Posts by Marco

  • Pelaj

    When I first started using Rob Allens, which IMO are quite similar to these Pelajs, all my shots where high. Once you get used to it you won't miss a shot. ;)

  • Best spearfishing Brand

    The gun in the picture that "el cabrón" Dan refferred is an Omer :D, but the old ones (made in Italy) and yes, it has a Omer camo tape on it. It was my first "serious" band gun; a 96 cm single banded with which I managed to get many wahoos (That's why I laught when I see people with their "tuna" guns). I used pneumatics for 20+ years before.


    Nowadays Omer is cheap good looking chinese crap sold expensive. :nono:


    The wetsuits seams fall apart, their fins all break (Record, Bat, Ice). Also the footpockets break sometimes. The shafts used on their "Cayman" guns bend after the first serious fish is shot, I have a T20 carbon fiber gun that also failed in the barrel (a crack where the pin to attach the muzzle is located), the knives bend o even break, the paint of the cayman comes off after 5 dives, the alluminum guns all exploded, the pelagic reels all froze corroded.... Want more?


    And no, I don't have an Allien mask, however, if you have a fogging problem, there is a solution; burn the inside of the glasses with a lighter, then rub them strongly with your thumb inside and out with toothpaste and rinse with the hottest water coming out from the tap. Repeat the toothpaste procedure once again and spit it before each dive. Never ever fog again. ;)

  • Hola a todos

    Qué pasa Anthony!? Bienvenido!


    Ayer salimos (hice una pesquita "cabrona") pero ya eramos 7 en el bote. Demasiados para mi gusto...

  • PR trip.

    Hey Hoff! Get in touch with me when you come to PR.


    We can get together to go out spearfishing. I know some spots out of Fajardo.

  • Bungee material

    Aiming with a pneumatic it TOTALLY different that with a band gun. You must cover the fish with the air valve plug. Don't use the shaft to aim, otherwise you will miss a lot os shots.

  • A wetsuit choice for colder water

    Contact Elios sub and get a custom made two pieces wetsuit.
    Better if it is "Liscio-spaccato". You will need a little lube to wear it, but then you will feel as comfortable as you have NEVER been in a wetsuit. Specially if, as you said, your body is not "standard".


    If you have never had a REAL freediving wetsuit, I will go with a 5 mm.


    Their prices are around 250 Euros, but they are worth every penny. ;)


    www.eliossub.com

  • Spearfishing wish list


    That doesn't exisits. :rolleyes1:


    I already bought a pair of C4 Mustangs VGR Fins. Expensive, but I have to say that is another world.


    The most comfortable footpocket ever (it has arch support and is adjustable!). The blades are as responsive as the Falcons but I feel them softer. GOOD BUY!

  • DIYS Cure for Sea urchin punctures

    As some of you may recall, I was severely wounded by a Sea urchin while snorkeling with my kids two weeks ago. I was in 2 feet of water not wearing any fins and while moving my arms to swim like breast stroke, a "Diadema antillana" urchin was touched by my left hand letting 42 spines into it. Some of them just passed through my hand one side to the other and the pain was really bad.


    Here is wat I did and had worked well so far:


    1. Remove inmediately and very carefully every spine you can being very carefull not to break them while pulling out. You can use your fingers or some pliers. This has to be done as fast as you can, since the skin hardens once dried.


    2. Submerge the affected area with the hottest water you can withstand for 10 or more minutes. Most marine venoms are temperature sensitive. This works also with jellyfish and other marine creatures venoms.


    3. With a hypodermic needdle (the ones used for injections), carefully try to remove any spine that is located under your skin. Other kind of needdle don't work as well because they don't have cutting edges like hypodermic. This procedue will be bloody, so if you are easily impressed, ask someone else to do it for you.


    Doing this, I could manage to take out most of the spines. Just 6 of them were still into my hand, so I started asking for "Grandma's remedies". Someone came out with placing a piece of aspirine over the affected area and cover it with some adhesive tape. The theory is that the acid wil disolve the skin around the spine allowing me to reach it later on. It didn't work as well as I wanted to, so using the same theory, I went to Walgreens and bought DuoFilm® Salicylic Acid wart remover. It comes with "cover-up" dics to cever the affected area.


    After 4 applications (one week) 4 of the spines just went out. They are not there any more! I still have 2 of them, one should be touching a nerve, since I feel like electricity in one finger, but the pain is way less.


    I will keep my "treatment" for one more week. If the "electricity" persist, I will see a doctor.


    Just wanted to share my experience with you guys, in case same thing happens to you (hopefully not...) :rolleyes1: