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That's amazing, dude. I thought I was doing good to freedive to 30'!
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This wasn't that remarkable a dive although the drift with the current did stretch it out a bit. So much about deeper free diving is technique. As you kite you are probably already in good shape which helps as well. Knowing how to breathe up or prepare helps as does being able to thoroughly relax during the dive. With some training and practice many folks can do 60 to 100 ft.+ dives in a fairly short period of time. I used to think it took quite a bit more time to improve depth and duration. A recent course with Martin Stepanek has me rethinking this. This first morning in the pool he had several of us holding our breaths for 3 minutes + just by altering our technique. It goes far beyond that including instilling quite a bit of knowledge and technique dealing with acting as safety during your buddy's dive (one diver down, one up). I am planning a couple of articles on Martin and his program, it is pretty incredible.
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I would think they would have you well past that target in good order. I hope to interview Martin and fellow instructor Paul Kotik in the near future to pull together final details and images for the write ups. Quite a few notables have taken the course already, Laird Hamilton, Jerry Lopez, Tiger Woods, the son of the PM of Canada and others. Stay tuned, the articles should be intriguing.
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Free Diving Safety
Like kiting, safety is paramount in free diving. About 20 years ago I read an article about shallow water blackout which made me rethink about diving alone. Free diving with a buddy on top while you are down is strongly recommended. Shallow water blackout is caused by the partial pressure of oxygen in the lungs dropping when you are surfacing. Your body is starved for oxygen and you black out near the surface. Your buddy should watch out for you and if he notices you stop on your ascent, he should bring you to the surface within 30 seconds or less and keep your mouth and nose out of the water. Upon regaining consciousness you will instinctively take a deep breath and if you are underwater that means filling up your lungs with water.
Kite safe and dive safe. Jake
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As you point out someone that loses consciousness due to shallow water blackout may be restored (with limited stimulation on the surface) AS LONG AS they don't have water in their lungs. That alone could cause death otherwise. The snorkel apparently maintains an open pathway that defeats the closing off of the breathing way that usually happens automatically without a snorkel in place. The course goes into shallow water blackout symptoms, signs, detailed techniques for avoidance, emergency retrieval, restoring procedures, etc.. Lots of good content derived from accident experiences in competitive free diving. It takes a lot of the randomness out of free diving particularly diving with a buddy with similar training who knows what to look for and how to react.
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https://vimeo.com/7713631 A video comprised of several free dives using a scooter and two video cameras on the Duane in 130 ft. of water off Key Largo. Thanks to Atlantis Dive Shop for running us out to the wrecks! Great job as always, for over 31 years! That is a long time to do something well. NOTE: Take proper training and use appropriate procedures before considering scooter free diving. It looks easier than it can be at times. Video shot with two GoPro WIDE cameras NB - this is a repost of a thread from 2009 with some now vintage UW GoPro camera gear.
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