Dubai Freediving Competition 2011 (Fazza)

[Simos]

3:00.40 and you came second? Lol
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[chrismar]

Yeah, Sofia did 2:59.68 if I remember correctly. It was terribly upsetting - I thought I'd actually won something to do with statics!

 

[Will]

I'm sure the error margin on measuring a static would be far greater than 8 hundredths of a second!

 

[Simos]

Haha very true Will - maybe if there was a way for the diver to stop the stopwatch themselves (without looking at the reading of course) it would be fairer/more accurate.

It always amazes me how close people can guess their time and depth (I got lucky last year and won a 'guess your depth' competition). But it also amazes me how much people get it wrong too sometimes! lol

Chrismar - I feel your pain you must have thought you had it in the bag!

 

[amro]

Amro Dabash
YouTube - Amro Dabash @ Fazza 2011

 

[island_sands]

Yeah, Sofia did 2:59.68 if I remember correctly. It was terribly upsetting - I thought I'd actually won something to do with statics!

In the Fazza comp you only have to hold the rope with one hand... so I guess you could hold your nose if need be. It is definitely a very different experience! My static time is half of what it normally is if I do it the "Fazza way" - I just cant reach that "mind over matter" stage with my sinuses full of pool/sea water

 

[Kars]

Sara, go down feet first, use the water pressure pushing into your lovely nose to equalise against. No pinching needed. I did it in Spain, and was pleasantly surprised how comfortable and nice a dive like that was to -7m.

I was alone, so I kept the dive very short ~ 1 minute, but I now wonder how I can deal with contractions this way. I think the pressure will make it easier to keep the air down in the lungs.

 

[trux]

I was alone, so I kept the dive very short ~ 1 minute, but I now wonder how I can deal with contractions this way. I think the pressure will make it easier to keep the air down in the lungs.

Not really - quite oppositely - under the pressure it is closer to an empty lungs hold, so you are more likely to get the water deep into the sinus , or even inhale or swallow it with contractions. I use to do competitions without a noseclip (it is excellent for diving response), but usually only dynamics. In statics, the contractions are harder, so without the noseclip it is not so easy.

 

[Kars]

The next time I'm at a 5m pool I'll give it a go. I think at that depth - with some packing - the lungs may feel like a FRC surface static, not like an empty lung.

 

[trux]

Yes, it is more like FRC, but still emptier than full, and the emptier lungs you have, the more room they have for the the inhale movement during contractions, hence the higher likelyhood the water enters the sinus or even deeper. Unless you keep the epiglottis perfectly thight during the contractions, which personally I am not really able to do at long statics.

 

[island_sands]

Dear All particpants and interesados in the Fazza freediving contest... i PROMISE to put some information up about hotels etc this weekend!

I have received a lot of email and queries, I will consolidate them into one document and post it here and also on https://www.facebook.com/groups/31045497736/10150579014182737/?notif_t=group_activity