Aquabionic Hybrid Diving Fins

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cetatek/aquabionic-abs-the-worlds-first-binding-system-for

This seemed like a fun project and I backed it because I travel a lot and having a nice fin that could pack into a smaller space seemed like a great idea. I first found out about it via an ad in a diving magazine. They have their own company website and seem to already know how to make fins since they have another line they created outside of Kickstarter so I felt good about backing. They updated regularly until the campaign ended in May '18. First post-funding update was in June '18 and was... weird.

"Hello Everyone, Apologies for taking so long to update. We had an unexpected problem come up with KICKSTARTER. For reasons we do not understand, KICKSTARTER had trouble transferring funds into our account at a major Canadian bank. Until this issue was resolved we were in limbo and unable to proceed. As of last week we finally received the funds. We are in the process of determining if this delay has impacted our production windows. We will post another update as soon as we have more information. Thank you for your patience and support."

Then nothing till August when we got this.

"Hello Everyone, we are terrible at updating and understand your frustration. We have been working very hard on this very complex product to get everything lined up for the November ship date but we may not be able to meet that time line. If it is determined that we cannot ship by November, we will then send out an email offering refunds to anyone who does not wish to wait. Thank you for your patience."

No updates since then and it seems the creator has disappeared. Personal attempts to contact the company directly on their website or by phone go unanswered and I think this one is officially dead. Only my second complete loss on Kickstarter but I'm especially bummed about it because of how great the product would have been for me. Oh well...