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



Jared describes organization for the event



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.



Heading out







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









The free diving rig



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



Jared warms up with pull downs






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



Packing just prior to descent



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



Martin on the surface with judges Doug and Jon looking on



Jared packs for his 60 m drop



Jared descends









Tech diving gear out the wazoo









Checking the instant replay



Free immersion















Passed through some interesting squalls on the way in