who do you support?

[immerlustig]

hi all

o.k., now i know who's got good chances of winning each event, but what about all those unknown guys/girls?

do you have a friend or dive buddy who is competing in cyprus who might be interesting to watch?

i support the following:

bevan dewar, south africa: i dived with the bloke in thailand earlier this year and his performances were quite outstanding. repetitive 40m dives with extended bottom times (wasn't much deeper there).
i could imagine he is good for 60-70m and statics of +7min. he recently mailed me some training results for statics which would put him next to nitsch and stepanek (but i don't tell). plus a cool guy who is really into the sport.

mathias ahlen, sweden: dived with him and lotta in april. he managed to increase his pb from 40m to +55m in 2 weeks. all easy and relaxed. fun to hang around with and very supportive.

wolle neugebauer, germany: black cressis, 60m, no mouthfill equalising. a judge watching this guy recover from a dive would most likely disqualify him. i hope he sorts his grimacing out in time.
a full on dude with lots of energy.

and from the egyptian team: amr maghrabi and ashod papazian: didn't dive much with them, they were socialising a lot with the chicks on the beach. and one day ashod decided to let go of his c4's in the blue hole (90m at the bottom). bad mistake.
a very entertaining duo.

everyone impressed me not just with their diving but also with friendship and fun and good times.

i'll be cheering for you all!

roland

[Stephan Whelan]

Roland,

Your absolutely right.

There are going to be some surprises here I think. I haven't got any official stats yet but there are at least 2 "unknown" divers who have a good shot at being ranked very highly in static.

Lets see!

PS. met a friend of yours today (don't ask me his name, can't remember) who borrowed my laptop to download his dives onto from his suunto.

[ivan]

hi Roland

Please tell me what his static training results were, I remember reading a post from him earlier on DB when he did a easy 6:30 static how much had he improved from then ?

cheers

[immerlustig]

sorry andrew

but since i don't know how that might affect his performance i rather not tell.
i might after the comp, or, of course, you pm him.

the point of this thread is to get to hear of a few other competitors who someone thinks might be worth paying attention to.

cheers

roland

[ivan]

hi

No worries bud Ill pm him after the comp, hey BTW is there a list of the competitors attending or something if so where could I find it.

cheers

Ps it would be good to know whos attending before I pay attention to anyone

[rumbLeFiSH]

Hi Roland,

The competition was great, really nice to meet everyone, but unfortally I got a cold on the airplane to Cyprus and have been sick for 2 weeks.

Anyway it was nice to se Mathias Lanner do 71 meters and break the Swedish record (66m) in CW, he almost broke the Dynamic record (134m) as well but had a little samba att 150 meters.

Now I just have to find a job so that I can come and visit you and Egypt again.

Regards Mathias Ahlen