Monofin technic with Elisabeth

Having repaired my monofin (One Wing) im eager to do some swimming with the monofin which I really enjoy. Elisabeth Kristoffersen took a look at my monofin technic. I start a wave through the body by pushing my arms forward. Elisabeth commented that the wave is not complete around my lower back. Have to work on that!

24/6-09 Gellerup, Århus

A great day at Grenå

A fellow spearfisher, Martin, and I enjoyed a day by the pier north of Grenå. There was plenty of life and it was great practising aspetto, an italian word for a spearfishing technic where you dive to the bottom and use a sit-and-wait strategy. It was great lying motionless, blending in on the bottom. I picked out 3 cod, one trout and a pollock on the dive. Watch the highlights on the video. Depth 7-8 meters.

15/6-09 Grenå, Denmark

Looking at monofin technic with Stig

Stig Severinsen joined me for a swim in AFK and filmed me doing 50 m dynamic, so we could look at my monofin technic.

Improvements I have to work on are
1. holding the monofin down when the kick is finished
2. try to swim more like a dolphin using the lower abdominal muscles

11/6-09 Spanien, Århus

King of the lake

Freediving in clean lakes in Denmark can be like swimming in a large aquarium. Here you might meet the top predator: The northern pike, Esox lucius, up to 1.5 m long.

I had just received my new tailormade freediving wetsuit from Elios and decided to try it out in a local lake, Knudsø. I came across about 6-7 pikes that day, but meeting this large tenacious individual sure made my day. It deserved it's name lucius = wolf!

1/6-09 Knudsø, Denmark.

First "shot" with my Olympus 1030 SW

Having joined ASK (Århus Freediving Club) my attention was directed towards the olympus 1030 SW camera, and after purchasing it I soon found a way to mount it on my speargun.

Dying to test this new dimension to spearfishing, I set out on the 8. May 2009 although it was quite windy and there would be low visibility. Once in the water I immediately started playing about with the camera. During my descend in this dive I was surprised at the sudden depth I found myself on. The Olympus camera specifications state 10 meters as the limit, so I was curious as to whether it would be flooded taking it to its limit.

Well, I showed my watch to the camera and everything seemed to be functioning famously. I then looked around and saw a 45 cm European flounder lying almost next to me. I turned around to stab it with my speargun, but the flounder made a run for it, so I had to make a quick aim and shot. I hit the flounder on its rim and consequently dashed to it to grab it and get it up to my buoy. The first "shot" had been a succes and even produced a dramatic hunt and lovely tasting flounder.

8/5-09 East coast North of Helgenæs, Denmark.

First UW pictures - spring 2008

Since I began spearfishing, I skipped scuba diving altogether. However, a friend of mine gave me an old Nikonos V camera which simply had to be tested. On a holiday to the Canary islands, Lanzarote, I went on a couple of dives with a local diving center and tested it. It was fun again to be in the sea with plenty of air, and a necessity when it comes to taking pictures with a Nikonos V, inexperienced as I was.

This picture shows an angel shark which after being disturbed turned on the instructor and a fellow diver. Luckily, no one was bitten.