Posts by black1

I can dive on weekdays after 2pm and either Saturday's or Sunday's. Im just wanting to meet a few people locally who freedive spear, I dont have a boat but can provide gas money, food, etc, etc.

Hello all, Im looking for a freedive spearfishing club to join in the Boca Raton/Pompano/Ft Lauderdale area. Im 39 years young and have been in the Ocean nearly the whole time, I love to Dive (scuba) spearfish and fish and hang out with like minded people. I have only been scuba spearfishing mostly because my cousin turned me on to a club here in the area that does it, this helped me meet alot of great people and get out in the water spearing much more often, we spear deep on scuba but in all honesty I want to freedive spear more, Im not one to get all personal and take sides over if it's correct or not to spear on scuba thats not my thing, I just enjoy mother ocean and what it provides for me and my wife (tasty fish) and I enjoy good mature company.
I am taking the Performance Freediving course this October in Ft Lauderdale to improve my techniques and most of all safety, in so doing I would like to meet and dive with others and become friends to share good times with and learn from each other. I would like to know if there is a club in the area which agrees with what I said and maybe I can join or at least meet a few people to get to know them. I can easily pay for gas, food, drink on boat days and any membership fees if needed, I am just looking for good people to freedive spear with and become friends along the way, thanks all. I live in Boca Raton.

I got the D4, sold my Suunto Vyper 2 dive comp and got the D4 so I can use it for both scuba and freedive, nice watch.

Yeah I got a 130 euro, my friend is a riffe dealer so I got a good price, then I got a little crazy and bought an Aimrite super venom 120 as well. Now my collection is almost complete...notice the almost...it's an addiction. Never had a pipe gun so I decided on the aimrite, just liked it better than the RA which im sure is equally as good. Wife's pissed but O well.

"put a rob allen shaft in the riffe euro, it fits. the riffe shafts bend really easy and they are 75 $"

I get my shafts from Ray Odor, great shafts and only $40

Pargo I sent an e-mail to Dan, is that you? I see your in Ft Lauderdale, Im in Boca Raton, is it possible to come and meet you to try some of those footpocket sizes and the blades, im interested, if so give me a phone number so I can call you if possible, thanks.

Hi All

I would like to ask a few questions about fins, right now I use Cressi Gara 2000hf fins, they are good for now because im just learning better techniques for kicks and soon I will be taking the "Performance Freediving" course in Ft Lauderdale in October of this month (can;t wait). I want to get a new pair of fins and foot pockets, something that would be a world of difference in terms of speed, power, performance, comfort and ascending speed from depth. I would like a pair of carbons probably and the money is not a problem so could you all tell me a few reallly good fins and fin pockets to check out that will make a big difference in freedive spearfishing for me, I know many have there favorites and thats ok but I would also like to know why they are, what is it that makes a great fin better than some, material, angle, foot pocket, etc, etc. Thanks all.

Got a new Riffe Euro 130 on the way.

Im debating on what to get a Riffe Euro 120 or a Rob Allen Carbon 120. FloridaFreedivers is up the road from me and they carry both but would like some help deciding. I currently have a Riffe Euro-X 110 and love it and soon will have my custom Deathstick 55 inch rear plus, both excellent wood guns. I was thinking maybe I should get a pipe gun intsead for ease of swinging and just to have a good railgun, can you all give me your thoughts on a Rob Allen carbon 120 and also what you would possibly do, im torn between 2 great guns. How do Carbon Rob Allens hold up, swing, power, ease in water compared to a big Euro 120? thanks all.

Yes it's nice to have those functions on the D4 because I dive alot as well and use Nitrox, but, I already have a Suunto Vyper 2 for my comp and to spend over $600 for just freedive capability would be overkill and the wife would say no more spearguns...lol...can't have that now. Agree that a watch is very important for breath up times and I will look around some more for a better price, thanks.

Hi, I was wondering what most here use as there freedive watch, I see that Aeris has a freedive/air/nitrox watch which looks good and im also familiar with the Suunto D 4 watch, the Suunto seems a bit expensive at or around $600 so im curious as to what most use and the pros and cons of them, thanks all.

Hello all, I currently use a Riffe Euro-X 110 which has the extension for hip loading and I love this gun, I use my stomach muscles to load it and not really my hip. Im currently wanting to buy a 120 model without the extension (just the Euro) and was wondering if it is too big to load from the stomach, I can just comfortably load my 110 ok but moving up a size I think I can but not sure, the reason I load from my abs is because I broke some bones in my chest years ago in an accident.
So my question is can a 120 be loaded from your abs or hip instead of chest.