‘Competitions’ Archives
Okinawa Japan. »
I made it! It was a long journey but I made it. After spending a couple of days in Athens sight seeing, it was an early morning flight (6am) to Frankfurt, then 5 hours in the airport before flying 11 hours to Osaka, Japan. From Osaka, I had to catch the shuttle bus to get to another airport for the connecting flight which was another hour [...]
3rd Med World Cup – Overall Results »
It appears that no one published the results. So, better late than never right?
Final day of comp and small wrap up. »
Ok, sorry about the lack of update about the last day in Kalamata. It was not entirly my fault that I could not bring the news to you all, we had a day of intermittent internet which seemed every time I wanted to go online, it would not work. The one moment I did, I had just finished posting to FB and it went offline. Soooooo.... what [...]
70(CNF),80(FIM),90(CWT) Day5 (?) »
Day 4 of the comp and today, its no secret that I was attempting what I think was my 3rd ever FIM. The first two were in training and were horrific experiences for me. Not that anything went on, but they were the first dives I did that took so god damn long, therefore I got Narcosis or something and it freaked the crap out out of me, therefore I [...]
Deeper and deeper »
I never knew what Blue Water diving was like. I had heard other divers talking about it, but never experienced it, since my only depth comps have been in lake Taupo (NZ) twice and then of course the Bahamas in Deans Blue Hole, (08, 09 Vb and 09 Worlds) where its only light at depth if you dive between approx 11am and 1pm. No dont get me wrong [...]
Going’s on in Greece »
Firstly, yesterday, those of you that read my FaceBook stuff would have noticed the fun that Guillaume and I had with the announcement of 70m CNF. That was a blast. I went to Guillaume and suggested it and he was all for it. Out on the boat, pre-dive, I found out that the neck weight that was supposed to be left there for my dive was not [...]
Competition – Day 1 – Going DOWN »
What a night! I am always nervous before a comp. as I guess most people are, but last night it was around 26 - 28 in the room, hot as hell and I did not feel like I could sleep. Decided to put on a movie and try to chill out with Natalie (Canada) and Fillipe (Columbia), watching movie, talking crap, you know how it goes. Finally went to sleep [...]
History, rocks and culture »
One thing thats really nice about this competition is that we are in a country with so much history, culture, garlic and olive trees. Typically at a freediving comp like this one you would dive, sit round talking freediving, eat, sleep, talk about freediving, maybe a little crazyness once in a while, more freediving talk, blah blah blah, but Mr [...]
Thats right, I said it! »
OK, so most of you know that I am sponsored by Blueseventy. Its not like I have been keeping it a secret or anything. What you may not know though is that I have been working with them to build a wetsuit that is specifically for freediving. While we maybe a small market (compared to Triathlon or swimming) they (Blueseventy) like what we do, how we [...]
