[Nikkey]

We do have a lot of people here going through PFI courses every year with Kirk, Mandy, Tom and whoever else is helping out but not many of the students are seen again. I have only seen one or two from my course which had around 15 people in it.
Maybe competing against the likes of Mandy and many other talented freedivers here is an intimidating idea.
I think the beginners competition would be a good way to get over that but then who would qualify as a beginner, first time competitor? freediving under a certain amount of years? never been past a certain depth? never been over a certain time in static? hmmm...

But I am not so sure that is the problem because with such small numbers of people competing you are going to place in the top three regardless.

I realize that competition is not everyones thing, it's not particularily mine right now but at the same time I do think it is important in keeping the sport alive. Everytime we have a competition there are always people at the pool asking about freediving.
Maybe we are having too many competitions a year...how many happens in everyone else's community on average?

There are also weekend dive trips for people around here but maybe we need to be advertising elsewhere about them and not just our mailing list. I think the affordibility is a big thing too.

Thanks for all the help so far guys!