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General Spearfishing & Diving Discussion
01-02-2021, 07:28 PM
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First ever freedive Everest, 148 x 100' dives in a day
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First ever freedive Everest, 148 x 100' dives in a day
Not technically spearfishing but closer to that world than competitive deep diving....
Made a video of the November 12, 2020 Freedive Everest performed here just of the coast of Los Angeles. It...
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General Spearfishing & Diving Discussion
01-02-2021, 07:11 PM
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Middle Ear Infection Prevention
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growingupninja
Re: Middle Ear Infection Prevention
Most of us dive with a hooded open cell suit. The vented plugs can seem like a solution but can themselves cause a hood squeeze when the plastic plug seals against the neoprene hood. Happened to a...
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All Other Gear
10-12-2020, 03:02 PM
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Carbon Fin Reviews
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growingupninja
Re: Carbon Fin Reviews
MEANDROS X-PRO
Dove yesterday with these for the first time, courtesy Spear America Southbay. Medium stiffness, Pathos pockets...
Wow, really nice fin and looking like these will be my new...
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General Spearfishing & Diving Discussion
01-22-2020, 08:41 PM
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What do you eat before spearfishing to keep energy level up?
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Re: What do you eat before spearfishing to keep energy level up?
As for as actual number of calories burned, I have no idea. I have tracked my own nutrition, read, and studied up on it my entire life since adolescence but never counted calories in the food I ate,...
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Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing
01-21-2020, 08:44 PM
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Water temps in January?
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Re: Water temps in January?
Thanks! I gave Benthic a call before I left California and am gonna try to go say hello tomorrow. I brought gear but weather has been pretty lousy, just been pool training and then today they didn't...
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General Spearfishing & Diving Discussion
01-21-2020, 07:49 PM
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What do you eat before spearfishing to keep energy level up?
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Re: What do you eat before spearfishing to keep energy level up?
[I AM TALKING FREEDIVING, NOT SCUBA]
Short answer:
In cold water (say California in winter), for a hard day of spearing, I like a pretty big breakfast, like 3 eggs, 4 slices of bacon, ideally some...
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Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing
01-13-2020, 05:12 PM
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Water temps in January?
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Water temps in January?
Do you guys get out much this time of year? I'll be near Destin for a few weeks helping my folks out with some projects and was planning to bring my gear. I've only dove around Destin in the summer...
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General Freediving Area
01-13-2020, 04:55 PM
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Headache question
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Re: Headache question
CO2 build-up can and does causes headaches but if it's related to CO2 it will come on fast and go away within 20 minutes of normal breathing or surface time. To stop CO2 headaches just take adequate...
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California Spearfishing
03-13-2019, 05:26 PM
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WA announcement- PV fishing rights and access
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Re: WA announcement- PV fishing rights and access
I think they are ticketing now more aggressively. I want to say I've heard of a handful more spearos getting tickets for hopping the fence, and getting stopped and questioned by law enforcement if...
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California Spearfishing
03-06-2019, 08:03 PM
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New Spearfishing Club- Tide Reapers
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growingupninja
Re: New Spearfishing Club- Tide Reapers
Hit me up when you guys get your first auction organized. I will donate something.
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All Other Gear
03-05-2019, 05:07 PM
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Carbon Fin Reviews
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Re: Carbon Fin Reviews
Thanks for this tip on the C4 300 pockets. It worked well--a pair of very sharp scissors cuts the material easily. I spent about 10 minutes with scissors, fins, and booties carefully checking contact...
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California Spearfishing
03-03-2019, 10:32 PM
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Wetsuit question
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Re: Wetsuit question
Thanks for digging that up. The medium density suits I have been wearing are likely comparable to the Y50 so the Y45 I got last year seems to have more compressibility.
I felt like my Y45 Oceaner...
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California Spearfishing
03-01-2019, 10:58 AM
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Northern Channel islands at dawn of human history
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Northern Channel islands at dawn of human history
Pretty cool to think about next time you are diving one of those rocks!
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California Spearfishing
02-27-2019, 03:15 PM
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Wetsuit question
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Re: Wetsuit question
Sort of.
I remember when Y45 was new, and I remember those same claims, although I think the actual claim was that Y45 was suppossed to resist _permanent_ compression. In practice, my custom...
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California Spearfishing
02-26-2019, 09:15 PM
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Wetsuit question
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growingupninja
Re: Wetsuit question
OP: you probably would hardly notice the difference until you have been diving for many hundreds (or thousands) of hours in various wetsuits but Y45 is very low density. This means it feels very...
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All Other Gear
01-31-2019, 02:00 PM
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best glue for foot pockets
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Re: best glue for foot pockets
AKA Premium Tire glue. It is good stuff, intended for RC cars. I think Mori was the first to discover it about 3-4 years ago and most of the socal shops use it now. We haven't had any issues. Like...
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California Spearfishing
01-14-2019, 07:19 PM
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Newbie question about shorter spearguns
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Re: Newbie question about shorter spearguns
Re: gun on your belt
It is drag, entanglement risk, obnoxiously clattering on the bottom as you are hunting, a pointy thing inline with your calf that could stab you when you get rolled into rocks...
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Dive Training for Free Diving or Scuba Diving
01-14-2019, 09:05 AM
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How often should I breathe the tables?
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growingupninja
Re: How often should I breathe the tables?
Real apnea training and certain kinds of intense spearing will certainly run your iron levels down. Newer divers doing static tables often are not getting hypoxic enough for this to actually happen,...
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California Spearfishing
01-14-2019, 08:49 AM
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Newbie question about shorter spearguns
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growingupninja
Re: Newbie question about shorter spearguns
Point blank, in a hole you can easily shoot and land with a 65cm gun a sheephead easily two or three times as big as what will make you and your household sick of sheephead for a good long while......
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All Other Gear
01-14-2019, 08:00 AM
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Carbon Fin Reviews
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growingupninja
Re: Carbon Fin Reviews
I put a selection of blades from the Greek company, Apnea, through some pool testing on Friday...
3 blades, Apnea Aktiv in medium and hard as well as the Apnea Symmetric in medium, all in the new...
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All Other Gear
11-16-2018, 07:01 PM
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Carbon Fin Reviews
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201,154
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growingupninja
Re: Carbon Fin Reviews
@jhip sure, they make very nice fins. Try to demo a pair as Cetma makes a variety of models and stiffnesses.
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California Spearfishing
11-07-2018, 05:33 PM
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Kaboat
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growingupninja
Re: Kaboat
I have beach launched a few times. Easiest is with late model 2.5hp 2 stroke. Weighs 35lbs and can make 5 knots with two or three people. Tohatsu 6hp is pretty good, best power to weight until you...
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California Spearfishing
11-07-2018, 01:43 PM
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Kaboat
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growingupninja
Re: Kaboat
Ah, gotcha. Yes, weight distribution is a huge thing on the kaboat. I could probably get faster if I had a tiller extender and sat in the middle, plus my engine is really too much for the transom I...
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California Spearfishing
11-07-2018, 01:20 PM
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Kaboat
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growingupninja
Re: Kaboat
Wow, you are making 22 knots!?!? That is great! I don't remember if we were wide open when you were on mine but with the 15hp Suzuki EFI, 19 knots is about my top speed, although with 3 guys and gear...
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All Other Gear
09-10-2018, 02:58 PM
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Carbon Fin Reviews
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201,154
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growingupninja
Re: Carbon Fin Reviews
Lost one of my beloved Bluetec Blade fins off the boat yesterday and so broke down and got a pair of Cetma Pranas (thanks Petros and Dave) medium in a Pathos pocket. Here is my first impression after...
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