#VB2016 

Riccardo Buffoli exactly, the ok 👌 was Not controlled and he Missed the rope a few times with the other hand when he tried to hold it. It might be a Record , but it Looks a Bit shaky on the Surface.

Textbook samba!

OR JUST PLAIN CRAZY

This was the Deans Blue Hole....

+Sen Craine You honestly don't know what was cut out?

+Sen Craine 122 meters is 400 feet if my math is correct. That's pretty deep!

yeah; yes it's normal; you are not used to high levels of CO2 . Nothing harmful

So it's not about a lack of oxygen...thanks for your reply!

+Dimitris Siafarikas Hook, Hook, Hook = coaching William to keep inhaling and keeping his bloodpressure up, so the O2 supply to his brain does not drop below the level when people faint. Signal = is telling WIlliam, who is fighting N2 and CO2 narcosis effects when to do his signal The coach is doing all this because the athlete needs to show the jury a protocol of: taking facial equipment of (only noseclip in Williams case), showing a diver's OK sign, and verbally saying: I'm ok. Easy to do if you are within your limits, and impossible to do when you're over your limits (severe loss of motor control/ samba or full BO) This surface protocol must be done within 15 seconds to a jury. The feeling of time is hard to know when you've done a very long and or deep dive, so here a coach helps a lot to help time the breathing(hook) and giving the signals (signal). Oh and the athlete need to stay above water (without help) and not be touched until the Jury shows him the (white=approved) card. For national records, world records, this can be up to a minute, so the Jury is sure the diver is ok, and not blacking out after (quickly) doing the protocol. Personally I've taught myself to do 3 hook breaths, then show the protocol. This takes about 12 seconds so just in time for the jury, while helping me through those first 9 difficult seconds on the surface (if I'm on the edge).

+ookiemand Thanks for the great explanation! Quite a remarkable thing to achieve !

Memoires composed by myself :D

+Premrajan A it is probably a mix of BTV (voluntary tube opening) in the shallow and "Frenzel-Mouthfill" technique in the deeper part of the dive. If you are interested you will find a lot of documents on these methods of equalisation on the net.

102 meters. The record is also set by William.

Bare in mind it's 400ft down and 400ft back up. That's 800ft altogether.

James Omahony You're right! That scary stuff! :(

Greek Pasta Salad I wouldn't say it's scary just absolutely amazing. Free diving is as much a mental practice as it is physical. It's mind boggling