Cayman
2007 - Alumni Training, PFI Courses & 2nd Annual PFI Open Competition
NEWS FLASH! Click here for the competition results!
Alumni Training April 9-23, 2007
From April 9th - 23rd, Team PFI will be offering open water target coaching for those persons having taken the PFI Intermediate or Advanced Freediver programs. Freedivers will have a chance during a 3 hour morning training session to practice their depth techniques with full target plate and tag and safety and then be fully video debriefed by PFI instructors Kirk Krack and Mandy-Rae Cruickshank.
Kirk and Mandy-Rae will be running these daily morning coaching sessions. They will be run with full double counter-balance safety system, surface and bottom plate video, safety freedivers and safety rebreather divers at depth and recovery oxygen provided. Daily video review and technique debriefing afterward with Team PFI.
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When: April 9th - 23rd
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Time: 8am - 1pm daily
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Where: West Wall, Grand Cayman , BWI
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Who: Team PFI & Stingray Charters
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Cost: $75us/day
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Includes: Charter boat, target diving & safety system, coaching and video review (copy provided)
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Booking: To secure your spot please fill out the on-line registration form and send in either a 50% deposit or full payment for the dates you will be joining us for. Space is limited.
PFI Intermediate to Advanced freediver Courses April 24-27, 2007
PFI Instructors and associate instructors will be
running Intermediate and Advanced Freediver
programs. Cobalt Coast/Divetech the staging
area for these courses. Find out more about the Cayman course location by clicking here. To register please fill out an on-line registration form and send in either a deposit or full payment.
2nd Annual PFI Open Competition April 27-May 1, 2007
NEWS FLASH! Click here for the competition results!
Press Release May 2, 2007
2nd PFI Cayman Competition Ends with 1 World Record & 11 National Records
Tuesday , May 1st saw the end of the 2nd PFI Cayman Competition held over four days on Grand Cayman, BWI. Eleven international athletes from across the world spanning Canada, USA, Japan, Brazil and the UK competed in 6 freediving disciplines involving time, depth and distance with points being awarded per meter of depth, distance and time. Most amazing was that one world record and eleven national records were broken during four days of intense competition.
Freediving or breath-hold diving as a sport is where athletes compete in disciplines involving time, depth and distance with different sub categories in each. The competitive world of freediving emerged in the late 1940's and today is enjoying unprecedented growth and booming popularity with underwater enthusiasts the world over. Although freediving as a sport is relatively new, freediving as a means of sustenance can trace its roots back 4500 years.
Performance Freediving International Inc (PFI) was the organizer of the competition as well as providing two weeks of coaching and Advanced Freediver training for the athletes. PFI has been involved in providing educational courses and athlete development since February 2000. During this time its Founder and President, Kirk Krack, has trained/coached and supported 8 world record athletes to over 20 world records along with numerous national record holders.
The premiere performance was that of Mandy-Rae Cruickshank of Canada who on day two of the competition broke the women's world record in constant ballast (kicking down to depth and back with weights under her own power) with a depth of 8 8 m / 28 9 ft on one breath of air, the equivalent of a 29 story building in a time of 2 minutes 48 seconds . This record was held previously by Natalia Molchanova of Russia at 86m / 282ft. Mandy-Rae now adds a seventh world record to her trophy mantle.
The following list of athletes accomplished the following World and National Records:
WORLD RECORDS
- Mandy-Rae Cruickshank - Canada Constant Ballast 88m / 289ft
NATIONAL RECORDS
- Carolina Schrappe - Brazil Free Immersion 61m / 200ft & Constant Ballast No-fins 36m / 118ft
- George Bell - USA Constant Ballast (Masters Division) 30m / 98ft & Dynamic Apnea (Masters Division) 51m / 167ft
- Julie Russell - USA Constant Ballast No-fins 44m / 144ft
- Jill Yoneda - Canada Dynamic Apnea 133m / 436ft
- Junko Kitahama - Japan Dynamic Apnea 133m / 436ft & Constant Ballast 62m / 203ft
- Wes Lapp - USA Constant Ballast No-fins 48m / 157ft
- Rob King - USA Constant Ballast No-fins 48m / 157ft
FREEDIVING DISCIPLINES
- Constant Ballast - Swim down and up with fins retaining any weight taken.
- Constant Ballast No-fins - Swim down and up without fins retaining any weight taken.
- Free Immersion - Pull down and up a line without fins retaining any weight taken.
- Dynamic Apnea - Horizontal distance across a pool.
- No-Fins Dynamic Apnea - Horizontal distance across a pool without the use of fins.
- Static Apnea - Breath hold at the surface for time.
The 2nd PFI Cayman Competition is supported with the generous financial help of ICU Medical and the Hyperbaric and Problem Wound Center at Mercy Hospital in Miami, Florida. Stingray Watersports o f Grand Cayman is helping provid e diving and accommodations. Professional equipment is furnished by Oceaner Sporting Goods and Yamamoto Corporation with additional support provided by Doc's Proplugs. The members of Performance Freediving International teach educational clinics around the world and are involved in both team and athlete development along with ongoing research programs .
END PRESS RELEASE
For pictures or video please contact Kirk Krack.
Kirk Krack
www.performancefree diving.com
kirk.krack@performa ncefreediving. com
604-628-7416 Vancouver Office, 954-302-2791 Ft Lauderdale Office, 604-862-5868 Mobile
ACCOMMODATIONS & FACILITIES
Cobalt Coast on the beautiful north west point of Grand Cayman will be the main staging area and they provide a very beautiful, comfortable and scenic location for divers and non-divers alike. Accommodation and diving packages with on-site facility Divetech available for the scuba diver and non-diver alike. www.cobaltcoast.com or 1-888-946-5656
Divetech has two diving locations with Cobalt Coast being the main location. A second facility near the Turtle Farm on north-west point is a fantastic shore diving location. Divetech offers regular two tank recreational scuba diving charters and also specializes in technical / mixed gas diving charters, equipment and gas fills. www.divetech.com or (345) 946-5658
Jeff's Guest House are inexpensive homes near north-west point for those with a budget in mind. www.jeffsresorts.com or (715) 686-2232 Dollar Rent A Car dollar@candw.ky (345) 949-0700 Thrifty Car Rental thrifty@candw.ky (345) 949-6640
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