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 11 Jul : 08:34 - Wishbone
Hey guys!
Chigga, nice average result especially for a beginner. I don't know what are you aiming with the target 5 mins, but for recreational freediving and spearfishing you actually don't need such bottom time.
As a matter of fact 5 mins dynamic apnea is quite an impossible target.

 10 Jul : 22:33 - Chigga
i'm a beginner have been practising for some weeks now my time is 1 1/2 min.avg my hope is to reach 5. so i need your guidance wazzers

 10 Jul : 22:30 - Chigga
wats up wazzers

 10 Jul : 22:29 - Intelligence
hello people i am new

 25 May : 12:22 - Wishbone
Hi komshu!

 24 May : 19:21 - Vov
Hi, Osiris, welcome aboard the Bulgarian spearfishing site! I liked your site very much but.. can understand only part of it.

 24 May : 16:33 - osiris
hi there from Turkey

 14 Jan : 13:45 - Wishbone
Hey dimitris, I have stumbled upon Natalia Molchanova's training programs before. It's really really demanding... I'd try to look for it again though - hope it's not in Russian...

 11 Jan : 21:45 - dimitris
Is there any information about training programs for the pool?

 20 Nov : 11:04 - Vov
And welcome to wokao123!

 01 Nov : 10:10 - Wishbone
Warmest welcome to our newest member Gletwin from the SA national spearfishing team!

 29 Oct : 20:33 - Wishbone
Maaan! Besides the fact that I envy you big time, I guess the further south you go the colder it would get.
I'd suggest AT LEAST a 3mm. suit in ANY case. As for the speargun - if you don't expect open wate, then a reliable 100-110 cm gun will be just fine.. I'd suggest a sturdy aluminum railgun - less maintenance and can take more beating. A 6.5 shaft is a good average choice. A reel is a must.
Please make sure you get familiar with the local spearfishing laws and also about any dangerous marine life, including non edible species (poisonous or ciguatera)

Cheers and keep us posted!

 29 Oct : 20:08 - Sand
Hi Sol and welcome to spearfish.org i dont know how much is the sea temperature there but from this depends what gear you should use - most important things are mask, fins, speargun - then wetsuit, gloves, socks and of course the belt which depends on your wetsuit, if you are not experienced try to not go alone for spearfishing also read the SPEARFISHING section on the right of the site and you will have a very detailed info about spearfishing it will take you half hour maximum

i cant answer to your question exactly because i am very addicted to spearfishing and if i go to mexico i will do only spearfishing and nothing else

 29 Oct : 19:56 - sol
hi- am new to this site,also to typing. am leaving in 2 mons. for an extended tripdown the coasts from mexico to argentina.Have done some spearfishing when i lived in costa rica,but really am a beginner.I intend to take two spearguns and a limited amount of gear as i will be backpacking,hitching and riding horses.If you guys were doing this,what gear would you take to cover your needs with the minnimum amount of weight?I don't anticipate any open water probably more rock and reef.Also was considering documenting our trip.Would appreciate any helpfull comments,Thanks-Sol

 07 Oct : 14:31 - Wishbone
Hey Eco! Which part of Turkey would you recommend for spearfishing at this time of year!?

 06 Oct : 12:19 - Wishbone
Whoowah! Nice catch!

 05 Oct : 15:55 - Sand
ok i have posted 2 photos from my last trip

 18 Sep : 20:52 - Wishbone
Hey FL, welcome to Spearfish!

 10 Aug : 16:54 - Sand
faskar put some pic with your catches

 07 Aug : 10:58 - faskar
hey wishbone amazing site finally a place where spearfish enthusiast can get together and show off their catch

Category: Freediving (1) Specialized freediving resources...		Referrals
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Category: Gear (23) Equipment producers		Referrals
	APEKS Welcome to Apeks Marine Equipment Ltd.	198
	APNEA A Turkish producer of quality spearfishing equipment.	409
	AQUA LUNG One of the biggest producer of scuba gear in the world...	730
	Beuchat Beuchat is without any doubt one of the leaders in the production of spearfishing and scuba gear.	1067
	C4 Producer of high-quality fins, spearguns and... bicycles!	116
	Cressi Sub Without any doubt - one of the leaders in the diving and spearfishing industry...	1167
	Effesub Spearfishing and scuba gear!	150
	European Spearfishing Supplies UK Rob Allen Agents, other equipment	710
	Hamilton Spearguns A US producer of teac blue water spearguns...	343
	Imersion Producer specialized in the production of quality spearfishing gear... The products are named after the former Spearfishing World Champion Jean-Baptiste Esclapez.	1001
	Leaderfins High-quality hand-made mono and stereofins for freediving, spearfishing, swimming with fins and life saving.	354
	Mares The Official Mares Website - Just Add Water!	632
	O.ME.R Sub One of the leading spearfishing equipment producers!	1391
	Oceanic A great scuba diving equipment producer who has a thing or two to give to the freediviers..	703
	Picasso Picasso is one of the best spearfishing gear producers!	727
	Riffe One of the main US spearfishing gear producers...	70
	Rob Allen A South African spearfishing equipment producer. Rob makes the famous Railgun, considered by many as the best speargun in the world!	258
	Scubapro A great reputation. The company is specialized in the production of scuba gear but the wetsuits and the other accessories are great for any freediver...	776
	SEAC SUB A relatively new gear producer with promising catalogue!	152
	Specialfins Estonian company providing high-quality freediving and spearfishing fins, prefered by many freediving champions!	371
	SUUNTO DIVING The diving computers...	94
	Technisub One of the most famous scuba and spearfishing producers in the world!	745
	TotemSub An Italian producer of high-quality wooden and other spearguns! The company produces also spearfishing videos.	730

Category: Magazines & Portals (17) Electronic publications and general portals...		Referrals
	Apnea The French magazine, which became an icon of the freediving and spearfishing!	820
	Apnea Magazine The major Italian Freediving and Spearfishing Portal...	940
	Bluworld Italian online spearfishing and freediving magazine.	744
	Chasse-sous-marine A French spearfishing magazine...	76
	Club Triton, Bulgaria The home of the Bulgarian club for underwater sports "Triton", Burgas	11
	Deeper Blue One of the best freediving and scuba portals.	820
	Freediver Freediving website and magazine...	753
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	Guarapas A great Brazilian resource!	815
	Hawaii Skin Diver Great magazine with amazing design with spearfishing info about Hawaii.	638
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	Sportalsub An underwater sports portal from Venezuela. Covers also the whole region.	74

Category: Miscellaneous websites (12) Various useful links		Referrals
	'Sokol-BLRS' The commercial entity of the Bulgarian Hunting and Fishing Union: produces game and fish (fisheries material, fish eggs, larvae) for introduction in the wild nature, specialized transport, trade with hunting and riding gear.	220
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	Black Sea A wonderful Russian educational website, devoted to the Black Sea. Contains brief information about almost everything related to the Black Sea - geography, water properties, evolution of the eco-system and the fauna. Especially good for children and youngsters. An interresting fact is that the site was created by using extensive bybliography and the... program of a summer camp for kids! The book and the program named 'The Living Black Sea' received in 2005 the award for extraordinary contribution to the children's marine biology education of the European organisation for molecullar biology.	182
	Blue Water Spearguns For everyone who's interrested in the history of the Blue Water Hunting spearguns.... Submitted by BUENA VARNA	409
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	Seafood Norway Norwegian seafood recipes (In Russian)	81
	Underwater Dictionary Online multilingual dictionary of scuba diving and underwater activities! Translation of the English term in French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and German. Extremely useful!	25
	Visual Database of Demersal Fishes in Turkish Mediterranean Sea Provides photos and the names (local, Latin and English) of all fish species found in the Turkish Mediterrannean. Good visual reference database for fish identification. Submitted by Live2Dive	499

Category: Organizations (14) Organizations regulating any underwater activities...		Referrals
	BAS Oceanology Institute The website of the Oceanology Institute to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciense	723
	BUSF Bulgaria The Bulgarian Underwater Sports Federation	814
	CRAS Russia The Russian Confederation for Underwater Activities	65
	FEDAS Spain The Spanish Federation for Underwater Activities	54
	FFESSM France The French Federation for Underwater Sports and Studies	45
	FIPSAS Italy The Italian Federation for Underwater Activities	32
	FPAS Portugal The Portuguese Federation for Underwater Activities	31
	GFUASF Greece Greek Federation for Underwater Activities, Sports Fishing and Swimming with fins	44
	HRS Croatia Croatian Diving Federation	34
	NAFA Bulgaria The Bulgarian National Fishing and Aquaculture Agency	303
	RUF Russia The Russian Underwater Federation	36
	SPZ Slovenia The Slovenian Underwater Federation	60
	TSSF Turkey The Turkish Federation for Underwater Activities	34
	UFUA Ukraine Ukranian Federation for Underwater Sports and Activities	38

Category: Personal Websites (2) Notable personal diving websites...		Referrals
	Giorgio Dapiran The underwater hunter of the Third Millennium! The website of one of the most influential Italian spearos and designer of spearguns and spearfishing videos.	47
	Umberto Pelizzari The personal website of the freediver Unberto Pelizzari	136

Category: Scuba Diving (5) Specialized scuba diving websites...		Referrals
	Black Sea Technical Diving A website about the technical diving in the Black Sea. Contains description and coordinates of interresting areas and objects.	619
	Black Sea Wreck Diving Center Black Sea Wreck Diving Center	570
	Marine club 'Friends Of The Sea' The website of Marine club 'Friends Of The Sea' - varna, Bulgaria. CMAS and NAUI scuba diving courses, information about the northern Black Sea area, ecology photos, etc..	114
	Thorax Online British Thoracic Society guidelines on respiratory aspects of fitness for diving	56
	UTEK-DIVING UTEK-DIVING club operates on the Silistar Beach in Bulgaria Submitted by jojojo	230

Category: Underwater Photography (8) Specialized underwater photography resources...		Referrals
	Belgrade IUFF Belgrade International Underwater Film Festival	20
	DivePhotoGuide An underwater photography portal...	26
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	http://www.xray-mag.com/ Online bi-monthly underwater photography magazine! All back issueas are free!	15
	Nektos.Net Underwater photography with Frederic Buyle	12
	Underwater Photography Magazine A free online underwater photography magazine with lots of photos and descriptions of u/w photo gear. Bi-monthly editions in PDF format!	162
	UnderwaterPhotography.com The title speaks for itself!	21
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