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Old 05-21-2007, 08:26 AM
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That's amazing, dude. I thought I was doing good to freedive to 30'!
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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