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Any good competitions?

2007-12-19T19:24:31-06:00

Please post some competitions if you know of any.

2009 U.S. Saltwater Nationals - Malibu, California - August 6

2009-04-16T11:22:24-06:00

THE 2009 U.S. NATIONAL SPEARFISHING CHAMPIONSHIPS
LEO CARRILLO STATE BEACH, MALIBU, CALIFORNIA

Dear Competitors,

The Greater Los Angeles Council of Diving, would like to welcome you to this year’s U.S. National Spearfishing Championships to be held at Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu, California, on Thursday, August 6, 2009. We will make all efforts to treat this event in a mode that reflects the honor and respect of the sport and that the USOA deserves. It is our goal to make this an outstanding event, and we have put together the 2009 Nationals website covering all the major tournament-related issues.

* Website http://www.nationals09.com
* Contact Email: nationals09 at socal dot rr dot com

We need you to take action soon on registration (competitor, banquet and equipment) and program information requests (picture and bio’s) in order to get everything ready for this great event. While the absolute deadline is July 31st for many things (like registration), please help us by replying early.

Please feel free to e-mail us if I can help you in any way. I appreciate the long journey that many of you will make, and we will do everything possible to make this an event of great camaraderie, good times, and healthy competition.

2009 U.S. Freshwater Nationals - Glendo, Wyoming - June 13

2008-12-27T10:32:57-06:00

2009 U.S. Freshwater Nationals

Please post this, print this, send it and spread it where you can.

We would love to have your support in this meet as it will be the biggest

Nationals held in a long time. The area is beautiful and the removal of carp

from this lake is very desirable, as it is over run with carp that affects

all the other species of game fish.

Thanks for your support, Mike McGuire

Saturday June 13th, 2009
Glendo Reservoir Glendo, Wyoming

Over $1000 Cash awards plus $2000 in gear from top sponsors.

Early Registration by March 15th for $100 per team or $130 per team after March 15th.

For registration contact James Hardesty - 720-422-5576 or rockymountainspearfishing at gmail dot com

2008 CMAS World Freedive Spearfishing Competition - Oct 23-26 at Isla Margarita, Venezuela

2008-05-20T13:42:52-06:00

World Spearfishing Championships

C.M.A.S. (Confederation Mondiale des Activities Subaquatiques) sponsors a World Spearfishing Championship every two years and usually limits participation to the top 20 of its member countries. CMAS is a worldwide organization for underwater sports and currently has approximately 35 countries as members. Each World Spearfishing Championship is typically held at a different dive location around the World. In 2004 it was held in Iquique, Chile. In September 2006 (the 25th CMAS World Spearfishing Championship) it was held in Sines, Portugal. This year it will be held on October 23-26th at Isla Margarita in Venezuela.

What happens at a World Spearfishing Championship?

The Worlds are a 2-day championship where divers shoot fish for about 7 hours per day. Each day, the diving is done at a different location. Typically, 20-25 teams qualify to compete at the World Championships. And because too many teams want to participate at the Worlds, sometimes there are regional qualifiers for the World Championships per Continent. In 2006, the U.S. team dove in Peru to qualify for the Portugal Worlds via the Americas qualifier. The World Championships are boat-based meets and each team is allowed to have three divers hunting. The Championships are run somewhat like a mini-Olympics where there are opening ceremonies and a big closing banquet. It is not uncommon for thousands of people to attend the opening ceremony where each team has there own national uniform. Imagine, thousands of people applauding for spearfishermen? What a concept. At the opening event there is a parade of Nations where each country carries their nations’ flag.

What does it take to do well?

These Championships are not about just having great freediving talent as all the divers have a high degree of talent. It is about preparation and having enough resources (time and money). The top teams in these Championships will spend months training at the site, finding fishy locations (scouting) and understanding everything about the tournament area. Let’s say, the Italian team, always one of the top teams brings 10 divers to the World site and spends 60 days diving there in preparation. That’s 600 full diver days in the water. You can have all the 100 foot freedive capable divers you want, but without scouting time to hunt miles and miles of coastline, you will not break the top 5 teams. America has never hosted a Worlds, but our top divers have won individual honors (Terry Lentz) and finished 2nd a couple of times (John Ernst).

How can you get involved with the U.S World team?

There are many ways. You could qualify for one of the top spots on the men’s or women’s team by participating in U.S. National Championships. You could also come to the Worlds as a “scout” for the team. It’s a great way to help the team and prepare yourself for future Worlds. A scout typically spends 2-3 weeks prior to the Worlds and dives everyday with the team finding fishy locations. Then on tournament day you support a specific U.S. team member helping them with gear and advice.

Before the 2008 Worlds, the U.S. team must dive the Americas Qualifier at Higuerote, Venezuela from roughly October 5-9, 2007 as CMAS is limiting the Worlds to the top roughly 20 countries. So this means, that after this years U.S. Spearfishing Nationals are over, there will be less than 2 months before the U.S. men’s team must try to qualify for Worlds. We are going to be busy!

NOTE: Originally posted by past US Team Member - Dave Edlund

2008 Rocky Mountain Spearfishing Series - Fish Lake UTAH - October 4th

2008-09-15T11:56:28-06:00

October 4th at Fish Lake in Utah at Fish Lake Lodge boat ramp and parking area. ( information on cabins and lodging http://www.fishlake.com) We will be awarding the Grand Champion and other donated prizes at this tournament. This tournament is at High elevation with cooler air and water temps. SO COME PREPARED FOR COLD WEATHER.

Those of you in FLORIDA!

2008-07-29T20:22:25-06:00

Dive safe for mini-season enjoy and spear some grouper too!

2008 SBO: Keys Blue Storm Open - September 6-7, 2008

2008-07-17T10:44:35-06:00

Thursday, September 4 - Captains’ Meeting
Saturday, September 6 - Shooting Day
Sunday, September 7 - Weigh-in, BBQ and Expo

Rain Dates: October 4-5

Marina del Mar Resort
Coconuts Restaurant & Lounge
528 Caribbean Dr
Key Largo, FL 33037
305-453-9794
Registration begins July 27

View full details here: Spearwars - Keys Blue Storm Open

2008 JLB Open - Key West - September 19-21

2008-07-17T11:12:56-06:00

When : Friday, September 19 7:00 pm MANDATORY Safety Meeting
Saturday, September 20 Sunrise to Sunset Hunting in the KEYS
Sunday, September 21 Weigh-in line opens at 9:00a.m. closes @ 11
With awards ceremony to follow.

*Sunday will also be a contingency date if we have bad weather

Where: Dante’s – Key West

Who: There will be a Open Division (Men and Women 18 yrs old +)
And a Juniors Division (Ages 16 & 17 with parental consent)
*Freedivers will also be awarded - see Awards below

See Attached document for more details.

2008 USOA Freedive Spearfishing Nationals - August 7, 2008

2008-07-17T10:57:25-06:00

2008 United States National Freediving Spearfishing Championships

We, the Freedivers of the Massachusetts Freediving Club take great pride hosting the 2008 US National Freediving Spearfishing Championships.

It is our intention to host this event on Thursday, August 7, 2008. The competition will be 6 hours long.

The chosen site of the 2008 Nationals will be at King’s Beach, Newport, Rhode Island.

For more details: 2008 Nationals

2008 Rocky Mountain Spearfishing Series: Lake McConaughy in Nebraska - August 23, 2008

2008-07-17T10:37:22-06:00

more info coming soon…