Posts by Wishihadgills

Awesome vid.

I think they were referring specifically to the Riffe mirrored lenses which are excessively dark. They are darker than most sunglasses.

Where was this fish caught?

Quote from Don Paul

Don't sell it. it's to nice for that $.

Cheers, Don

I agree with Don. You have at least that much in components and materials. Not to mention the time you put in.

At my hose back in Miami I have about 30 pineapple plants a token mango tree and sour oranges. The mangos you can grow at home are infinitely better than anything you will buy at publix and the sour oranges make an awesome marinade and goes great with fish.

Tech

I asked about having a partner and they said that that didint matter unless the person was insured.

And there arent that many pools available since most are closed/closing for the winter.

Im mostly just doing laps underwater like you said.

The explanation I got was that recently there was someone at another pool nearby that was doing some type of training and blacked out. The lifeguard on duty assumed he was just holding his breath and the guy died. I understand the difficulty it presents for a lifeguard to monitor but if done with a partner it shouldnt be a problem. Im surprised they have gone as far as to ban it completely.

Im going to try to find some pools locally but I dont know of many that are indoor/heated in my area.

I went past the pool at my school today to ask about doing some freediving training, since Im stuck in Atlanta. The lady at the desk was completely confused and didnt seem to know what freediving was (not surprising) but after talking to the head lifeguard I find out ALL FREEDIVING IS PROHIBITED! :@ Apparently this is becoming more and more common. I asked him if there was anything I could do and he said about the only choice I had was to find a SCUBA instructor that would be willing to assume the liability and supervise.

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

Technisub Micromask w/ gopro mount

You dont need 2 bands just use thicker rubber.

You would be surprised the level of error in some of the omer fins and possibly other manufacturers. This past summer I was changing blades on a set of fins and when I was trying to put the blade in, no matter what I did, I could not get the stud to line up with the hole. I was so confused until I held the blade up to another one for comparison. I noticed the stud wasnt centered like it was supposed to be. I then went back to check the footpocket and the hole had been cut to fit the blade. Because of how far off the stud was it would not fit any other footpocket.

It is pretty cool to see the cutaway of the different pockets.

Trying them on will let you know which ones really work. Im not a fan of the 2000's as I find them way too stiff. I started with a pair of 3000's and I loved them. I still have them as a back up set and a pair for friends. Both are good fins and should last a while if you take care of them.

A lot of people talk about the ability to change blades being a big factor. What a lot of people dont realize is that a set of carbon blades cost just about as much as what many stores will sell the sets for. Also the mares carbon blades are very soft (some of the softest available) and in my opinion too soft.

Bottom line: The footpockets fit very differently between the Cressi and the Mares fins. That should be the deciding factor. If the Cressi garas fit better then you can choose a stiffness.

My riffe tip is pretty dull too and it still goes through. It may be all the difference though.

Freekeydiver,

Thanks for the advice and that is a very good description of proper technique. Im curious as to what you see in the screenshots that is off? The technique you describe is how I shoot a sling (at least thats how I was taught) only the sling I was using was 1/2" od and 1/8" inner diameter. Its possible that in some scenarios my technique is off because of my bodies orientation in the water but I dont remember that to be the case in the shot pictured.

I started this thread because I felt I wasnt getting enough penetration, not because I thought my slings power was lacking. As you can see in the screen captures there is sufficient power to knock the fish back and flex the shaft significantly but the spear simply did not go through the fish. The more I discuss this with friends and the members of this board the more Im inclined to think it might be the point of the spear. And although it was new it just wasnt a good tip. Im going to experiment with a couple different points next time I go and see if there is any improvement.

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I can tell from the pic: your grip, your angle of pull, and the length of the tubing are dictating, in this case, hindering, the power of your shot.

Can you elaborate a little?

It was a new shaft with a pretty sharp tip although I might try to grind a different angle on it next time. Im also going to try to use the tri-cut shaft I have and see if that helps any.

It's already a a 9/32" shaft. The next size up is 5/16 and those are really slow.

I was putting together the video form my trip to the bahamas and I noticed these frames. They show the amount of power I'm able to put behind a sling shaft. The first pic is a pic of the shaft shortly before impact. The next two show the flex as the shaft hits the fish. Believe it or not, I was unable to recover that fish because the shaft did not penetrate far enough for the flopper to engage and it was able to shake of shortly after. Its a pretty sickening to loose fish like that. Hopefully Ill figure out a solution so this doesn't happen as often.

Billers are solid guns. For a hole gun they are pretty good and I can name a dozen friends that learned to spear using the biller guns. The line release might be a weak point in the design but I havent heard many complaints and they are easy enough to replace if they do break.

They are definitely american style guns. A little chunky but they will work. If you got the gun free its probably worth the 30 bucks for a new tip to get it back in the water.