I know that Pipin had claimed an 8'00 dry static. In the ocean men TV movie, it says that both Pipin and Pelizzari can hold their breath for 'over 7 minutes.' Last I heard Pelizzari recently hit 7'58.
I think it was in late '99 when Ravelo was training for some records. He was planning a 150m no-limits record (I think the record at the time was 137m). Sponsorship didn't work out. That was when he hit 8'25, and he also (according to Rudi) did something even more amazing: a 3'00 static followed by a 125m dynamic! Rudi said that Ravelo's pb in constant weight was 81.5m in 3'35, back in 1995, when the record was something like 70m! His problem was that he would always dive too heavy, sinking at 15m, and spending a huge amount of effort during the early ascent.
More recently I heard that Ravelo had registered for 2001 F.R.E.E. World Championship, but the competition never happened. I think he is still spearfishing though. Rudi also said that he once watched over Ravelo on a deep spearfishing dive where Ravelo shot a 200lb+ grouper from 20 feet away at 53m / 175ft, using a pneumatic speargun.
Eric Fattah
BC, Canada
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