Freediving in its purest form - skin diving as deep as you can. No fins - only breaststroke. No mask - only noseclip. No suit - only swimmingtrunks. The ancient discipline reborn. Since this discipline and its rules are unique it will be seen as a new category and world and national records will be awarded (se current records in result lists below).
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UFC - 3 basic rules - detailed version here |
The rules have been developed in
discussions with Sebastien Murat,
Will Trubridge, William Winram and
Herbert Nitsch. Any questions
not solved by the 3 rules can be
solved by common sense - the
"ambitions" of this discipline
are quite clear.
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Noseclip only (and swimming trunks/bikini, lanyard, F10´s) |
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No penalties for turning early.
No tags has to be delivered.
No pulls/grabs at the turn.
No grab/pull penalties at start or surfacing. |
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No surface protocol has to be delivered - only hold on to
the rope and breath for 30
seconds.
After surfacing you will be disqualified if your mouth goes under for more than two seconds. |
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Details:
- You have to be older than
18 years old.
- A medical certificate that says "fit for diving" must be presented (no older than
2 years old).
- All depths decided by two calibrated F10´s
(against a measured line) placed on the athletes two
arms (sea level, salt water calibrated).
- A safety lanyard of maximum 1.5 meters attached to ankle, wrist or at a (non elastic) belt at your waist. |
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Most of these rules are
invented to make it more of a challenge than the normal freediving disciplines,
aswell as making it interesting to
watch. We want to see: skin, muscles moving, hair flowing, faces and expressions.
Basicly the only way to get a red
card is to blackout or drop airways
because of heavy LMC in the neck/head.
These are also so called
survival rules.
The rules are the
property of F.BIZ and the people
that developed them.
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*A new discipline
Since this is far from the regulations of the FREE, CMAS and AIDA e t c - the "noseclip only comp" will be seen as a new discipline and world and national records will be awarded if they are substansial enough: Reched depths must be 66% of current Aida CNF records and contain no ropeviolations.World records would have to be >60men/40 women.
2008 results
| # |
Name |
Country |
AP |
RP |
Com |
Points |
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| 1 |
Josef B |
CZ |
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44 |
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44 |
| 2 |
Sebastian N |
Swe |
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36 |
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36 |
| 3 |
Christian E |
Swe |
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25 |
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25 |
| 4 |
Lars Strandriddeer |
DK |
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24 |
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24 |
| 5 |
Allan U |
DK |
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20 |
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20 |
| 6 |
Anna B |
Ger |
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20 |
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20 |
| 7 |
Jacob H |
DK |
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19 |
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19 |
| 8 |
David C |
CZ |
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19 |
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19 |
| 9 |
Jesper S |
DK |
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16 |
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16 |
| 10 |
Klara H |
Swe |
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13 |
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13 |
| 11 |
Maria L |
DK |
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15 |
-5 rope |
10 |
The Rules
and records for the "Nose clip only
freedive comp" will in the
future be governed by a committe.
In the future this committe will be chosen by a vote from all people holding a national record in this discipline.
Records
can be done only in open,
public and announced competitions of at least
three serious athletes.
We might also work on
the concept - giving you many dives,
and having the best side by side
simultaneously in a final on two
deep ropes, whoever turns first
loses.
Local conditions
This discipline might be most suited
for waters of at least 25 degrees
celcius. In Dahab in april we will have 21 -
that is chilly. We suggest you warm
up in a suit - or- sit in the sun and three minutes
before your top you will be swimmed/pulled
out to the comp zone. Alternatively
just remove your suit at the last
warm-up line.
Danger
For anyone with experience of
advanced freediving and competition
it is obvious that these rules poses
some new risks in the fact that the
rope can be put to any depth and the
athletes turn when they want. The
athletes sight is reduced due to
no mask and this diminishes the
athletes control. The fact that no
surface protocol has to be delivered
gives the athletes an opportunity to
venture closer to LMC. The
organization is aware of this and
will take precautions to guarantee
the athletes safety.
Special
concerns/suggestions regarding UFC
comps:
1) No fins swimming uses more oxygen, the stress of having no mask and the turn without pull will make you use more oxygen. Do not compare UFC to CNF.
2)
Unless experienced in no-fins-swimming
and no mask and noseclip
equalization: we suggest you do not
announce anything more than recent
PB in this discipline (not PB in CNF).
3) Equalizing with noseclip is usually hard for beginners - be ready to abort dive if failing to equalize. Broken eardrum and vertigo is more serious without a mask and with impaired sight.
4) Do not overweight yourselves, you
must be able to turn without a pull.
5) If not specialized in breast
stroking, the movement and tension
it creates makes you more prone to
squeeze.
UFC
is a new discipline, start all over
again!
UFC expanded
safety ambitions:
- Doctor and oxygen e t c
- Anti
ballast.
- Safety freediver with 40 meter pick up ability, meet at 20 by other safety freediver. Third one ready to act as safety for the safety freedivers, meeting at 20 meters.
- Start pulling line and bottom
weight after 60% of expected dive
time.
- Thorough hard "pullcheck" on every
lanyard 3 minutes before start,
ready to replace with new.
Optional
- Comp held at restricted depth (bottom below plate).
- Experienced scuba diver (trimix)
ready for quick drop down to 50,
attach and release balloon. (Safety
Scuba to meet this scuba at 40
and ascending/deco together).
- Depth sounder/fish finder
surveillance.
