Posts by LunkerBuster

looks great there..congrats on first blood

Riffe sight

I have tried the minima, while I really liked how streamlined it felt in the water and the comfort was A+, I simply cannot accept the lack of periferal vision, especially compared to the Sight mask

interesting thread..

while i agree generally that diving is the best practice for diving, the ability to get used to not breathing is a huge benefit of dry statics. additionally, I have a lot of time I can use to do a 2- 3 minute dry hold but I cant get into the water everyday.

I feel like a lot of freediving is about mental ability and security and if you know that you can hold your breath for 4 minutes on your couch it helps you to relax and stay down for a minute or so.

I do not think that a person with the longest breath hold on land is the best freediver, but I bet they are still damn good at holding thier breath underwater

as for the element of exercising, i always try to hold me breath when I go get the mail or walk the dog, just for that very reason..it is all about replicating as much of the diving experience as possible while still staying aware that we cannot alway train the way we want

bwahahaha, that gun thing rules and Iwant three of them attached to my personal mini sub.

the most important issues I can see are
1) respecting those around you
awarness
buddy system
Dive flag
2) respecting one's own limits
don't push yourself to match your dive partners
no fish is worth losing your gear and no gear is worth losing your life
3) respecting the ocean
don't over harvest
dont shoot fish you can't kill or land safely
dont shoot fish that will hurt you or in a situation you cannot be safe in dispatching them

the flexible cutting boards that are available at the dollar store should also work, they are thin and flexible but are still pretty strong

c'mon Dan, if it was on TV it has to be true and has to work awesome

hahahaha

i love these guns... Ireally enjoy how you use all different techs in them and yet they all haave your feel to them...excellent work you are a true artisan

i wear plasitc fins (gara 2000s) and I launch off the bottom all the time with no regard for much of anything other than what is above me and trying not to stir up the bottom in some situations.

I find that I can begin my ascent and reorient my body vertical with a LOT less effort when pushing off the bottom as there is a fixed point to use rather than torquing ones body against the fins to change your orientation.

Idont know how to calculate actual O2 uses for each move, but I feel like I use a lot less energy if I involve the bottom than if I just kick up.

my .02

resurrect this thread to add something:

per Dan's first post, I feel each and every spearo has a duty to teach and to guide those who are less experienced and to represent our sport well.

this is a difficult sport to master and it is even difficult to get into without proper guidance. I remember being so in awe the first time I dove down with my polespear. I looked at the bountiful reef and felt totally paralyzed. I just didn't know what to do and I didn't want to hurt any fish that Iwasn't going to take or hurt myself. This has always been with me whenever i meet a newb or have someone come and ask me a question. I wish there would have been more folks around when I was a total greenhorn

the second thing relates to how stigmatized this sport is. people, even other fishermen, are very negative about spearos and often have gross misconceptions about our methods and practices. this is why I always espouse to be a leader and a model of good citizenry and contientious(sp) taking.
we are all ambassadors for this sport and in any encounter we might be someone's first encounter with a spearo, make it a positive encounter and we get more supporters, act like a dick and thre is another person voting to ban spearing

sick Hau...i really enjoy that you are posting pics now ...
gives us all something to dream about from our desks at work

for me the kayak has one overriding advantage...it get's me out diving more often than most folks I know who use any other means as a dive platform....I can go out where boats cant launch, it costs me nothing to do so, I have a bigger storage area than a boogie board ala shore diving and I can stay out longer than a shore diver bc I can rest...
further, the kayak enables me to handle some really ugly ocean conditions, i have been out in 5-7 ft swells and I can honestly say I felt a lot safer on my kayak than on my buddies 19ft center console.

there are miriade other advantages and dis advantges, but for the simple fact that I can dive more, it is a winner in my book

howdy- that is english for Bienvenidos

this is why underwater footage is so valuable to us...to learn the visual clues that a shark is deparate, aggresive or just behaving oddly, can be the thing that saves you from a random attack

i agree marco, but i think the point is still valid, Mako is bringing quality in at the price it should be, which seems low to us, but what happens when one of Mako's competetiors lowers thier prices by sacrificing quality, I hope no one gets burned by a bum gun, but competition thins out the market because some just cant keep up,

sweet fish hau..and Dan, but yours is old so you get less props..

that is the biggest thing we've taken outta dania to date...way to go buddy

hahahahaha...i hate when they jump on the blow job HAHAHA

as a backup, I'd rather have it than not...gerber makes great products...I might get one just to attach to my belt and forget about...thanks for the idea Jeff

Hau, you are truely the man...a king on the reef :O

i hope he didn't treat you too rough old man, ha, yeah right, you're the toughest spearo out there

pics would be really appropriate, even a cell phone pic

they can surely distribute one to me

great new avatar Dan