Doug, If you took the Polar Bear "plunge" earlier today at Willow Springs, sorry I missed it. I remembered to bring my camcorder with me today to take a video...
Tim, For the first PFD I stayed in the Holiday Inn which is close to FIU it was nothing to write home about. Other than that I'm not sure what else is near by....
Meir Taub
meirtaub@...
Jan 2, 2006 6:05 pm
3225
Bill, Sorry we didn't connect again this year at Willow Springs, but it was good to run into you at the Dutch New Year's eve dive. I was the only freediver at...
Hello, fellas! I am back from PFD Intermediate. May be I will write more later, these are for now. 1. Doug is either a very tough man or he cheated during...
Hi Volodya, Thanks for the great report. So sorry about Ocean Palm, I thought I had given a big hint that it was a weird place, one that you would only go to...
Volodya, Nice report. I assume you guys got to dive all sessions ? How were the ocean conditions ? Hope to see you at Dutch this season, Meir ... From:...
Meir Taub
meirtaub@...
Jan 18, 2006 11:53 pm
3229
Meir, for the first two days it was not even possible to get into the open ocean on a boat. Then we had almost a day which started perfectly but got worser to...
Right, similar things happened to me, but with the practice it got better. I was hitting 20m and 30m several times and sooner or later got the number of kicks...
This all sounds very interesting guys. I am really looking forward to siting at a table at Dutch and hearing all the stories. Looking forward to the spring- ...
Hi Jim, long time no see! Haven't you taken any of these classes? I am highly recommending to attend one. I have two kids and my wife works, but they let me go...
V- A number of us took the Trace Malin's freedive course at Dutch when he was teaching it a few years back. The whole PFD thing is frustrating because Kirk...
Hey guys, I also attended the PFD class in Miami, and can second Volodya's recommendation. I am a very inexperienced freediver, but I learned a lot, and I...
I've been at PFD in Jan, Apr and in Nov. I was comfortable in a 3mm in April and Nov, but January I froze my butt off. If I remember correctly the dive pool...
Tim- Look at the custom suits from Elios www.eliossub.com . They are relatively inexpensive and fit incredibly well. Don't make the same mistake I did and get...
Jim, I understand your reasons. I also wanted to get deeper on top of the safety. And realized that that would not be possible with the group we had. As Tim...
V- Its my understanding that the advanced course only allows 130'. A friend of Dave Abel's took the advanced course and went past the safety diver at 130 and...
Martin told me at PFD that they set the limit for the intermediate class at 40M (130 feet). The thing to understand is that the class is more about the lessons...
Meir Taub
meirtaub@...
Jan 19, 2006 11:39 pm
3240
Meir- This person was taking the class that allows up to 40 meters, not sure of the exact name anymore. It makes sense that they use those depth increments. ...
Jim, I presume you are diving in this season. As for me, I am eager to use all the techniques below 40m. But where could we go for this becides doing negatives...
Jim, I would lay out the scenario from my own view of safety and see if you see it as well Suppose you have a freediver in the clinic that you are been buddied...
Dear Peter, you are certainly welcome to dive here at East Coast with us! Sorry to say, I haven't seen any counter balance system around here to put you on ;-)...
Peter- To be quite frank: if I teamed up with someone who purposely deviated from our agreed dive plan in order to reach a personal best, I would probably ...
Volodya, 'Credential' in freediving is a little hard to come by, except when you start competing and there's public record to back you up, then there's a...
I joined the Wreck Valley Dive group for some Scuba diving this past Saturday at Dutch. Air temp started at 40 deg in am and warmed up to 55 deg in pm. Vis...
In a message dated 1/22/2006 5:23:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, diver_bill_f@... writes: I joined the Wreck Valley Dive group for some Scuba diving...
Tracemalin@...
Jan 22, 2006 11:23 pm
3249
BTW... I had the chance to go freediving in FL too. I decided to do the manatee experience and it was well worth it to interact with those gentle creatures. ...
Tracemalin@...
Jan 22, 2006 11:33 pm
3250
... Hi Trace...Glad to hear you made it to FL for cave diving. I know you really have a passion for that style of diving (having warmer water temps also...
Hello, buys! It is a long winter, uh? Just would like to share these... To my great surprise, clinics starts paying off. Now do 100 yards at the pool no...
Sounds like you're doing great. I haven't done breath holds since november when I was in Florida and before that is was August. I have a tough time doing dry...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
