Dynamic world record 702 meters!

[trux]

I just saw this video being posted on the French forum Esprit Apnée, and thought it may interest you too.

Ludovic Diligeart (France) created a Guinness world record of 702 m on a submerged exercise bike in a single breath. Well, it is already quite old (from July 2003), but I thought the title sounds funny and sensational enough to post about it now Well, actually it is not really a dynamic record, since the bicycle was stationary, but then again who cares

Blinkx Video: Underwater Exercise Bike Cycling - Distance

 

[bite ya]

I wonder if anyone dope tested him after the record...Oops sorry i though i was on the static record thread!

Nice one Trux,

 

[Haydn]

I thought it would be interesting to try a no limits dynamic. Being towed by speed boat. Fast or slow? Behind a cowling.....cheating????

 

[Erik]

If he did it on a real bike I'd be impressed haha!

 

[aquaholic21]

Yea! how bout no limits dynamic apnea! Cant you see the evolution of that discipline! Guys gettin towed behind speed boats trying to hold their breath! haha

 

[Erik]

Buahahahaha!

 

[blueface]

I heard the announcer say something about Robert Foster holding his breath for a staggering 30:42 (MAYBE HE SAID 13:42) in a swimming pool. Anybody know what thats about?

 

[Haydn]

Dynamic apnea being towed by speed boat would be pretty technical and IMO worth some looking into. Imagine the extra physics of drag v strength v effort that the higher speeds would induce. Ensuring you stay under water but not too deep. When you let go, where is your saftey? What distance? 3 miles on a 40 hp engine? What happens if you go real fast say 200 mph? Maybe you run out of water before you run out of o2 !!

 

[aquaholic21]

haha I could see some crazy rigs poppin up! that would probably be the most expensive discipline of freediving but would probably get some heavier media attention!

 

[rxcnc2]

Yea! how bout no limits dynamic apnea! Cant you see the evolution of that discipline! Guys gettin towed behind speed boats trying to hold their breath! haha

This "world record" was widely publicized in Italy two years ago, the guy did 231m underwater behind a self-made propeller speeding at 100m/min. Interestingly, the news speaker says "record in constant ballast".

Apparently such events are well paid, and in the eyes of the average TV viewer they really are records. Some time later Michele Tomasi, the record-holder in dynamic (the real thing) in Italy, did a 400+ m to show that Mr. Arrigoni should not call himself a recordman.

 

[Haydn]

100m a minute is slower than with a monofin. Could have made a race of it.

 

[rxcnc2]

Mr. Simone Arrigoni is back at it.
According to one paper, the "apnea world record holder" descended to
456 m under the sea pushed by two dolphins (!!). Another paper, slightly more
serious, explains that he did a new dynamic apnea WR: 450m in in "foot push", a kind of aquapark game in which you put your feet on the noses of two trained dolphins.

The headlines are so incredible that I cannot even begin to translate them.
I hope some of you can get an idea.
newspaper1
newspaper2

The sad thing is that this kind of news gets all the media attention (including on national radio and no doubt soon on the TV as well), while the freediving sport events or records... well you can guess.