost no currents at all, it sometimes feels more like a pool than a lake.
The thing I also would call an absolute DON'T, is swimming in a river. Things can easily get out of control there even without mermaid tail, so just DON'T DO THIS unless you're a very very very experienced pro swimmer who loves some extra risk...
Thanks for these tips!!
@@NerdmaidFaith You're welcome!! ♥
Omg I love you Faith
I’m a bit confused on the swim test I’ve never heard of them
You can go to the Fin Fun Mermaid channel and look up their tutorials on how to pass the swim test.
Me: has a pool in my backyard that I've been swimming in since I was 6
4:33 so someone who is new to mermaiding she only has one tail a finfun she said... For my second tail I’ll get a silicone🙂!
Me:Nooooooooooooooooooooooo whyyyyyyyyyyy
Her: cause there super easy to swim in!
Me:No there not.
Her:yes they are
Me:have you swam in a silicone monofin?
Her:No
Me:have you ever swam in a silicone tail
Her:no
Me:so don’t get it for your second
Her:ok then.
2:54
Momma Courtney ACTIVATED.
( Seriously the way she says this reminds me of a mom.)
I needed this video
"You are the mermaids I've been looking for" in a jedi voice lol
Cant wait to start!!
hi guys best colab ever and yes with safety rule number 1 parents should not be stupid because now in my country city mermaid tails are banned and because of one girl who sadly drownd in her tail and when i was starting out i got a mahina monofin and i actually go to meet mermaid mahina and swim with her and a few months before the ban i got a magic tail in the color h2o and my sister got the same one as you faith so thanks so much for reading big fan :)
If I take a mermaid swim class, and do that for a couple of weeks, am I ok to get a tail then?
Absolutely!
what if you go the cheap way out and you wear flippers with a magnet on them so they stick your feet together but you can pull apart if you have an emergency?
When I mermaid swam with my eyes open for the first time, I did swim into a wall but not at my full speed! Don’t worry I turned out fine!
Regarding supervision of little mermaids above the age of 7, who might want their parents not to interfere with their games with other kids... well, you CAN supervise them from outside inmediate range, as long as you ARE supervising (instead of just chilling or talking with other parents about how cute your little mermaid is). Case in point, my daughter, age 9 at time of anecdote, caught her fluke with a large round floater at a pool party. She would have started having serious problems in less than ten seconds. Fortunately, I always was less than five seconds away. Was I underfoot (underfluke?) as she played with the other kids? Nope. Was I too far not to be able to help her? Also nope. Meaning that you don't have to choose betwen safety and fun: you can have both.
Whoo tf has the money to start with a silicone
not me i'll tell you that.
(oh oh sorry feel free to remove this comment after) the Card at 7:11 has misspelled Courtney. Just wanted to let you know
Think i need to get back practicing swimming, sadly not happening anytime soon because of covid. Love your leggings
I followed all of these and I'm safe and now I'm in a silicon tail from my fabric tail😊
So I love that blue tail behind you, and would love even more if you could tell me where you got it so I can get it lol 💙
Shop Vancouver mermaid
My dad just ordered me a finfun the Nemo looking one 😁
CringeMeister good for you!
You guys are great
what do you do when your local pools don't allow mermaid tails and you don't have a pool ;-;????
Chill_Out email them or call the
I normally go to lakes, but if you don’t have a lake near you then you can always just practice your dolphin kick!
How do you find the right size for a mermaid tail?
+SugarnSweets by measuring yourself and using a sizing chart
your the best
I always swam in a mermaid type way and had always asked about getting the tail, but can’t really find a place for using it, any ideas?
I normally use lakes because local pools don’t allow tails. But if there aren’t any places near you that allow tails, then you can always just wear it on the couch!
MER - mazing
My 8 year old sister keeps asking me to use my fin fun tail but she has no idea how to dolphin kick so I say no but then she throws a fit what do I tell her??
Tell her you will let her have it but only if she shows you that she can swim with the dolphin kick. Then once she does make sure you watch her.
I had to take a Depp end test
What if your pool doesent have life guards...
Just be careful and swim with a buddy!
is it ok to KEEP my monofin in my tail skin at all times?
Yeah!
I've never watched any mermaid videos before I got my mermaid tail but I realize I was doing it all right because I started out with flippers and then I got a monofin for my birthday and now I'm getting a full skin tail and I'm prepared to swim in it it's NOT silicon XD it's finfun
I did hit my head on the Side of a pool and I got a black eye
SRK Animal lover yikes
That feeling when you realize that most of the video doesn’t help you purely because you can’t swim literally anywhere and pools aren’t willing to compromise and have people take swim tests and they just flat out ban tails 😢
mermaid leggings are awesome!!!!
Lol at people starting with silicone tails. Are those people like, stupidly rich or something? The $1,500+ price tag on most silicone tails is hardly an impulse price for the majority of people.
Hi NERDS
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What did you say?... # hashtag what? (About your leggings?)
+Mermaid Alesha Amor #spon
Isn't that mono fin kinda heavy? I know mine is. I almost drowned my first time in my tail
Know your limits swim within it. Great bc joke
Did anyone see the milk at 1:00
How are fabric tails dangerous though? They cant be heavy heavy?? I know its dangerous bexause you can drown if you cant get it off and stuff but whats the dangers???
They can be dangerous if you aren't prepared. If aren't a competent swimmer in the first place, it's not a good idea to swim with a device that restricts your movement even a little. Plus a tail and monofin is gonna be a little harder to remove than just a monofin in an emergency. That said, if you are a competent swimmer you shouldn't have a problem with a fabric tail, but it's still good to practice with a monofin first.
decaying roses your legs are connected so it’s hard to move
"Don't you know who I am?" Too funny, Faith! LOL! Also, just a thought... if you want parents taking your advice about their kids' mermaiding, you might want to try to avoid using the words "Parents" and "stupid" in the same sentence. ;-)
You guys made some great points!!! You did however come off pretty aggressive. I know that is your guys’ personality, but just some feedback. Love you guys so much!
Oops well shit I literally put my tail on and swam away
how do you act natural if you are 22, haha send help i dont think there are any local mermaids here.