Friday, June 13, 2008
Summers first competition
I'm going to attend the first spearfishing competition of the season tomorrow at Kotka. I have not been able to practice that much but I hope to catch at least some fish. Anyway, it is always nice to go spearfishing in nice waters where there is (at least) a chance to catch big fish. Of course I won't get any big fishes, but it is always nice to know that it might be possible.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Underwater photos
Last Saturday we went to dive to a small lake (lampi in Finnish) called Leinonen. Water there is quite clear and due to this it is quite a nice place to dive and take photorgraphs. We spent in water (which was around 12-14 degrees of celcius on surface) around one hour. Here are some of the photos I took.
A crawfish in it's cave.
Perch.
Roe of perch. Perch is quite an interesting fish since it is the only (according to my knowledge) fish that produces these weird ribbons of roe.
Some underwater trees.
Again, a tree.
And, finally, a tree!
And, yes. One video as well. A school of fishes (särki).
A crawfish in it's cave.
Perch.
Roe of perch. Perch is quite an interesting fish since it is the only (according to my knowledge) fish that produces these weird ribbons of roe.
Some underwater trees.
Again, a tree.
And, finally, a tree!And, yes. One video as well. A school of fishes (särki).
Saturday, April 5, 2008
DNF 80m
Yesterday I managed to break my previous record on dynamic no fins diving. Current record, after quite an difficult dive, is exactly 80 meters. Not bad.
Aim for this spring was 75 meters until end of may.
Aim for this spring was 75 meters until end of may.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Glasses still missing, DNF 67.
So, my glasses are spending some quality time in the water purification system of Vesikko. Last friday I took a long long piece of iron wire with me to Vesikko in order to try to "fish" the glasses from the pipes, but with no luck. Luckily, even I did not get my glasses, I did do a new record on dnf, currently it is 67 meters.
Friday, February 8, 2008
How to lose your glasses efficiently
This is a true story.
Yesterday I was at participating the water running session organized by Louhelan Woima. I do this every week. Water running is quite fun and efficient sport, and it is interesting that you get all sweaty in water. Thus, after the session ends, you are usually feeling very hot, and thus I usually tend to dive a bit afterwards.
I dived after the session, as usual, and before diving I placed my eyeglasses to the gutter at the edge of the pool. This is (or has been) safe place for glasses since no-one can step on them nor they will float to the bottom of the pool.
After the dive I tried to get my glasses, but missed them with the first attempt. This moved the glasses a bit to the left, and I tried to grab them again, but they were lost! Unbelievable! In the gutter there is the suction pipe of the pool, with which the water is passed to the cleaning system. The suction was so strong that my glasses were sucked in to the pipe and they are now somewhere in between the pipe and the water filter of the whole Vesikko swimming pool.
My glasses will eventually float to the filter, but I'm quite skeptic about the condition in which they will reach the filter. Also, no-one knows how long time it will take. Luckily I have a set of spare glasses, but naturally these are not as good as the ones I just lost. Insurance company will naturally pay a part of the cost when I buy new ones, but I will lose around 100 euros due to this incident!
Since my eyesight is very poor, it was really interesting to get back home with bike.
Lesson learnt: the gutter of the swimming pool is safe place for your glasses, but make sure that you place them far enough from the suction pipes!
PS. Current record in DNF is 62 meters.
Yesterday I was at participating the water running session organized by Louhelan Woima. I do this every week. Water running is quite fun and efficient sport, and it is interesting that you get all sweaty in water. Thus, after the session ends, you are usually feeling very hot, and thus I usually tend to dive a bit afterwards.
I dived after the session, as usual, and before diving I placed my eyeglasses to the gutter at the edge of the pool. This is (or has been) safe place for glasses since no-one can step on them nor they will float to the bottom of the pool.
After the dive I tried to get my glasses, but missed them with the first attempt. This moved the glasses a bit to the left, and I tried to grab them again, but they were lost! Unbelievable! In the gutter there is the suction pipe of the pool, with which the water is passed to the cleaning system. The suction was so strong that my glasses were sucked in to the pipe and they are now somewhere in between the pipe and the water filter of the whole Vesikko swimming pool.
My glasses will eventually float to the filter, but I'm quite skeptic about the condition in which they will reach the filter. Also, no-one knows how long time it will take. Luckily I have a set of spare glasses, but naturally these are not as good as the ones I just lost. Insurance company will naturally pay a part of the cost when I buy new ones, but I will lose around 100 euros due to this incident!
Since my eyesight is very poor, it was really interesting to get back home with bike.
Lesson learnt: the gutter of the swimming pool is safe place for your glasses, but make sure that you place them far enough from the suction pipes!
PS. Current record in DNF is 62 meters.
Monday, February 4, 2008
DNF 58
Yes, it's getting better. However, now it might take a while before I'll try next time. I'm approaching my current limits, and it would be boring to not beat the record when trying.
Thus. More practice needed.
Aim: 75m in May.
Thus. More practice needed.
Aim: 75m in May.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
DNF 50m
Some might say that I have really weird hobbies. And to be honest that is actually true. Due to my spearfishing hobby, I some time ago joined local diving club in order to be able to participate competitions. Due to joining the club I met couple of local freedivers (Sami and Saana) and they have got me enthusiastic about pure freediving as well.
Yesterday at Rantakylä pool Sami let me try his neck weight. Neck weight is just what it sounds; like a collar with lots of lead in it (this case 3.3 kg) and it is supposed to make your horizontal diving easier. I was bit skeptic about it first, but after the first kick from the pool end I was totally amazed! Such a small thing can make your diving so much easier!
After about 45 minutes of swimming Sami asked if I would be willing to try dive a bit longer length than normal 25m (one pool length). I hesitated first, but then decided to give it a try. With very small preparation I quite easily dived 50 meters (that is, two pool lengths). Amazing, I was so sure I could do just about 35 meters or so. Anyway, let's see when this record will be broken. (50 meters is lot for me, but if you check the Finnish ranking [dynamic,2008,M,all], you'll notice that it really ain't that much ).
Oh. Forgot to say that there was no fins involved in this attempt. Abbreviation DNF in the title of this post comes from Dynamic No Fins.
Yesterday at Rantakylä pool Sami let me try his neck weight. Neck weight is just what it sounds; like a collar with lots of lead in it (this case 3.3 kg) and it is supposed to make your horizontal diving easier. I was bit skeptic about it first, but after the first kick from the pool end I was totally amazed! Such a small thing can make your diving so much easier!
After about 45 minutes of swimming Sami asked if I would be willing to try dive a bit longer length than normal 25m (one pool length). I hesitated first, but then decided to give it a try. With very small preparation I quite easily dived 50 meters (that is, two pool lengths). Amazing, I was so sure I could do just about 35 meters or so. Anyway, let's see when this record will be broken. (50 meters is lot for me, but if you check the Finnish ranking [dynamic,2008,M,all], you'll notice that it really ain't that much ).
Oh. Forgot to say that there was no fins involved in this attempt. Abbreviation DNF in the title of this post comes from Dynamic No Fins.
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