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The Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club had its second annual underwater Christmas tree decorating event on December 6th. Like last year it was raining and we had only four divers who were brave enough to brave the 7 degrees Celsius water. However, we had much more shore support than the last year and we were able to actually get the tree pointing upright and decorated. Big thanks to newcomers Ed and Sarah for rounding out the underwater team and to Nikkey and Patti for supplying the hot drinks. |
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The winners of our first annual calendar photo contest have been determined. The calendar has been designed and will be on order soon. All club members who are paid up by December 7 are entitled to a free calendar. For all others, they are available at a price of $10 each and can be purchased using the button below: |
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The Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club held its second annual pumkin carving contest on October 25th. After a couple of last-minute cancellations, four contestants braved the chilly water to carve their pumpkins while holding their breaths: Nikkey Ward, Greg Fee, Andrew Hogan and Tom Lightfoot. |
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On October 11th, five members of the Vancouver Apneist Club slipped into the Capilano River to view the salmon run. Despite the relatively poor visibility, we were able to see a large number of chinook and coho salmon. This was the first time for most of us in the Capilano. |
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On Sept 21 /08 the Vancouver Apneist Club teamed up with Ocean Pro Divers www.oceanprodivers.com, the Friends of Semiahmoo Bay www.birdsonthebay.ca and a few other volunteer groups in a joint effort to clean up Blackie Spit. Everyone met at 10:00am when registration with free coffee started. After that the organic cotton t-shirts and lunch tickets were handed out. In water time wasn’t until 12:00 so there was enough time to check out the dive site, it had fairly shallow depths and decent visibility- a lot better than expected. |
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.thumbnail.jpg "Freedivers entering the water- photo by Wes Kozak, Ocean Pro Divers")
On July 26th, several members of the Vancouver Apneists boarded the 7am ferry to Victoria. Our aim was to dive the famous Ogden Point breakwater. At the breakwater we were joined by several other divers from Victoria and Saltspring Island. In all we had 16 freedivers in the water. It was the best attended club event so far. |
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The Vancouver Apneists held the 2008 Canadian Freediving Championships, May 30 to June 1. The pool events were held at the UBC Aquatic Centre and the Constant Ballast event was held just off of Lions Bay. This was a well attended event with a grand total of 12 competitors. For results see the FreediveCanada site. |
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On Easter Monday, March 24, 2008 at 11am members of Vancouver Apneists gathered at Belcarra Park in Port Moody for an “Easter egg” hunt. A counted number of golf balls were thrown into a specified area of the water just north of the dock and within about 50 m of the shoreline. Vanapneists used their underwater hunting skills to gather as many “eggs” as they could before they were all collected. |
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