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1.) Full Name - Hénré Rossouw
2.) Nickname - None in particular, Shark bait for one rofl
3.) Where do you live? - Cape Town - South Africa
4.) How far to the closest dive spot? - 40 - 350 Km depending on where
5.) How often do you freedive? - once or twice a month
6.) How often do you spearfish? - same as above
7.) Who have you met on these forums? (In 'real' life) - Faizy and Miles
8.) What's your plans for the next 6 months? - Dive more often ( get that big fish ) and work on the house
9.) What's your plans for the next year? - Dont know yet, lets see where it takes me
10.) What's your plans for the next weekend? - Climbing and maybe a dive for some lobster
11.) What's the first piece of gear you've bought? - mask fins and snorkel
12.) What's the last piece of gear you've bought? - Predator wetsuit
13.) What's the best piece of gear you've bought? - Wetsuit and proper fins
14.) What's the worst piece of gear you've bought? - seacosub knife
15.) What's the next piece of gear you're planning on buying? - another gun, 750 or 900
16.) Where would you like to dive in the next year? - Happy where I am but Mozambique if I can choose
17.) Which do you prefer: Boat dives / Shore dives? - Boat
18.) Why do you dive? Love the feeling of peace and tranquility
19.) Why aren't you in the water RIGHT NOW? - Got to work to keep up this sport you know
20.) What new skill would you like to learn in the next year? - Improve bottom time and get down to 25m
21.) How old are you? - 25
 
1.) Full Name
Richard Wonka
2.) Nickname
sanso - means 'oxygen' in japaneseI didn't even dive at the
time I got that nickname. What an omen :D
3.) Where do you live? (Country, Province/State, City/Town)
Germany, Konstanz
4.) How far to the closest dive spot?
From home: 200m
From work: 500m
5.) How often do you freedive?
No statistics yet - just started doing it more often. Until now: only on vacation.
EDIT: About every week since I got my cold water suit.
6.) How often do you spearfish?
I don't.
7.) Who have you met on these forums? (In 'real' life)
EDIT: Diving-Kai83, jaybocca, M@trox, rslomkow, Waterenthusiast:)
8.) What's your plans for the next 6 months?
Organize the DeeperBlue Summer Jam 2007 in Konstanz, Attend Andreas Falkenroth's **-course in Lindau, Germany in May.
9.) What's your plans for the next year?
See if I still have a Job in 6 months' time and decide from there.
10.) What's your plans for the next weekend?
Go swimming/diving, get visited by dad.
11.) What's the first piece of gear you've bought?
Mares mask and no-name snorkel on a flea-market. (Paid a full 4 Deutschmarks for them ;) I still use the snorkel, but the Mask is a kid's size.)
12.) What's the last piece of gear you've bought?
My sparkling new Cressi Gara 3000. Got them on a climbing trip in Sardegna. It figures, right?
EDIT: Elios 5/6mm suit, weights and rubber belt.
13.) What's the best piece of gear you've bought?
Hard one: Either the Aqualung Sphera I got for my b-day a couple of years ago (didn't buy it, though) or the Gara 3000..
EDIT: The Elios suit that allows me to go winter diving.
14.) What's the worst piece of gear you've bought?
Magic Marine 1.5/2mm Neo-socks - way overpriced with 25€, but I didn't know better at the time.
15.) What's the next piece of gear you're planning on buying?
Depth gauge? Computer?
16.) Where would you like to dive in the next year?
Anywhere. Me'sa no care. Me'sa just wanna dive.
17.) Which do you prefer: Boat dives / Shore dives?
Shore, I think. But I really like both.
18.) Why do you dive?
Can't really say. Being under water is just ... good. - Better than on the surface by a long way.
19.) Why aren't you in the water RIGHT NOW?
Have to at least pretend I'm working.
20.) What new skill would you like to learn in the next year?
no-hands equalization would be nice.
21.) How old are you?
born 1973, (feels like I'm 27 - I think I've grown up..)
 
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