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05-23-2008, 04:49 PM | #16 |
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Re: Hell Divers Rodeo 2008
I need one more diver to make the trip happen. Call or PM for details.
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05-23-2008, 06:58 PM | #17 |
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Steve, looking forward to finally meeting you. Where are you putting in? We'll be diving out of Venice. Let me know if you need anything.
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05-23-2008, 10:14 PM | #18 | |
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I will be running out of Venice if I get the one more diver I need. Looking forward to meeting you also. |
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05-23-2008, 10:19 PM | #19 |
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Re: Hell Divers Rodeo 2008
hey rock, yall must have been drinking pretty heavily at the meeting when it came time to make the rules this year for the rodeo. why can't we use a reel this year for skin diving? the only people that breathe hold spearfish without a reel or a float in the gulf are the guys that tank dive 95% of the time. freediving is dangerous already with the aid of a reel or float, so WHY take away our life line? now we are restricted to only shooting tuna, wahoo, and mahi. if you want to separate "skin" and "freediving" than adleast allow the freedivers to shoot for all the fish listed on the council board for "freedivers". this is a pointless rodeo to dive for the people that are freediving, unless you are only bluewater hunting. if you want to make this a tank diving only rodeo than do so, but if you plan on including the breathe hold spearo's than make it fair for all parties. whoever is in charge this year should make this rodeo worth while for all the non-tank divers. either change the rules to what they have been in the past, or allow us to shoot the same species of fish listed on the council board for freedivers.
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05-24-2008, 12:31 PM | #20 |
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sorry i was having a bad day at work yesterday when i read the new rules and kinda went on a tangent, didn't mean to sound like a dick. but i still wish someone from the club would explain why the sudden rule change.
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05-24-2008, 02:55 PM | #21 | |
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05-24-2008, 07:35 PM | #22 |
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sounds good rock. i'll be at your house monday night with some cold beers in hand!
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05-27-2008, 01:13 PM | #23 | |
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05-27-2008, 01:14 PM | #24 | |
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Alcohol and cry babies............... |
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05-27-2008, 03:23 PM | #25 |
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somebody had to bitch about it in order to get the retarded rules switched back to what they should and always have been. when ya get a chance post the updated skindiving rules, so i can send it to the guys in my club.
and for everybody who doesn't know, dave dauzat and rock are going head to head this year on the same boat for the helldivers rodeo. sorry dave, but i have my money on the rock beating you by a couple points. he's got that new tatoo on his arm, which is going to allow him to swim adleast 4mph faster than anyone else on the boat. you might want to think about getting inked before the rodeo, lol. |
05-27-2008, 07:23 PM | #26 | |
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Not talking about you being a cry baby! I was talking about the folks that got them changed in the first place! I'm working to get them changed back to where they were before so get your reels tuned up!! If folks don't like the rules, don't dive the rodeo! As far as me and Rok head to head............ I'm still handi-capped ya know so you would have to give odds for that bet! There are others on the boat that can take it as well! However, can you say best boat!! |
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05-27-2008, 09:57 PM | #27 |
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Hey Doozat,
Mentaly Capped dont count! |
05-28-2008, 04:34 PM | #28 | |
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This will be the first year in 8 that I havent shot the rodeo and brought some of the best freedivers from all over the country to experience the best hunting and most fun tournament in the world...kinda sad. In the end its yalls rodeo, yalls club and yalls council so we just have to play nice.
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05-29-2008, 08:00 AM | #29 |
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Look, fish shot breath holding using a reel can be entered on the master board and the skindiving board. Fish taken with a float line are only eligible for the bluewater division. You are not going to shoot Wahoo and Tuna with a reel anyways? As a diver, you can compete in all the above categories. All you need to do is to declare how each fish was taken and it will be entered into that category? It's the honor system. (Don't get caught cheating as the Helldivers don't have a lie detector. They have an extremely large can of WupAss! ) Believe me, I like to scuba, skin and freedive! I'm only trying to work out a compromise. Many divers want to eliminate the use of reels all together! I'm trying to make folks understand that reels are a part of the evolution of the sport just as BC's, pony bottles, high tech guns are. And reels have been used for a long time which most folks around these parts did not realize? The compromise we have come up with will allow everyone to compete!
Additionally, I did not call anyone a cheater. You know me better than that! PS. You weren't diving the rodeo anyways.... I saw your earlier post! I'll miss ya but if you have to be working, I guess being on a boat in the keys ain't dat bad!! |
05-29-2008, 04:13 PM | #30 |
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I know Dave but I was called a cheater for using floats by a couple of members(even though I rarely use them). I think we were just trying to get closer to the norm for almost all of the top freedive tournaments(shit, most REQUIRE the use of a float). Its always been the biggest concern and question of some of the divers we brought in for the rodeo. I dont think its something that will ever be settled. Its a shame that we cant appreciate all aspects of the sport for the different challenges they pose...remember I scuba dove for years before freediving too
Im not missing the rodeo by choice, thats for sure! With all the big fish being taken this year both freediving and skin diving it should be epic. Heck, I recently shot a nice 30# gag freediving on some shallow gas rigs and the snapper are rediculous over here.
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