Vertical Blue '09
Part of the Blue Eye FX team has been covering the most exciting moments of Vertical Blue 2009, the invitational freediving competition.
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"114m official constant weight world record achieved! What a day! We arrived with the minimum amount of time required so as not to over heat, and I headed out to the platform with good time. Whilst warming up the sun disappeared behind a large cloud that we were waiting to move but wouldn’t budge. I started to cool down - maybe too much - but perhaps it helped to avoid a repeat black out from day two. Top time went and I dived. The dive went to time (within 4 seconds) and after easily grabbing the bottom plate tag I hit the surface triumphant!"
Austrian Herbert Nitsch sets world record at Dean's Blue Hole
On monday april 6, 13.10am local time on Long Island in the Bahamas, Herbert Nitsch from Austria set a new World Record in the Constant Weight category of 114m, with a total dive time of 3'40".
This tops the 2008 record of 113 meters by Guillaume Néry by one metre.
Herbert is being filmed on location in the Bahamas by under water film production company BlueEyeFX. Based in Egypt and headed by British born Deborah Metcalfe, BlueEyeFX is documenting all attempts at Vertical Blue 2009 – the invitational freediving competition held at Dean’s Blue Hole, Long Island, Bahamas.
Images and video footage of the world record attempt is available to download via ftp - see sidebar.
Herbert can be contacted for interviews at herbert@herbertnitsch.com
