Freedive-A-Palooza
Posted By Jon Zeaman on 13 September 2004
As the morning fog burned off the lake we all decided to try a different entry spot that provided easier access to greater depths. This proved to be very advantageous as it allowed Fred to finally break that 100’ barrier and allowed me to set another PB- the second in three days for me. Next year we decided to bring in our own long ropes, instead of using the existing mooring lines, to push ourselves even dee
Things weren’t all about depth on this day though, as there were also many nice fish cribs to explore in depths of 10’ to 20’ of water. Fred, and his brother, Manley, managed to pack some scooters along in the back of their fifth wheel camper that they drove in. We all had a great time practicing our loops, spins, and rolls . My friend Jitka and I also decided to dive bomb some of our tech-diving buddies as they were doing their deep gas switches on the line. Since all of this was caught on video I am sure that we will see another top-notch music video coming out of Ted’s (unirdna) production facility shortly.
All too soon the weekend came to an end. Everyone there had a fun, safe, time. Many scuba divers came up to talk to us about courses, gear, records, spearfishing, and all the rest of the things that encompass this great sport of ours. Some stopped by after watching The Big Blue, from the comfort of their own campgrounds the night before, with lots of interest in freediving, but too late to be able to jump in and join us, at least for this year.
We are already planning on a repeat for next year. Next year will see more divers and lots more toys. The USAA has also been talking about setting up regional competitions and were wondering about working that into the weekend as well. There’ is still a lot of legwork to do before we can pull off something like that, but were at least halfway there, seeing as how we have the lake and plenty of deep support divers to draw upon. Now, we mainly need to work out insurance and judging for the event.
I just want to give out a, final, big thanks to everyone who helped put this together:
-Sven, for the use of his prized fins even though he couldn’t make it.
-Jyri, for sending us free demo fins all the way from Estonia.
-Mark, for trying to send us gear.
-Deep Blue Adventures, for supplying the kayaks, and the outdoor theater system.
-To everyone who drove hundreds of miles just to meet other freedivers from the Midwest.
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