Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club

The Vancouver Apneist Club and CAFA have their first competition of the year with the Cold Turkey Competition, January 30 to 31 at the UBC Aquatic Centre.

Saturday, January 30:

• 4:00pm: Briefing
• 5:00pm to 7:00pm: Dynamic Apnea with Fins in the 50m (covered, heated) outdoor pool

Sunday, January 31:

• 10:00am: Briefing
• 10:30am to 12:30pm: Static Apnea in the 25m indoor pool
• 12:30pm to 2:30pm: Dynamic Apnea without Fins in the 25m indoor pool

The Vancouver Apneist Club is hosting a series of pool training/practice sessions every second Wednesday evening at the UBC Aquatic Centre. We are renting two lanes of the pool for freedive training and skills development. New and prospective freedivers are welcome to come out but please contact us first.

Our pool time is from 8pm to 9pm but please show up at least a half hour earlier for briefing, stretching and gearing up.

We have rented this pool time so just tell them you're with the freediving group. We're charging a $5 drop-in fee to cover the rental cost.

See you in the pool!

We will host our underwater Christmas tree decorating event in Alouette Lake,
at 11:00am on Sat. Nov. 28. 2009.
Allouette Lake is inside Golden Ears Park, just north of Maple Ridge,
We will meet in the middle of the second day use parking lot, near the picnic tables
that are close to the Lake.
Notes: bring your own decorations.
You need to pay for parking, and should stop near the entrance of Golden Ears Park
to get your parking pass ($1.00 or $2.00 or $3.00) .
The day use picnic area is about 7 km from the entrance to the park.

Our second annual calendar photo contest ends on November 15th. The top 12 ranked photos on this day will become the monthly photos in our club's 2010 calendar. Be sure to look at the contest gallery and rank each photo. You can also have a look at this page to see how the contest is progressing.

All paid up members of the club get a free calendar just in time for Christmas so if you have been thinking about it, now is a good time to join.

The Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club will be holding its third annual underwater pumpkin carving contest on Sunday, October 25th at Buntzen Lake. The gathering time is 10am.

Here are the rules for our contest:

1. Bring your own pumpkin
2. In order to keep the lake tidy, you must clean out your pumpkin before entering the water
3. No markings on the pumpkin before entering the water
4. All carving must be done underwater while holding your breath (but no minimum or maximum depth restrictions)
5. Recover all of your carved pieces

The Vancouver Apneist Club will hold its Annual General Meeting on September 13th. We'll be gathering at 4155 Napier Street in Burnaby at 6:30 PM. All club members in good standing are welcome to attend.

The visibility is great at this time of year and the water is still relatively warm so it's time to get out to see the wrecks at Porteau Cove. We'll be gathering at 1:30 pm.

The club's Annual General Meeting will be held later in the day back in Burnaby.

For a change of scenery, we'll have our next training session at Ansell Place. This is the last opportunity to train for the Constant Ballast competition the next weekend. We'll have the club's counterbalance system out as usual and try to save some energy and warmth for exploring the wall afterwards.

Low tide is at 11:11am so we'll be gathering at 9:30, aiming to get into the water just after 10am.

We'll be giving our athletes an opportunity to train for the upcoming Constant Ballast competition of the Vancouver Apneist Triple Depth Series. Non members are welcome to come out as well to practice technique.

We'll be gathering at 9am at the fishing dock at Buntzen Lake.