In reply to feargus's message -
we contact the dive mags about stories/competitions all the time but unfortunately they have found that freediving doesn't sell mags - the one issue of Sport Diver that had a freediver on the cover (a couple of years ago now) was one of the worst selling ever
to quote one editor, who I approached trying to get them to run more freediving stuff, "come back and tell me about it when someone dies, that's all our readers are interested in"..... unfortunatlely, despite the fact that he was quite possibly drunk at the time, that basic philosophy does seem to ring true. The mags are always keen to put in the bad news, the good news takes much longer. I was invited to submit a decent sized piece, and photos on Double Dip to Sport Diver - got it in well in time and haven't seen it yet...
we contact the dive mags about stories/competitions all the time but unfortunately they have found that freediving doesn't sell mags - the one issue of Sport Diver that had a freediver on the cover (a couple of years ago now) was one of the worst selling ever
to quote one editor, who I approached trying to get them to run more freediving stuff, "come back and tell me about it when someone dies, that's all our readers are interested in"..... unfortunatlely, despite the fact that he was quite possibly drunk at the time, that basic philosophy does seem to ring true. The mags are always keen to put in the bad news, the good news takes much longer. I was invited to submit a decent sized piece, and photos on Double Dip to Sport Diver - got it in well in time and haven't seen it yet...