[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by Mr. X

I see Amazon in the UK has this book:

"Manual Of Freediving: Underwater On A Single Breath (Freediving)"
by Umberto Pelizzari, Stefano Tovaglieri

Anybody out there know if this book if any good? Does it have any practical relevance to spearfishing? Over the years I have learnt many things from books but I was planning to learn spearfishing hands-on ... to get away from books (that said, this forum has been an incredible living resource).

[USA link (more reviews): "Manual Of Freediving: Underwater On A Single Breath (Freediving)"]

Well, you convinced me. I finally ordered the book - as part of a bigger order of work related stuff. Will probably be using the "Portinfer omosis book absorbtion technique" until the end of the month though.

It looks like DeeperBlue.net are also selling the book now (and Amazon just upped their price to more than DeeperBlue) -- it must be the defacto standard reference for freediving and apnea for spearfishing (along with Bluewater Hunting & Freediving by Terry Maas ). Are there any other similar books worth looking at? Anybody read this one: "Freedive!" by David Sipperly & Terry Maas ? (There is also a Terry Maas freediving DVD).

The 40m spearing video recently published on another thread has helped my breath holding technique most so far though...inspiring. Just hold your breath as the guy descends...see if you can outlast him (2 mins)!