not sure how may of you are interested in freediving as a sport on its own, without the fun of a speargun. but heres a story for you to have a squiz at if you want.....

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/853 ... ess-record

they also said there is going to be a segment on 60 minutes tonite about it so it could be worth a look.

id hate to think what this guys bottom time is!

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if your interested in pure freediving, then check out William Trubridge clips, pretty talented I reckon another to checkout is stephane mifsud who has WR in a couple categories i think.

Read up on why this guy is did this dive
http://www.amcs.org.au/default2.asp?active_page_id=465
whilst I think it's a great achievement, the site raising funds is very pro marine park everything...anyway...

Fish rock is pretty spectacular Ive done a fair bit of bubbles diving there..

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Dude said today his best breath hold is around the 7 min mark, You could shoot 3 fish and reload under the water in that time ... LOL

you can only ever take 6mins worth of oxygen into your lungs

you just have to beat that voice in ur head saying BREATH NOW!!!

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Uh, maybe you should do a little research b4 you make stupid posts chief. the volume of oxygen you require for 6 mins would be greatly different from the volume he would need.

stephane mifsud new STATIC WR 10 minutes 04 seconds.

that's just a static hold. Damn good though, just a tad more then 6mins.

Oh and his new record is actually 11:35. Would love to see this sob diving.

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Don't try this at home ...
and just for the pleasure of stats ...
November 2008 Italian Gianluca Genoni established the new world record for static apnea following oxygen breathing
18mins 3secs

he ventilated with pure oxygen for 12 min prior to the breath hold

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Static Apnea with pure oxygen,

19'02", Nicola Putignano from Italy, 090521 in Italy.

Check out some of the records here...
http://www.apneamania.com/code/worldrec_main.asp?typeID=spr&specID=amap

Would love to half just half the skill of some of these divers, not that it's what spearfishing is about. I'm sure it would be helpful tho

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Don't get too jealous boys, I've heard the pictures of their brain scans are very reminiscint of swiss cheese!

paddyfish you know nothing. The voices in your head mean your crazy. Listen to the voices...let it guide you!

I wouldn't be too hysterical about it yet..http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=56349710081

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