At approximately 12:15 pm Oct 23, Carlos Coste achieved 136 meters in Variable Ballast, riding a weighted sled into the depths of the Carribean sea and returning to the surface under his own power in 4:08 seconds.
The performance was clean and beat the current record of 120 meters handily however unfortunately both of the offical surface cameras did not document the dive sufficiently for ratification. As a result the dive will not count as a world record. Carlos will reattempt the world record Wednesday.
The second performance of the day took place approximately ten minutes later. Danish freediver Stig Severinsen turned at 61.2 meters on his attempt to 67m due to difficulty equalizing. His decision to turn early ensures he will be healthy to retry this Tuesday.
Similar to last year the attempts are well attended and a little bit chaotic. For this reason I decided to hold individual briefings prior to the event for the athletes, camera operators and divers respectively to ensure all requirements would be met. It makes the video problem all the more unfortunate. The new attempts are being done seperately to reduce the risk of confusion and error.
Perry
Posted by pike at October 24, 2004 11:28 PMHey man it doesn't take you long to get out of the CITY!! how's the Carribean? Any Surf?? hope you straighten those camera guys out ....
Posted by: Ian Perdikomatis at October 25, 2004 01:59 PM