hes amazing, i watch this before diving often, and the song suites it well.. another badass guy is stephane misfud
Wow that is alot of packing, very impressive though, go to deeperblue forums and read up on FRC diving (fractional residual capacity) or exhale diving, pretty interesting form of freediving. A passive exhale then dive, first part is a static dive with no movement (similar to pendulum dives) because there is no buoyancy to deal with and dive reflex kicks in very strong. Not suggested for spearfishing unless in shallower water, maybe for aguatto style hunting? not sure if I spelled that right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGh9lMxHp1Y
here is Eric Fattah doing a 67meter one, he is always on deeperblue and easy to talk to about this unique way of diving.
For the short period of time I did freedive pool training I found I could swim longer distances on FRC than on a full breath or packing. To me doing FRC would not trigger the urge to breathe so I could swim until I lost conciousness, but I never did.
When in 30 ft or so and see a big fish I will exhale enough for my momentum to sink me without finning.
That 288 is unreal........I've got dive gear for sale...;)
Cheers, Don
Have you guys seen the dive through Dahab's Arch that William Trubridge did... Holy Crap! It's amazing what humans are capable of doing.
yeah hatteras, that is amazing...if you watch the video, my favorite part is when he passes one of the assist scuba guys and the divers faces is just priceless..he is in awe and he's down there?!?!
:thumbsup2:one of my favorite videos...seen it like 100s of times
", i put the song on a cd
That 288 is unreal........I've got dive gear for sale...;)
Cheers, Don
That record is from last year . His newest record is 95 meters (311 ft) from Vertical Blue Suunto Dive-Off in April. I train with him and he announced 100m and will do it when he decides to move the record.
In regards to packing; he does 45 packs . His lung capacity is 7 liters. He wears no weight.
Actually you can spearfish with dolphin kick if you are comfortable with it. I even use a mono sometimes because it requires so much less energy.
It is possible to do a frog kick and swim down with one arm- William makes you kick down ( no arms- no weight) in his class. I had to do the one arm swim in my last comp. when I neglected to get the tag secured and I had to carry it up- lol. My avatar photo is a cnf( constant no-fins) dive at Vertical Blue. I am just trying to do 50m!
Thanks O2 deprived, do you know if Water Works allows fins in the pool ?
Thanks in advance.
Don
Don, I don't know about Water Works but 24 hour fitness allows fins-- you just get some weird looks and questions from the other members. I was training there on Fri with one of the spearos with his camo long fins and me with my mono, neckweights, etc. You just have to watch out for the dimwits who jump in on top of you when you are underwater.
Fun to stir things up in the OC !
", i put the song on a cd
What is the name of the song? Its so relaxing. I wish I could listen to this as im diving
very good vid i know takes a lot of training but i would love to do just half of that .
que viva la pesca :cuba:
I have a pretty good frog kick, I like this swimming style a lot and can dive well with it. The thing about the frog kick style that makes it unsuitable for spearfishing is that you can't use one arm. Same reason also makes the dolphin kick impractical.
Not necessarily true. One of the techniques I employ, especially for deeper diving, is to let the gun drop to the bottom or targeted depth. This requires using a floatline, of course and little or no current.
I let the gun drop while I am breathing up and then follow the floatline to the bottom, grab the gun and resume hunting.
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