Posts by byronq

Quote from O2 deprived

haha! :laughing3:

I am going to start posting bikini pics of my diving friends who are looking for spear boys! We can turn this in to spearmatch.com

Hahahaha! I'm still voting for Wardo & Linden!

BTW, for those that missed it, last Thursday's speaking engagement from Carla was awesome! So many great "legends" and plain gentlemen (and ladies ;)) in attendance, in support of O2 deprived! I was just thinking how bummed I am that we didn't take pictures together.

Great group of people all around, and all in comraderie of our sport. I'm looking forward to the next similar event!

Great price! I'm forwarding this to several of my friends!

It was a great weekend! Good catching up with you, as well as Bamz & Don. Definitely a fun time, and thanks to the Neptunes for organizing the event.

Saw 3 WSB on Friday during our scout session, but of course when we returned, not a single fish left. Having commercial lobster guys churn through the kelp didn't help out.

Still, great times, fun event, and plenty of beer/wine after!

Dive safe-

Also comfortable foot pockets, and priced pretty decent. I definitely need to move up to CF later this year.

Quote from Dan

Bingo!

Not putting you on the spot Byron, according to the information you received from the instructors, what specifically is required from a "workout fin" that the waterway blades provide?

I have to admit, the Nemo's/Waterways have a better snap than plastic fins. I feel more efficient, and should do tests with both in the pool. Part of my warm up is to work on efficiency, and get across the 25m with as few strokes as possible. I'll test both fins tomorrow, and reply here.

From what I'm hearing, most of the competitive "depth" freedivers are moving to a much softer, responsive blade (i.e., 25's vs 40's). The result is that nice inversion with minimal effort, conserving energy and 02.

Quote from Dan

Byron, what does this classification workout fin mean? How did you end up getting these fins, did someone in the class recommend them?

The fins were recommended by Mark Lozano, the west coast FII instructor. For pool workouts, I've been training with 02deprived here, a well renown free diver. We do apnea practices together, mostly interval vs. distance. I believe these are exercises developed with top freedivers, including Nitsch and Trubridge.

I used my Picasso Black Teams. I've used them since for line diving, up to 90-100 ft, and never had a problem.

Recently picked up some Captain Nemos- good workout fin, have only been using them for pool training, but they are stiffer than you'd expect.

Breaking them in for line diving next weekend at Catalina.

No- I'm guessing the further you are from the subject, the less the effect.

Here's a closer image, and the fish eye is more pronounced:

Keep in mind, I'm no photo expert, and have no idea what I'm talking about!

Quote from Dan

The flat lens that I sell, that's included free with a purchase of the Gopro HD Hero naked, solves the Gopro underwater focus problem.

Had I known! That's the most cost-effective solution; I paid about another $100 for my housing. Great deal, Dan!

Here's a sample snapshot: The fisheye does make your fish look bigger!

I enjoy my GoPro, but keep in mind, there will be additional expenses: an upgraded housing or lens (the standard housing doesn't work well in water); an SDHC card (about $40); mounts for your gun, head, or however you choose to use it. And now there's the LCD display.

And don't forget, any camera using 1080 is going to be a hog on your PC when editing video.

With that said, I really enjoy the toy!

Here are some of my videos:
www.youtube.com/ocfreediver

Nice report, Alex! Good job on that bug

Great job on putting this together! Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Beautiful boat, Ramon!

Willkommen! I'll have to brush up on my German. What part of the country are you from?

@ Dan- its just about people that are tired of the bs, and build a better world!

Y gracias, Tulocote!

Thanks guys! Entering this forum, I feel like a character in Atlas Shrugged!

Cheers to you all, and safe diving

Thanks, Chris!

Definitely another great day on the water, with a great Captain!

As we were moving to another spot, a huge school of bait swam under the boat. Brandon dipped the gopro in the water, and here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/ocfreediver#p/a/u/0/q2g5IVrdKKY

Perfectly seared! Good job on the fish.