The CAFA WRC : Judgement Day
Posted By Jennifer Housley on 28 June 2004
Warning: You are about to read an article written by a person that just two years ago was terrified of being under water. (Only a few people know that, so don’t tell anyone, okay?) I preferred land-based sports, was good at them, and saw little reason to set them aside for even a minute to be in the water.
So, how in the world did I end up competing at CAFA’s WRC?
The sequence went like this: Agreed to learn scuba after sincere plea from my “sweety” .....(see: graceful stealth of spear fisherman) …thought to self “must learn that thing where they dive without tanks and stuff”…enrolled in Performance Freediving Clinic…lost fear of water…found freediving challenging…loved challenge…became freediving addict…now more hooked on diving than is “sweety.” PFD introduced me to the United States Apnea Association…asked how I could help their efforts…accepted nomination for Board of Directors position…was elected…decided to learn more about competitive freediving to better serve membership…determined learning would best be facilitated by becoming a judge...had to compete to fulfill requirements of being a judge…bought ticket to Vancouver, Canada.
Don’t you just love long stories made short?
I stepped off the plane in Vancouver with a bit of anxiety. This was my first time out of the United States, my first competition, the first time I would dive with my beloved new monofin, and the first time I would be in the water in over a month! Yipes! When Mandy Cruickshank picked me up from the airport, I quickly found out that she was every bit as wonderful a person as she is a freediver. The scene was set for the rest of the trip: kind people and good times were ahead.
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