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#1
May 2nd, 2007
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so i just got home from a scuba store while I was there I talked to this one sales dude who turned out to be a certified freediving instructor. He told me that you must be certified to freediving/spearfish in canada and there are laws/regulations for anything to do with holding your breath under water. The store will have a freediving coarse starting december for certifying ppl to 60 feet.
k so i have never heard of having to be certified before and was wondering if any of you had heard about this vessey 
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#2
May 2nd, 2007
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Hahahahaha
 , ............ask him to define at what depth a person changes from snorkeling to freediving! If I were you, I would find another dive shop to frequent. If you do go back, also ask him if you need a "Surface Oxygen Consumption Certificate" in order to breath Canadian air! 
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#3
May 2nd, 2007
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Do the freediving police arrive with flashing lights and sirens at the bottom if you exceed your "qualified" depth?....what a load of rot. If the enthusiasm to educate and train safe freedivers has progressed in Canada to regulating activites to that extent, then I think it has gone too far. I'm not sure that Canadian Will Winrum has any formal credentials for freediving but I am sure he will continue to dive past 80m anyway.
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May 2nd, 2007
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What a way to try and sell you a course
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#6
May 2nd, 2007
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well of course AIDA has a range of certification courses. At SaltFree we ask all divers to have a minimum of ** Freediver. Most of the pools over here require some kind of official training before you can rent space or practise freediving in them.
AIDA ** is the beginner level course for anyone who is already OK in the water. See if you can find an AIDA Instructor to teach you that - there is a list on AIDA International Presumably if you have a problem in the water, you'd expect someone to help rescue you/recover your body - so I don't think it's too out of order for them to ask you to have a certification
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#7
May 2nd, 2007
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He's a liar...give me his phone # please. If he is a scuba instructor I will report him to his agency.
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#8
May 2nd, 2007
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Sam - are you saying you support a legal certification requirement for all freedivers?
The guy in that shop is way out of line. I'd definitely stand clear.
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Freedive Pics of my Environs June, 2006 DeeperBlue gathering at Telegraph Cove, BC http://www.michiganfreediving.com
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#9
May 2nd, 2007
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As a member of the Canadian Reporting Agency of People caught freediving (CRAP), I have to weigh in here with some rules and regulations...
Rule 1411.12.2 Anyone found underwater below sixty feet with be asked to stop. Or we'll say "stop" again. 
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www.holdyourbreath.ca ------------------ "I am completely macho at all temperatures." - Fondueset
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#10
May 2nd, 2007
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OK GUYS- maybe there is no official rule but it is much safer doing a course on freediving to fully understand the risks and precautions needed. My suggestion would be to look into on of Kirk Cracks courses - he has them in the Carib, and Canada, Hawaii once or twice a year.
As for the salesman - hes trying to make a quick buck..
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#11
May 2nd, 2007
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I would have sworn that caymanmermaid is actually Mandy, but I doubt the real Mandy would have spelled her husbands last name wrong!
 (......or is she just that tricky to throw us off her trail?) Last edited by jimdoe2you; May 4th, 2007 at 21:37.
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#12
May 2nd, 2007
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Laminar - That must fall under the auspices of the Canadian Reporting Agency of People caught Freediving Enforcement STatute?
(CRAPFEST)
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#13
May 2nd, 2007
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Fonduesettee - Freediver Reporting Agency of Canada (FRAC)
Yes, taking a course is a great idea. But there are many accomplished and experienced freedivers who learned from the community or by their own abilities to think ahead. All have their specific advantages and pitfalls. But imposing a legal requirement to take a breath and dive underwater is simply totalitarian. And, anyway, I'm exempt from FRAC or any such organization because I exhale...tee hee hee. I'm not breath holding per say. I'm blood oxygen diving!
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#14
May 2nd, 2007
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Quote:
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#15
May 2nd, 2007
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I know plenty of freedivers who are definitely certifiable.
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