El Reto en el Abismo : Carlos and Stig (Part I)
Posted By Peter Scott on 3 November 2003
A crowd of autograph-hungry kids surround young Danish freediver Stig Severinsen on the French Riviera during the 2000 AIDA World Cup in Nice, France. The sun is bright and the hills above the city shimmer on the sea. Suddenly, the members of Team Venezuela pull up in a van. Suppressing a smile, Stig points at them and says, "World Champions!" Wide-eyed, the kids turn and swarm around Carlos Coste, Nestor Aparcedo and Ronald Laurens, crowding in for a glimpse of apnea greatness.
Fast forward to the summer of 2003: Team Venezuela has taken first place at the 2002 AIDA World Cup in Kona and Carlos Coste has already inked his name twice in AIDA's record books. In August, Stig Severinsen, master of the well-insulated indoor pools of Denmark, has minted his first ever world record in dynamic apnea without fins, covering a brain-busting 166 metres underwater. Excitement is brewing in Caracas, Venezuela, where two world class freedivers will soon celebrate their passion for apnea with a main event like no other.
El Reto en el Abismo / Challenge in the Deep
Early in 2003, and already a close friend, Coste invited Severinsen to Venezuela to share his expertise in static apnea and his passion for underwater hockey and rugby. The visit was a hit with local freedivers and an inspiration for Carlos, who was eager to mount new record attempts. With Stig's help, he seized the opportunity to organize a more ambitious event, billing it as, "Five world record attempts, underwater video documentaries, spectators, parties, and fun." All that remained was to see whose records would have to be broken.
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