Free Diving Competition - Ft. Laud., FL 7.25-7.26.09

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This just in:

"F.I.I. SPONSORS LOCAL FREEDIVING EVENT!!

2009-07-08

As we all know freediving events in the U.S. are few and far between, so when U.S.A.A. (U.S. Freediving Association - www.usfreediving.org) Freediver Jared Schmelzer decided it was time to organize one in Ft Lauderdale, F.I.I. was quick to respond with an offer of sponsorship assistance. The Gulfstream Open Freediving event will be running from 25th July - 26th July this month.

Developing and supporting the local and national freediving community is one of F.I.I.'s top priorities, so we look forward to supporting more events

such as this in the future.

...and hey! We hope to see YOU there!"

More at:
http://www.freedivinginstructors.com/index.php?stranka=news

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Jared at last year's competition


and a few more images from the event ...

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Just added a few shots from last years competition. It was a fun event!

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The comp is coming up, wind conditions are looking favorable (light). Should be a blast!

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Here's a few shots from the first day of the competition ...


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Jared describes organization for the event


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Martin talks about the pursuit of the highly prized but elusive spackle knife. It only occurs at depth and is not only hard to find but is also can be difficult to hang on to.


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Heading out



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Free divers are well known for their fondness for smoking, NOT. That is actually a pen.


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The free diving rig


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A look up at the rig and all the stations for warmup, performance, safety divers, emergency diver recovery


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Jared warms up with pull downs


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Support craft from South Florida Diving Headquarters, these folks do a great job!


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Packing just prior to descent


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Martin on the way up from a minor drop (for him!) to 60 m without fins


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Martin on the surface with judges Doug and Jon looking on


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Jared packs for his 60 m drop


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Jared descends


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Tech diving gear out the wazoo


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Checking the instant replay


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Free immersion


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Passed through some interesting squalls on the way in


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Here are the results:

"2009 Gulfstrem Open - A DEEP SUCESS!

2009-08-02
25-26th July, 2009 - Providing a perfect combination of exceptional freediving conditions, dedicated experienced volunteers and keen competitors, the 2009 Florida Gulfstream Open was undoubtedly an event of world class standards. “It’s great to see such enthusiasm and results coming from a group of recreational freediver’s so relatively new to the sport. 80% of the competitors have only just come through our F.I.I. level 2 classes in the past year. I am really proud of the expanding freediving community we have here in Ft Lauderdale and Florida.” says F.I.I. Director of Education Martin Stepanek. The two days of depth competition saw seven local freediver’s battle it out for some incredible prizes kindly donated by AUSTINS DIVING CENTER, Miami www.austinsdiving.com



Gulfstream Open Freediving Competition July 25 & 26, 2009 FINAL RESULTS



Competitors Saturday Sunday NAME Gender AP m RP m Event Score AP m RP m Event Score TOTAL Place



Martin Stepanek m 60m 60m CNF 60 0 60.0pts 4



Jared Schmelzer m 60m 60m CWT 60 65m DNS CWT 0 60.0pts 4



Brett Scaglione m 45m 45m CWT 45 50m 50m CWT 50 95.0pts 1



Ezequiel Goldberg m 40m 40m CWT 40 45m 38m CWT 30 70.0pts 3



Vicente Cammarano m 35m 35m CWT 35 40m 40m CWT 40 75.0pts 2



Will Wiggins m 25m 25m FIM 0 25m DNS FIM 0 0.0pts 5



AIDA International Judges: Niki Roderick, Douglas Peterson, Jon Sinnreich"

From: http://www.freedivinginstructors.com/?stranka=news