Vertical Blue 2008

[annamaria]

Hey, looks windy and grey out there! Thumbs up to everyone diving inspite of these conditions. Great updates Will, I am waiting for more! Shame I could not be there - good luck to everyone, we are expecting to hear about some amazing dives.

xx Anna

[Fondueset]

Awesome! Great article also, Pete.

[perow1]

Seems like an official -100 by Ryuzo today!!!

Awaiting the report!

[azapa]

A big day in Deans Blue hole today, or should I say a DEEP day.. official results not out yet. stay tuned on William Trubridge News

[H.Balázs]

Hi Azapa,

I thought that the suunto d4 measure the depth untill 100 meters!? If this is true, how could it be that Dave wore it???

Balázs

[Will]

New update on William Trubridge News

Nice photos Simon!

[H.Balázs]

Nice results too...

Who will the first wrecord breaker?

[sucinimad]

Wow! Congrats to Ryuzo and Mullins on the new NR's. Thanks for the pics as well as the updates. Fallen records tomorrow? :-X

[f3dive]

Hey Bennie,
Aren't you going to lay claim to all the fabulous kiwis who are smashing records day by day?
Wal - where are you mate? We are missing you.

[BennyB]

Don't worry Fran, i'm keeping a list. But at this rate I might have to come over the pond myself! Call me Binny

This is fantastic reading all the results, I wish I was out there!

I'm a bit confused with the Kathryn's results on the Vertical Blue site - in the dialogue it says she did 44m NR today but in the tabled results it says 41m today and going for 44m tomorrow. What did she do?

Best of luck for tomorrow for everyone!!

[Phil C]

Big AP for Will tomorrow, going for the 84m CNF.

There are a few freedivers back in NZ who will be holding our breath in anticipation.

Luck probably has little to do with it but Good Luck anyhow Will.

[laminar]

Having a great time so far in the thick of things. What a great bunch of people!

Tomorrow lots of exciting dives planned. Dave going deeper again, Eric 58 FRC, Christian 70m CNF, and more...

Eric likes my Chen Bin and has stolen it.

I'll have a full report tomorrow evening (Bahamanian time) + interviews with Dave M, Ryuzo, and others. I was also considering a gonzo-reportage at the open air bar across the road (I can hear people laughing loudly right now).

What would you all like to know more about?

Now I am going to nurse my silly-Canadian sunburns (I really did use a lot of sunscreen!) on my feet and hands and neck, of course.

Pete

[efattah]

Originally Posted by watts

Has anyone dived frc in an AIDA comp before? If so what depths and who? Cant wait to hear how you go Eric.

To my knowledge only two FRC dives have been done in a competition, both by me in 2007 (57m May 2007, one white card and one red card for airway, and 48m in July 2007 with a yellow card, after I aborted on a 58m dive because the 9C water with no suit created a strange feeling on my heart, as I had less 'air' in my lungs to insulate my heart from the cold).

Here at Vertical Blue 2008 the first few days were really hard, trying to adjust to the warm water. The dive reflex was just not happening. Very frustrating. Finally I managed to get an okay dive reflex by doing a series of extreme negative pressure dives and switching to dive with no goggles, no nose clip and no suit.

[jome]

Thanks for the regular updates, this is one of the coolest competitions ever.

National and World records are of course cool, congratulations to everyone! But I'm especially interested to see how far Eric can push the FRC boundry. There's not much more gear you can loose...You are wearing a speedo I hope?

What's the deepest unofficial FRC CWT dive? Murat I presume?

[Nikkey]

Pete - but was it waterproof sunscreen?
After a bit of aloe and lots of water you will be good as new!

Thanks for all the update and beautiful pics everyone, good luck, stay safe and keep having fun!