Hello so happy to find this fourm,I fell in love with free diving as a kid,my father was from a small town in Italy named Palinuro,I would spend most of my summers there and because it's on the Meditaranian well diving is a part of life. I wanted to be a driver on a n oil rig as a kid but my father advised againest it knowing people who performed this type of work he knew how hard it is on the body. Being a stubern kid I took all my scub gear with me to Italy.My father introduced me to a friend of his who was the best diver in the area.So the next day we went diving,well i ran out of air fast one reason it was my first open water dive and second it was so beautiful.. So anyway up we went I consummed all my air in 10 min.On our way back to the port my new friend told me tomorrow bring only your mask wet suit and weight belt.I was bumed.Damm I thought what the hell are we going to do.
Well morning I went we put our stuff on and around the mountains we went he with a spear gun me just watching as this man dove over and over for three hours evertime to depths over 160 feet well I was hooked.never used a tank again well almost.
That summer i spent everyday with that man that summer my best dive was 80 feet a calm slow dive.
Well my father died a few years later and life changed.
Back in Michigan I tried free diving in Lake St Clair bad idea.
So now I am in Washington hoping to find a group that free dives in the Seattle area.
Sorry for my long winded thread
Well morning I went we put our stuff on and around the mountains we went he with a spear gun me just watching as this man dove over and over for three hours evertime to depths over 160 feet well I was hooked.never used a tank again well almost.
That summer i spent everyday with that man that summer my best dive was 80 feet a calm slow dive.
Well my father died a few years later and life changed.
Back in Michigan I tried free diving in Lake St Clair bad idea.
So now I am in Washington hoping to find a group that free dives in the Seattle area.
Sorry for my long winded thread