You may know that Martin Stepanek holds or held numerous world records, but you may not know about this one. Well, I mentioned it already once on DB, so maybe you remember it, but here go more details.
On the 12th International Festival of Records and Curiosities in Pelhrimov, Czech Republic, in 2003, Martin, together with four other freedivers (Jaroslav Polák, Jiří Hurda, Jiří Bartoška, Petr Zlatuška), created a Guinness record in relay drinking of beer underwater (on single breath each). They drank the five beers (in half liter bottles) in the time of 2:18.31 (it means average 27.66s per beer).
Jiri Bartoska, member of the team created already previously many individual records in underwater beer drinking:
Well, on the TV video they claim that the winner set a new Guinness record by drinking almost 3 bottles - 0.87 l of beer. In fact I do not understand how Guinness could have ratified it, when Bartoska drank 1 l long time before that. I think we should declare war to Slovaks, that's an inexcusable offense.
Drinking beer underwater was popular since a long time in our lands. When I did my first diving exams in 1984, besides 50m underwater, 1500m time limited surface swim, mask clearing, theory, scuba exams, and other disciplines, one of the principal tasks was drinking a bottle of beer on a breath-hold underwater.
In case you wonder how to do it, I even found instructions in English:
http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs15/i/2007/028/4/e/Tut___Drink_Beer_Underwater_by_wraith11.jpg The Slovaks in the TV reportage use slightly different technique - instead of blowing air into the bottle, they simply shake it. I am not sure though, that it is the best way. We used to use the method without shaking.
On the 12th International Festival of Records and Curiosities in Pelhrimov, Czech Republic, in 2003, Martin, together with four other freedivers (Jaroslav Polák, Jiří Hurda, Jiří Bartoška, Petr Zlatuška), created a Guinness record in relay drinking of beer underwater (on single breath each). They drank the five beers (in half liter bottles) in the time of 2:18.31 (it means average 27.66s per beer).
Jiri Bartoska, member of the team created already previously many individual records in underwater beer drinking:
- In 1997, on the 7th International Festival of Records and Curiosities in Pelhrimov, he drank 0.5 l of Budweiser beer under water in 24.45s (source). If you wonder how he managed to drink half a liter of Budweiser at all, then please be advised that it was not at all the poor U.S. imposter, but the real, true, and original Budweiser from the Czech town of Budweis, which (unlike the US fake) is indeed drinkable.
- In 2000, on the 10th festival, he shrank the record to only 12.66s! Still drinking 0.5 l Budweiser (source)
- In 2002, on the 12th festival, he already drank two full 0.5 l bottles of Budweiser on a single breath in the time of 36 seconds (source)
- On one of the following festivals (I did not find which year it was) he then reduced the record to 32.17s (single breath, 2x0.5 l beer bottle).
Well, on the TV video they claim that the winner set a new Guinness record by drinking almost 3 bottles - 0.87 l of beer. In fact I do not understand how Guinness could have ratified it, when Bartoska drank 1 l long time before that. I think we should declare war to Slovaks, that's an inexcusable offense.
Drinking beer underwater was popular since a long time in our lands. When I did my first diving exams in 1984, besides 50m underwater, 1500m time limited surface swim, mask clearing, theory, scuba exams, and other disciplines, one of the principal tasks was drinking a bottle of beer on a breath-hold underwater.
In case you wonder how to do it, I even found instructions in English:
http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs15/i/2007/028/4/e/Tut___Drink_Beer_Underwater_by_wraith11.jpg The Slovaks in the TV reportage use slightly different technique - instead of blowing air into the bottle, they simply shake it. I am not sure though, that it is the best way. We used to use the method without shaking.
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