Dive Pacific Iss 171 Oct- Nov 2019
New Zealand's dive magazine featuring in this issue: Shooting big sharks, up close; Spearfishing at night!; Remembering a great Kiwi dive pioneer, Wade Doak; Forgotten Vanuatu wreck's claim to fame; The invasive Lionfish - in depth, plus all our expert columnists
New Zealand's dive magazine featuring in this issue: Shooting big sharks, up close; Spearfishing at night!; Remembering a great Kiwi dive pioneer, Wade Doak; Forgotten Vanuatu wreck's claim to fame; The invasive Lionfish - in depth, plus all our expert columnists
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Winners in the men’s division<br />
Photos by Ben Cook<br />
Winners in the women’s division<br />
next athlete, but about striving to do better yourself.<br />
The deeper goal is to bring out one’s own best, and<br />
hopefully set a new personal record, either as a top<br />
performer or as a novice trying out a competition for<br />
the first time in recreational grade.<br />
Freediving is about mastering mental and emotional<br />
challenges as well as pushing physical limits.<br />
The better you understand yourself and your<br />
body, the better your dives.<br />
Competing together<br />
Just as much, our sport is about sharing the<br />
triumphs and the bad days within a tightknit<br />
community. During the Pool Nationals<br />
we helped each other reach our potential,<br />
celebrated victories together, and gave advice<br />
and hugs when things didn’t go so well. As<br />
coaches and safety divers we kept each<br />
other safe in the water, proving that trust is<br />
definitely a big part of the sport of freediving.<br />
course we love celebrating the longest dive times and<br />
greatest distances! They’re inspiring and just plain<br />
mind-blowing!<br />
In addition to his 7:30 min in Statics, Guy Brew also did<br />
a 223m dive with a monofin. And swam 128m without<br />
fins in the underwater, which earned him first place<br />
Photo by Ben Cook<br />
Winners<br />
Despite this unusual attitude towards competitions of<br />
Amber Bourke doing a turn during her<br />
Dynamics With Fins dive<br />
and the title of National Champion (again). He was<br />
flanked on the podium by Australian divers Matthew<br />
Chew, second, and Benjamin Eckert, third.<br />
In the women’s, Kathryn Nevatt regained the National<br />
Champion trophy with a Statics dive of 6:42min, a<br />
stunning 192m in Dynamics With Fins, and 150m in<br />
Dynamics No Fins. Amber Bourke from Australia came<br />
second, and I managed to sneak third.<br />
Thanks everyone who helped out with this successful<br />
and memorable championship, and a special big thank<br />
you to our supporters and sponsors.<br />
Underwater videos of all dives are on the Auckland<br />
Freediving YouTube channel:<br />
https://tinyurl.com/y5wudmq5<br />
Find more at freediving.co.nz and<br />
aucklandfreediving.co.nz<br />
Never dive alone.<br />
Always dive with a safety-trained buddy.<br />
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