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[KatFish]

We have a New Zealand bathing cap on sale on Trade Me (the NZ version of e-bay) that has been autographed by the 4 Kiwi freedivers who finished 2008 with no. 1 world rankings: Dave Mullins, William Trubridge, Kathryn McPhee & Guy Brew. Please consider placing a bid to help us get over to Europe!

4 of the world's best kiwi freedivers! fundraiser for sale - TradeMe.co.nz - New Zealand

Bidding is in NZ$. NZ$1 is roughly about US$0.62, or 0.45 Euro (what a great deal!!!!).
Auction closes 6 June, 7:34pm NZ time (Europe is about 10hrs behind us at the moment).

 

[trux]

Excellent idea! I wanted to place a bid, but it looks like the registration at TradeMe is reseved to Kiwis only. It might be better placing the auction on eBay, which is international.

PS: you would certainly finance your trip easily with a naked calendar. Just you would probably need to get involved a little bit more female freedivers

 

[KatFish]

Hmm, I thought it was international - there are Auzzies on there!

If you want to bid Chris said he could bid on your behalf. PM him: Chrismar

As for the naked calendar, I don't think there'd a huge market for 11 months of naked skinny pastey white guys... And women might attract a whole new breed of stalkers.

 

[chrismar]

I'm up for the nude calendar, but finding a market for pics of me in my birthday suit might be tough...

Let me know if you want me to bid on your behalf. Remember, we have to finance ourselves over there and it's this or pics of shameless freediving!

 

[trux]

Thanks for the offer. Finally I registered with a faked NZ address. Thankfully this auction did not require a verified address, but am not sure whether it won't then fail at eventual payment through their system.

 

[Mullins]

Save the world from moral decline: bid on the swimcap

 

[Mullins]

Too late, I've found Mr January...

 

[jome]

How about a calendar of the signees posing in the swimming cap only?

Just brainstorming here...

 

[Mullins]

A strategically placed swimcap?

 

[KatFish]

Thanks for the offer. Finally I registered with a faked NZ address. Thankfully this auction did not require a verified address, but am not sure whether it won't then fail at eventual payment through their system.

I'm sure we can work something out with this method.

I have quite a few shots of the boys fooling around in their lycra speed suits. it's the next best thing to nakedness. Doesn't leave a lot to the imagination!

 

[laminar]

This is the moment when freediving exploded into the mainstream....or not.

Hope to see you all in the Bahamas this fall! :friday

Pete

 

[trux]

It looks like I won it! However, the website shows no other option for paying than cash or bank deposit. Don't you have a Paypal account where I could send you the money? Also, please tell me how much for shipping to Europe.

BTW, I forgot to ask before bidding - did you use waterproof markers for the signatures?

And, I warn you: if I do not improve my PB by 20%, at least, when wearing the cap, I'll request a refund!

 

[chrismar]

It looks like I won it! However, the website shows no other option for paying than cash or bank deposit. Don't you have a Paypal account where I could send you the money? Also, please tell me how much for shipping to Europe.

BTW, I forgot to ask before bidding - did you use waterproof markers for the signatures?

And, I warn you: if I do not improve my PB by 20%, at least, when wearing the cap, I'll request a refund!

Payment is up to the buyer & seller. I'm sure Kat & I can work something out; Paypal is probably the way to go. Postage is free, but uninsured. If you're not down with that, you can pay a bit more for courier or see us in Denmark

I'll try and sort the paypal stuff tonight.

 

[trux]

So Chris, Kat, did you mange to figure out how I could pay you? If I want to go to Denmark, I am afraid I'll have to break the 150m barrier in DNF in a few days, and without the cap I have absolutely no chance. I rely on it!

 

[trux]

OK, I've sent the money. I realize it was not a big help, but perhaps it helps you all to have a drink on me in Denmark.

Now I am just waiting for the naked calendar!

 

[chrismar]

Yep, got the money. Every bit helps!

I've got an underwater housing for my SLR now, so I'll see if anyone's up for 'artistic underwater nude'. I suspect you'll be a touch disappointed when it's just the guys though

 

[trux]

... I suspect you'll be a touch disappointed when it's just the guys though

Well, you'd need to pay me for getting one, in that case. But since according to some women in the community, all freedivers are gay anyway, it may be a great success, after all.

 

[KatFish]

Excellent. It's in the post as of tomorrow. Let me know when you get it.

If you want some DNF coaching I've managed to get a couple of Scandinavian guys to pull out some big results over the last few months. Email/PM me and I'll send through some info as to how my remote coaching works (it's really just another fundraiser to attempt to cover a tiny amount of the costs that go into my freediving, but there are good mutual benefits)!

 

[trux]

Excellent, I have just received the cap! Just in time (a few hours) before my departure to Prague for the Czech Championship. So now let's see if it really works. Anyway, I think I am clear champion with it. Just the look at the signatures will blind and scare off all the competitors.

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[WillUnderwater]

Lookin good! Hope those signatures are waterproof! Good luck!