After almost 2 years of literally zero DNF I changed my neckweight, and switched from the 2.5kg Lobster base to the lighter one (the website says 1.5 but it’s less). It took me almost half hour to figure out my buoyancy and my feet were everywhere because I’m so used to have fins on and…
I have been using neckweights since I started freediving, which is looong time ago. I have always made my own neckweights and I had a system to shape them the way I wanted so that there is no weight or pressure on my throat, and I assumed that is what I was always going to…
Whenever I do a poopy dive (which usually means I turned earlier due to an equalisation SNAFU) I go home and then ignore my coach Bub messages all day, which is very hard because he won’t leave me alone until I talk to him. Since he knows me well enough, at this point he will…
PART 3 SOMETHING FUNNY IS HAPPENING to me recently. Before my dives I am entirely detached. I have no feelings, no fear, no anxiety, no doubts, no butterflies nor excitement. I hear the countdown and it doesn’t even feel it is directed to me. I hear “official top”, i take my last breath, I go,…