The last six weeks have seen a UK freediving phenomenon take place. No news here, though, and there has been good reason for that. I've been ever-so-slightly busy making this news public, dealing with related press enquiries, liaising with PR agents, doing interviews...the list goes on. I now have a little more time on my hands, and to avoid repetition, a summary about our new world champ's achievements can be read at the bottom of the BFA homepage. The interview I did with Sara will follow in due course.
A couple of exciting new websites are now out there. One is Sam Kirby's Saltfree site, and the other is Liv Philip's. Both well-designed, and worth bookmarking. Gone are the days when you could get away with crafting html in notepad to build a website. For the time being I'm sticking with flickr, Ebay and Blogger for my own efforts. Internet bi-finning, if you will.
The British Freediving Championships have just been awarded, and the 2007 Women's award goes to....Liv Philip! Anne-Marie Kitchen-Wheeler gets retrospective awards for 2005 and 2006. Well done to the ladies. The 2007 award may seem at first glance to be a little unusual. Don't we have a triple World Record holder with Sara Campbell, and should she not be the holder? Well, points are made up from the core disciplines of static apnea, dynamic and constant weight. So although Sara has a solid 90 points to contribute from one discipline, Liv has points in all three and therefore outranks. No controversy here - Sara has focused on depth disciplines and reaped the rewards there, so Liv equally deserves recognition for diversifying her efforts.
On the men's front we have 2 new UK record holders - Marcus Greatwood regains the title that was his at the outset - Free Immersion, with a solid 61 metre performance. Dave King has knocked us all sideways, with a new constant weight record of 78 metres. Set only a few weeks after returning to competitive freediving from a 3 year absence. What depths would he be plundering if he had been in-training during that time? Prospects for the 2008 GB team are looking very good now, both Men and Women's. Wherever the World Championships are, I shall be watching from afar and wishing the team well.
Last but not least, we are expecting good news from Australia, as Ben Noble heads out to Dahab next week with several of us as his UK entourage, to set some sled records. I'm looking forward to a ride on the sled myself, as well as all the other good things that Dahab has to offer.
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Early evening activity in the Harris/Storm house. Mume looms like a giant in the doorway of The Elf's secret domain, and begins to wag 'The Finger'. 'The Finger', for those who don't know, is to be feared by everyone in the land. It's evil. Less pure, more simple.
Elf backs away in trepidation, for she knows 'The Finger' means only one thing. Her fragile and delicate knees begin to tremble and knock, sending little shock waves of warning throughout The Underworld. Goblins, pixies and leprechauns run for cover. Fairies batten down the hatches. The garden gnomes run the gauntlet of rakes, hoes and secateurs until they happen upon a dark and secluded copse at the bottom of never never land.
"MONKEY FEET!!" bellowed Mume, with steam puffing and huffing out of his bright red ears. The creatures of The Underworld barely dare to breathe. Can Elf pull off the impossible? Can she deflect the blows of the evil 'Finger' and save The Underworld from destruction?
"What about them, Oh Master?" enquired The Elf innocently.
"I KNOW it's you. You are The Monkey! You Elf, are The Monkey."
"The paranoid ramblings of a madman, Master. I haven't a clue who The Monkey is Sir, as you well know!"
"It's you Elf. You and your whole troop of monkeys trashing my Richmond Blog. You've recruited others to your cause! Don't think I don't know what you're up to. You share Monkey's password and I even know what that is too! BANANAS!!!!"
"Oh goodness me, Master, you are truly a genius detective. We of The Underworld salute your very fine and furious 'Finger', but swear upon our honour that we do not share Monkey's password. We do not know Monkey's password, we do not know anything about BANANAS. Please Master, spare us from further 'Finger' torture."
The hands of time, ever in The Elf's favour, tick tock down to the golden hour of club night and serenity. Static Apnea .. ah, such bliss.
I wonder what constitutes Blog Trashing, thought The Elf, and whether Monkey will have anything to do with it.
The finger is something to behold with awe....
Anyway enough claptrap, well done Mark!!
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