Dynamic Apnea New US Women's Record DiveR fins

Andrea Kawabata , a petite spearo from Hawaii, just broke the record in dynamic apnea in the pool. She was wearing her spearing DiveR fins not a mono!! 147m Okinawa Japan. team World Championships.
I know you guys aren't that into this but this is a great accomplishment.

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And until today the weather has been crappy here, I'm sure they were happy to be out of the ocean!

and the pool was a hot 88 *!.I was watching the live feed and chat.
William was wearing his 2mm OrcaFree suit that he designed. Must have been boiling but he has been training hard in the pool and it showed - it as a was solid performance-he still has more in the tank. His static was a shakey 7:28 but he won the comp. with first in depth and second in the pool events! He is my coach so I'm really happy for him. Here we are after my winning cwt dive!

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May I be the first to call you a lucky SOB for having him as your coach?

Also, while I don't know how the whole competition process works and such, it seems that a lot of the top name freedivers (Eg. Herbert Nitsch, Stephane Mifsud, Martin Stepanek, Tom Sietas, or Dave Mullins, for example on the guys side) aren't competing in the championship, which would seem like the largest/highest caliber competition. Is there any particular reason for this?

here is the video of Fredrick's new WR
http://www.dailymotion.com/vid…pnee-dynamique-reco_sport

Herbert was there - laying on the bottom of the pool for like 6min filming. He would have to compete for Austria.:rolleyes1: He doesn't do pool events anymore. Dave should have but said he couldn't for some reason-- he did do Vertical Blue, though. Martin has not competed for some time. He was at the depth WC's and Vertical Blue but didnt dive. I think he is afraid of going head to head with Herb and William-- lol. We keep waiting for that! Competition is harder than record attempts- according to Herbert, and I take his word for it!
I didn't go cuz I didnt want to spend the money to travel and I am better in the no-fins events which are not in the team world championships. I did the indiv. wc's, though and Vertical Blue.
Each country is allowed 3 competitors and an alternate. Our best Rob King, was in France and not competing, either.
FYI- the World championships are held every 2 years. Depth, Pool, and Team- 3 different times and venues. Pool was Denmark, Depth-Bahamas, and Team -Okinawa.
Hope that answers the ?