Posts by black1

Greek I stand corrected, yes we did hyper for 1 minute, i was thinking about our Ocean dives and the 5 purges then resume regular breathing till you feel comfortable to go. My bad, thanks.

"3)Static. You really have to hyperventilate a lot to get a good time since you build up so much CO2."

No not really, 5 purge breaths followed by 2 to 4 relaxed breathing is not hyperventilating, you have simply done a gas exchange and then returned to a normal breathing pattern before holding. If someone is doing 10 real fast inhales and exhales with pronounced exhales then that is hyperventilating and yes you can get some long times but very dangerous for any real diving of course. I believe it is more in the concentration or meditation of the holder.

"But don't expect hitting 100ft in the class and then going out there and expecting to spear in 100ft or even 80ft."

Absolutely not!!...what it does teach you as far as breath up, finning, streamlining, negative pressure dive warmups and most importantly SAFETY is priceless, even if you are a really good spearo and have been diving for a long time I believe this course will make you a better more safer diver afterwards because of the tools they teach you. Whether or not you will land more fish at depths or hold your breath for longer in currents or swim down perfectly straight each time is questionable, but, again those techniques will be in your mind always ready to be put to use if you wish.

Bottom line is the course is worth it, great people and fun times.

Happy Birthday HAU and no no age limit that I know of, they said that in there last intermediate course a 65 year old man did a 6:40 static!!!!!! yep I said 6:40 static at 65, you should be good to go my friend.

Thanks LB, yeah I will cherish what I learned, especially the safety aspects and rescue, there priceless. The tips on how to hold breath longer and deeper are incredible, really makes a difference. They teach the physiology of the body and why we can do what we do and what is happening to the human body during apnea, they teach blood shunt, thoracic filling, baurotrama and much much more. They also teach what is called negative pressure dives to similate depths from 66ft to 130ft and to 200ft, these really are cool and slow your heart rate down to an incredible slow beat all the while doing the grouper call to get air from lungs to equalize. The mammilian dive reflex tips to speeding up the process instead of doing several dives or at least 30 minutes or more of continous dives before it kick in are fantastic, it only takes 15minutes of your time and you are ready for some serious depth and bottom times.
Another great thing that suprised me and made it all that much more incredible was that Ren Chapman and Ashley Futural were there as instructors (congrats to them for passing), Ren and Ashley have some great videos of there spearfishing adventures and really know what there talking about so having them as instructors and also the spearfishing tips I got from them were priceless, thanks Ren and Ashley. Here is there video page for those interested.

http://www.vimeo.com/user884211/videos/sort:date Vimeo page

http://www.youtube.com/user/co…lay/uploads/6/A3EcZX-xGpQ youtube page

sure LB sounds good, i will pay for shipping.

Hi guys

I have 3 Riffe masks for sale each one is $40 bucks and they are in excellent condition. 2 of them the frameless and the amber Naida have only seen the pool 2 times and rinsed with fresh after.

Maska are Riffe Naida (clear) Naida (amber) and frameless (amber).

still for sale!! will take $430 if local pickup is available.

I finished my intermediate Performance Freediving course this weekend and it was the best 4 days and money ever spent, the education, safety and breathold techniques learned are incredible and Mandy and Kirck along with Ted, Erin, Ren and Ashley were the nicest people you can find anywere. I just wanted to tell people how good the course is, for those that have taken it you know exactly what I mean and for the others who have not, please do it, save the money for the course because it is so worth it, the safety and rescue techniques are priceless alone and the tricks to diving deeper and longer on 1 breath are incredible.

I went from a 3:00 min breathold to a 5:30 static in just 1 day of training and my max depth attained during open ocean was 107ft, I could have easily made the 130 mark I was shooting for because I came up clean in my recovery breaths no problem but could not equalize my left ear at 107 so I turned the dive. Still I am more than happy for my accomplishments and hope everyone here can one day take this course, you will not only be amazed but have a great time and meet some even greater people.

Safe diving to you all.

Jeff it will be a 130 size barrel.

Jeff I love that muzzle, would you be able to do the same to a Mko of mine when I buy one, just waiting to sell another gun and I am thinking of buying one, now more than ever if you would be so kind, have cash will pay!!!

very nice looking Mako, what size is it? was it relatively easy to take off the loading pad, looks much better that way.

great job guys, looks like a great day, i have the Performance Freedive clinic tomorrow, should be a good time for the next 4 days, have a good one.

nice collection, you have the same ones I have right now accept i just bought the "spearo guide" i believe it is called, very imformative and lot's of good local florida spearfishing as well, 2 disc cd. I will watch it a few more times and if you like will trade you for awhile if you dont have it.

I didn't know that, is it available somewere? thanks.

The epoxy and some sanded dust from my gun sounds good, I just sanded it last night to oil it again so I have plenty left to mix with, thanks guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLbaQ95Ruxg&feature=related

Off Africa, this is hardcore, eerie looking waters to.

Need advice on a repair job with my gun please, I had drilled a screw in to my wood Riffe Euro for a spare shaft holder and recently decided to not use one and pulled out the screw which obviously left a hole in the wood. What is the best sealent to put in the hole to stop sea water getting in and strengthen the wood like new again. It is 2 small holes so I dont need much, I forget the name of the marine selant most use for boats which drys hard and is water proof, any help would be great, thanks guys.

Ok i went to my LDS today after work and they had the micromask, tried it on and to my suprise it fit nicely, I then went home and did the old lighter/toothpaste/lighter trick a few times and then jumped in the pool to test it out...WOW INCREDIBLE...this mask did not leak at all and it was like not having a mask on, excellent FOV and super comfortable, no pain under my nose like the riffe's and super hands free clearing if needed and equalizing, fantastic.

Wow thanks Lunker that is real kind of you, unfortunately my time doesn't permit me to head down there before the weekend, it's ok though I will just use the ones I have and see how it goes, this will be the real test for them anyways and if is bad then I search for another one, thanks again I do appreciate it.