Free Diving Competition in Florida - SOON!

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"GULFSTREAM INVITATIONAL 2008 EVENT - F.I.T FREEDIVING COMPETITION

Location

Pool Disciplines: Pompano Aquatic Centre

Depth Disciplines: South Florida Diving - Gulfstream


Overview of Schedule

Friday Evening: event opening, introduction to competitive freediving, officials' briefing, CWT announcements.

Saturday Morning: official constant weight / Sunday Morning: official dynamic

Sunday Afternoon: official static

Monday Morning: contingency day for Sat, otherwise will be used as official ranking day in any of the listed depth disciplines - CWT,CNF and FIM

Tuesday Morning: contingency day for Sat/Mon, otherwise will be used as official ranking day in any of the listed depth disciplines'- CWT, CNF and FIM

Please note that Mon and Tues (if not used for back up) will be additional diving days, with the additional fee of $79 per day. These performances will be recognized on the AIDA world ranking list but points will not go towards the final GULFSTREAM 2008 competition results, only Sat and Sun are required for this....so Mon and Tues are optional and great days to pull out some personal bests.


Requirements

All participants whom wish their performances throughout the course to be recognized on the AIDA International world ranking list must be a member of their AIDA national. For US nationals you can join here - www.usfreediving.org

All participants will require a medical certificate stating 'No Contradictions to Freediving' of no more than 12 months old.

All participants will require a safety lanyard during their depth performances.

All participants need to carefully read the AIDA Rules and Regulations available for download on the AIDA International website - http://www.aida-international.org/as.../v11.2-eng.pdf These will be covered extensively on the course however a head start is recommended ( hint: get automatic on your surfacing protocol!)

All participants must be a FIT graduate of either L1. L2 or L3. There are NO minimum performance requirements.

Volunteers are indeed welcome and you don't have to partake for the whole duration.

The judges course is open to anyone interested (competitors included) and all pre-requisites can be completed during the event.

I hope this answers a few of your questions, we have had alot of interest and this evening official registrations will begin.


Standby for the 'In-List' !


Regards,

Niki"

More information at: http://www.divefit.com/