Freediving, Saturday February 26, 2005

Met Michael Antinori (USA National Dynamic record holder - until today congrats to Kevin) at the pier at Lake Worth, just south of Palm Beach. We lugged his two person kayak, our masks, fins, and snorkels down to the beach and past the portion patrolled by the lifeguard. Michael threw on a 5mm top and 3mm bottom and I wore a 3mm shortie, you can tell whose lived here longer!

After a couple failed attempts for us both to mount his two person kayak (yes my balance sucks). We decided Micheal would paddle and i would swim behind. I did my best to kick to keep up but he ended up pulling me most of the trip...

We kayaked out past the end of the pier and started diving in about 30 ft of water. The current was pushing us south and inland and the water depth fluctuated from 15 to 30 ft, depending. We both did a number of exhale (me) and negative dives (michael) until I started feeling a touch seasick. Their really wasn't a lot to see other than sand and sand dollars, but it was fantastic just to get out and start re-acclimating to ocean diving.

We kicked the kayak back to shore and then dragged it back north to the pier. It was actually a fairly easy swim back, but I'm glad my legs got such a good workout swimming the whole day.

Thanks again to Michael for taking out his Yak. Can't wait to do it again!