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Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest

Submitted by JennyWren on August 26, 2010 - 1:07pm
2010/10/30 10:00 am

Once again your underwater artistic skills will be put to the test with our Pumpkin Carving Contest!

Supplies to bring:

Pumpkin(s) - hollow these out beforehand, please, to keep the lake clean.
Knives or other carving tools.
A couple of pounds of weight to keep your pumpkin from drifting away.
Creativity!

We will meet at Bunzen Lake at 10am.

Underwater Easter Egg Hunt

Submitted by Tom Lightfoot on March 19, 2010 - 9:50am
2010/04/03 10:00 am
The Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club will be holding its 4th annual Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Belcarra Park on Saturday, April 3rd. The gathering time will be 10am. There will be prizes afterwards. Here is a Google Map that you can use for directions:

underwater Christmas tree decoration

Submitted by Greg Fee on November 22, 2009 - 6:37pm
2009/11/28 11:00 am

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.

Third Annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest

Submitted by Tom Lightfoot on October 3, 2009 - 4:11pm
2009/10/25 10:00 am

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
Four jack-o-lanterns at the bottom of the lake

Underwater Easter Egg Hunt

Submitted by Tom Lightfoot on February 20, 2009 - 11:58am
2009/04/11 10:00 am

The Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club will be holding its 3rd annual Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Belcarra Park on Saturday, April 11th. The gathering time will be 10am. There will be prizes afterwards.

Here is a Google Map that you can use for directions:

Manfred holding up his finds at the 2rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Second Annual Christmas Tree Decorating Event

Submitted by Tom Lightfoot on December 7, 2008 - 7:12pm
Sarah with the decorated tree

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.

New Years Day Freedive/Snorkel

Submitted by Tom Lightfoot on November 11, 2008 - 11:50pm
2009/01/01 12:00 pm

The Vancouver Apneist club will have its first annual New Year's Day Freedive/Snorkel at noon at Whytecliff Park. Unlike at the polar bear swim, wetsuits will be allowed and are highly recommended.

We will reconvene at 2pm for lunch and drinks at a pub or restaurant to be announced. (Depends on how many and whether or not there are kids in tow.) All non-divers and family members are welcome to join in.

2nd Annual Pumkin Carving Contest

Submitted by Tom Lightfoot on October 25, 2008 - 9:06pm
Four jack-o-lanterns at the bottom of the lake

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.

Easter Egg Hunt at Belcarra Park

Submitted by Patti Lippe on March 25, 2008 - 12:33pm
Group shot at the Easter Egg hunt

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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