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[yoda turtle]

:tHi guys ....yep i'm new too and will be after as many tips and as much help as i can get. see you all some where.

 

[naiad]

Hi martinadia, welcome aboard.
You have come to the right place for lots of tips and help.

 

[foxfish]

Hi Martinadia, welcome to db what are you most into, free diving, spearfishing?

 

[yoda turtle]

Hi there foxfish ,am really keen on both have done a bit of freediving but have not done any spearfishing except for for a morning of octopus hunting with a spear,swimming with a greek guy who spoke no english. i was wearing a windsurfing wetsuit and swim gogles! still managed to catch my dinner. are there clubs I can join where they will help me with hunting or is it a case of trial and error. sorry if i sound a bit naive here . we dont live on the coast and the only time i spend in the water untill now is swim training in a pool.

 

[foxfish]

I cant help you with the clubs thing as I live in the CI & my English geography ain't to good either. However - luckily you can ask away any specific questions or search the forums.
You can find lots of regional threads on db like Dorset & Cornwall, where do you think you will actually get in the water?

 

[yoda turtle]

probably south coast as its close enough, am more near the kent end of the country ! yeah regional threads..... good idea.
hey what kind of thickness wetsuit do you use where you are. what make would you go for...
sounds like a good life out there in CI's,is the climate better than here.
we used to live in france (not by the sea damn it)

 

[yoda turtle]

thanks for the reply. how do you train for freediving on your own at the pool, i don't have a club but have free access to three different pools( perks of the job) am also kind of curios as to what kind of times i should be doing in static apnea (dry) as a beginer... do i go for max every time or should i be practicing reps of a percentage of my max( my max keeps changing to make it more complicated) as you can see I have a lot of basic questions to ask...sorry

 

[foxfish]

No problem just ask away, if you go up the page & press on the Forums button this will help you find all your answer's.
I live in Guernsey, why dont you come on over. http://forums.deeperblue.net/guernsey/74223-holiday-guernsey-2008-a.html

 

[naiad]

how do you train for freediving on your own at the pool, i don't have a club but have free access to three different pools( perks of the job) am also kind of curios as to what kind of times i should be doing in static apnea (dry) as a beginer...

Definitely don't do any apnea training alone in the pool. I hope someone can help you with finding a local club or another freediver to train with.