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General Freediving Area
07-21-2012, 06:47 PM
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Breath hold
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23,220
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Judge
Re: Breath hold
Young divers are impatient by nature, they want to double their time by tomorrow when they are going spearing. Bless them for the enthusiasm they bring the sport. However, improving a breath hold...
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General Freediving Area
07-12-2012, 05:54 AM
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Pool Samba
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3,775
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Judge
Re: Pool Samba
Some useful guidelines when training divers.
A Samba or BO dive IS a failed dive. So long as you have good dive buddies, then that is all it is. A lot can be learned from it. But never make it OK...
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General Freediving Area
07-06-2012, 09:43 AM
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Pool Samba
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Judge
Re: Pool Samba
I agree with all you say about the safety side of pool training.
But one point you may have neglected is that a samba is a "fail". It means you didn't manage the dive well. Great you had a buddy...
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General Freediving Area
06-25-2012, 02:34 AM
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what to do if swb or samba occurs
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6,038
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Judge
Re: what to do if swb or samba occurs
Don't worry about getting the diver out of the water. It will take too long. As soon as his airways are out of the water, that is when you get busy. Mask off and tell them to breathe. It goes: Talk,...
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General Freediving Area
06-22-2012, 10:34 AM
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what to do if swb or samba occurs
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6,038
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Judge
Re: what to do if swb or samba occurs
Great that you got so much out of this video. When I was president of North Shore Underwater Club I asked Erez Beatus, Freediving Instructor from Israel to brief our club on the subject of Sambas and...
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General Freediving Area
06-22-2012, 10:21 AM
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Freediving... What a drag!!!
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20,313
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Judge
Re: Freediving... What a drag!!!
Great video. Very important stuff for freedivers. A few of us in Sydney Freedivers have been experimenting with bi-fins material and technique and what we have been seeing is very much the subject of...
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General Freediving Area
05-25-2012, 09:17 PM
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New personal best
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Judge
Re: New personal best
Nice clip and what an interesting place.
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General Freediving Area
05-18-2012, 07:51 PM
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Moving past 75 meters in the pool
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3,840
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Judge
Re: Moving past 75 meters in the pool
Hi,
You have to be careful what you ask for as a spearo. Because getting past that 100m mark usually means you have to overcome your urge to breathe and this can be a fatal liability for a spearo,...
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General Freediving Area
05-04-2012, 08:11 AM
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co2/o2 tables
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5,718
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Judge
Re: co2/o2 tables
I have come across someone who not only didn't experience contractions, they didn't experience any discomfort or the urge to breathe, they reported only feeling better and better the further they...
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General Freediving Area
05-02-2012, 02:56 AM
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co2/o2 tables
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5,718
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Judge
Re: co2/o2 tables
I don't think one set of tables, with unchanging times is going to get you constant gains. Like most athletic training, you need to change it regularly to keep the body changing. If you keep it the...
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General Freediving Area
04-20-2012, 10:42 PM
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Sydney Freedivers 2012
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5,360
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Judge
Re: Sydney Freedivers 2012
Thanks. Yeah, the production company name was a bit of a laugh, just so long as it doesn't produce them.
It takes a bit of persistence to push such a group together but once it is rolling and...
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General Freediving Area
04-20-2012, 10:38 PM
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What would you do if you found this while freediving???
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Judge
Re: What would you do if you found this while freediving???
That is full on... probably what you have done... take a photo.
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General Freediving Area
04-17-2012, 10:39 AM
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Sydney Freedivers 2012
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Judge
Sydney Freedivers 2012
This is a clip of recent activities of Sydney Freedivers in Australia:
http://vimeo.com/40357542
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Australia, New Zealand & Indo-Pacific
04-17-2012, 10:35 AM
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Hi everyone
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Judge
Re: Hi everyone
Hey there. You are in Sydney by the sound of it. Pyrmont is a Sydney suburb. I suggest you connect up with North Shore Underwater Club. The person to contact is Chi, he is at: chi.shurn.lo@gmail.com...
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General Freediving Area
07-24-2011, 06:08 AM
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Hands Free equalization?
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Judge
Re: Hands Free equalization?
Not everyone can do this method, it appears it depends on some physical attribute. However when we have run our Equalisation Workshop we have found about 30% can get something happening on the day....
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General Spearfishing & Diving Discussion
06-27-2011, 02:52 AM
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stiffest fin
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Judge
Re: stiffest fin
I suggest you study up on finning. Manual of Freediving is a good start. Then try many different fins before you buy. The idea of stiff fins being the best has come down through time from when the...
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Australia, New Zealand & Indo-Pacific
06-24-2011, 07:19 PM
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A Golden Moment
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3,325
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Judge
A Golden Moment
The golden trevally is probably the best eating trevally. When we can't find our target fish and it is a bit quiet we will occasionally take them. They make great Thai fish cakes or curry:
A...
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General Spearfishing & Diving Discussion
06-24-2011, 07:13 PM
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Float Lines?...
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Judge
Re: Float Lines?...
Ha ha ha... got to look cool.
In Australia much of the diving is done where there is boat traffic and I don't know what it is like in the US but here in Australia the boaties don't look, or can't...
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Australia, New Zealand & Indo-Pacific
06-13-2011, 02:06 AM
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Getting Wrecked in Australia
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2,887
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Judge
Getting Wrecked in Australia
"Getting Wrecked in Australia" is a video about a day spearfishing wrecks off the coast of Queensland. We were chasing one of the greatest eating fish in the world, the Saddletail Snapper. (aka...
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General Freediving Area
05-20-2011, 11:34 AM
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sinus squeeze
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3,572
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Judge
Re: sinus squeeze
I have had allergies all my life and have learnt to control and handle them without taking prescribed medications. I have located those things that cause the reaction and take them out of my...
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General Freediving Area
05-20-2011, 10:12 AM
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Long Fin kick technique
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7,332
Posted By
Judge
Re: Long Fin kick technique
I suggest you consult the Manual of Freediving by Umberto Pelizzari and Stefano Tovaglieri. The correct finning technique and most obvious errors are contained in that book.
Incorrect fin...
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General Freediving Area
05-20-2011, 09:18 AM
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sinus squeeze
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3,572
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Judge
Re: sinus squeeze
H2ocaver gives good advice. Stay clear of all the meds. Most of them increase heart rate and will decrease your ability to dive.
Usually your sinuses inflame because there is a mucous blockage...
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General Freediving Area
05-10-2011, 07:35 AM
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Diving deeper
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8,428
Posted By
Judge
Re: Diving deeper
The urge to breathe is the result of increased CO2 in the blood. Anything that burns less oxygen and therefore creates less CO2 has to be handled as an immediate way to increase your breath hold....
Forum:
General Freediving Area
04-24-2011, 07:07 PM
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Spearfishing and Freediving Training
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34,725
Posted By
Judge
Re: Spearfishing and Freediving Training
There is no doubt about it, negative training (exhale diving) is good for apnea ability. But as in most sports if you train one area and only one area the results will slow or disappear. We have...
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Australia, New Zealand & Indo-Pacific
02-24-2011, 06:51 AM
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3
Get Jack
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3,123
Posted By
Judge
Re: Get Jack
Yeah, that shark followed us all day, but we didn't loose any fish to him.
The spot was about 16 metres... just over 50ft.
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