Deep Spearfishing Seminar
Recently the club held a Deep Spearfishing/Breath hold Seminar. This seminar was delivered by Antony Judge, a well known and experienced deep diver from the North Shore Sea Hawkes.
The seminar normally costs $100 per person but it was heavily subsidised by the club for the benefit of members. Cost was only $20 which also included dinner, drinks and beer – great value for club members.
The venue was Sylvania Community Hall and it kicked off at 7.30pm. Just over 30 keen spearos lobbed up and after a general intro the seminar covered 10 items where improvements can be made to increase your down time for either deeper diving or longer bottom time. The 10 items were:
1) Diver (mammalian) reflex
What stimulates your body to conserve oxygen when diving.
2) Breathe up
How to take a proper breath and not hyperventilate.
3) Duck dive
What is a good and bad duck dive.
4) Streamline
How to minimise drag.
5) Finning technique
Conserve oxygen and reduce drag.
6) Gear
Mask, wetsuit, weights and fins.
7) Diet and training
Food and exercise.
8) Buddy diving
Safety, Safety, Safety.
9) Managing fatigue
Know your body and your warning signs. Hydration and food.
10) Recovering a diver
5 steps which could save your buddies life or yours.
On behalf of St George Spearfishing & Freediving Club I would like to extend a very big thankyou to