Herbert Nitsch's record 100m no fins (no air either!)

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He did a "free immersion" dive. That means that you pull yourself down a rope and back. No fins, sleds, or lift bags to do any of the work.

He also did a "constant ballast" dive to 95 meters(312') using just a monofin. He is hoping to break the 100 meter mark in constant ballast in the next few days.

On another note, MAndy-Rae Crushank jus set the ladies unassisted constant ballast record in, of all places, Canada. She did this in a thick wetsuit with a weight belt on because of the cold water.

Unassisted constant ballast means you get to use nothing but a mask or goggles. She set the ladies record at 41 meters (135'). Most people use the breast stroke to make it down and back. She also had the ladies constant ballast record, no-limits (sled) record, static record( longest breath-hold) at one time or another. She is a PADI course Director and and member of the PADI headquarter's Staff. She is try to get a better freediver course curriculum set up through padi at this time, along with a little help from Grant Graves who helped write their deep tec and trimix programs. I was promised a copy when it's ready and it acutally has me excited about teaching something again.

Pipin is getting ready to set a new no-limits (sled) record in October. It will be filmed by James Cameron for a movie that he is planning on doing about Pipin's late wife, Audrey. Supposedly, Selma Hayek and J-Lo are both interested in playing Audrey and Vin Diesel is interested in playing the part of Pipin. He's not my favorite spokesman for the sport, but it will get us some more exposure.

Jon