seeking partner(s) on Oahu's NS
While I was always a water person coming out of the water only after the chills would start me shivering as a grommet, freediving only really captured my spirit after I was taken out of surfing by a major work accident (two broken vertebrae, shredded internal shoulder ligaments >3 nasty surgeries). Having surfed 10 winters in Hawaii prior to injury, I'd always felt like a decent waterman, but I was almost always sliding around on the surface
In the flat summers on the NS of Oahu, there are some really nice caves to dive through at shark's cove (a good skill builder to develop calmness during a 2+ wave holddown in large groundswell w/ intervals of 18+ seconds), but it seemed I was always in a hurry to get through and get to the O2 on the other side.
As my own personal rehab regimen for the last three years I've found the low impact, mental challenge, and core strengthening aspects of dynamic apnea to be richly rewarding. Now that I've gotten a bit more into it, I've increased my range of depth and down time to allow me to glide slowly (1-2 minutes+) without the urge to surface. Knowing the feeling of having plenty of time to get from point A to B within a comfort range that has a good margin of safety is pleasurably addictive.
I'd really like to get to know some people locally to enjoy a mutually supportive environment within which we can safely push our limits. Any newbies who are reasonably competent water people that would like to increase their down time together in mutual supportive watchfulness, Email me Glade@hawaii.edu My two current favorites sites are sharks cove for leisurely swimming through the larger caves and lava tubes, or the outer ledge of Waiamea break when it's flat which is approximately 50-60+ ft depth.
nice to have a place with knowledgeable mentors looking out for people.
While I was always a water person coming out of the water only after the chills would start me shivering as a grommet, freediving only really captured my spirit after I was taken out of surfing by a major work accident (two broken vertebrae, shredded internal shoulder ligaments >3 nasty surgeries). Having surfed 10 winters in Hawaii prior to injury, I'd always felt like a decent waterman, but I was almost always sliding around on the surface
In the flat summers on the NS of Oahu, there are some really nice caves to dive through at shark's cove (a good skill builder to develop calmness during a 2+ wave holddown in large groundswell w/ intervals of 18+ seconds), but it seemed I was always in a hurry to get through and get to the O2 on the other side.
As my own personal rehab regimen for the last three years I've found the low impact, mental challenge, and core strengthening aspects of dynamic apnea to be richly rewarding. Now that I've gotten a bit more into it, I've increased my range of depth and down time to allow me to glide slowly (1-2 minutes+) without the urge to surface. Knowing the feeling of having plenty of time to get from point A to B within a comfort range that has a good margin of safety is pleasurably addictive.
I'd really like to get to know some people locally to enjoy a mutually supportive environment within which we can safely push our limits. Any newbies who are reasonably competent water people that would like to increase their down time together in mutual supportive watchfulness, Email me Glade@hawaii.edu My two current favorites sites are sharks cove for leisurely swimming through the larger caves and lava tubes, or the outer ledge of Waiamea break when it's flat which is approximately 50-60+ ft depth.
nice to have a place with knowledgeable mentors looking out for people.
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