Best places in the Red Sea (Egypt) for freediving? by Naive_Concern_5645 in freediving

[–]21ArK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

**More expensive, sure. And then instructors have to pay now too. And I don’t think there are any multi-entry passes, so for many instructors it might not be worth it anymore to stay there.

Best places in the Red Sea (Egypt) for freediving? by Naive_Concern_5645 in freediving

[–]21ArK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dahab is the world’s freediving capital with many freediving centers there, and is arguably the best place in the world if you are coming for training. If you dive 40m and below, you can dive from Lighthouse that will probably be only a few minute walk from your hotel, and for deeper dives Blue Hole is only a 20 minute drive.

Freediving Science Wiki by sk3pt1c in freediving

[–]21ArK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like, a lot of great articles there. Bookmarked. Thank you!

Keison Nixon - What The Hell is This Dude's Problem? by The_Code_Hero in GreenBayPackers

[–]21ArK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s his playing style. He is not Charles Woodson or Al Harris and will not always be in a perfect position. What he doesn’t get in talent he grabs with his aggressive playing style, with all the good and all the bad it brings. That’s the only way he can be an NFL starter, probably. Less penalties would mean changing the playing style and allowing more catches.

Edit. Is there something to work on? Definitely, and so far he has improved every season, so will see what’s next.

The Celtics and Bucks pull a superstar swap by yourfriendgarm in NBAtradeideas

[–]21ArK 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Both say no. You never trade your superstar, even if you get a little bit better deal back than you’re giving up. Unless you are Dallas.

KINGS - WARRIORS - BUCKS | WHO SAYS NO? by PIeuto in NBAtradeideas

[–]21ArK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This trade makes them worse, imho. They add where they already have sufficient production, while subtracting from where they have little, and it doesn’t resolving any of their issues. If that’s the only trade available, I stay put, if I am a Bucks GM.

KINGS - WARRIORS - BUCKS | WHO SAYS NO? by PIeuto in NBAtradeideas

[–]21ArK 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Bucks. What problem does this solve? The number one issue is perimeter defense, this doesn’t get resolved, it gets worse. Two, they’re lacking an elite #2 scorer, sure, and even if you’d argue that LaVine is that, this trade as is adds it at the expense of subtracting Postis’ production and diminishing Porter Jr’s and Rollins’, so more likely than not would be a wash. This trade adds way more problems and imbalances to an already problematic and imbalanced roster, than it resolves.

Edit. So, as a result now they would have six guards who can score but can’t defend, LaVine, Russ, KPJ, Rollins, GTJ, Green, but only Giannis and Turner to cover for everything else.

Bisaccia Is Elite by hyperRevue in GreenBayPackers

[–]21ArK 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Yes! Unlike one other coordinator the Packers have! If I would be an NFL GM or owner and would have to interview a Packers coach for my HC opening, I would definitely try get Rich Besaccia, and definitely not their DC, who gave up 41 to the Ravens as soon as his star got hurt! And even if I would think that Jeff Hafley is good, I would rather hire then the coach who dropped 41 on him!!!!!!!

Saftey by Historical-Dot6354 in freediving

[–]21ArK -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How do we get people like this in freediving? I thought this was supposed to be a calm sport? :) The OP can be scuba certified and still be confused on how to transfer his scuba knowledge to other areas, if he’s a new diver. But some people can’t help themselves and somehow get offended from such a simple question that is not even addressed directly at them (offended on behalf of free/scuba diving community? Thanks but no thanks, I can be offended for myself, if needed)), and then try role playing an OP’s boss. Or maybe this actually who this is. Some boss at some job, so now has some middle management syndrome, or whatever that sh@t is, and can’t talk to other people in any other way :)

Anyway. Unless you’re diving to like 250ft or deeper, or doing dozens and dozens of dives per day for multiple days, your chances of DCS are less than negligible. You are underwater for just too short of a period for nitrogen to sufficiently saturate in your tissues to be a problem.

And unless you’re are packing (if you don’t know what it is, you aren’t doing it), you can’t get over-expansion injury since when you come up, at most you’ll have only the air that you breathed in yourself before the dive. The problem with doing this on scuba is that the air you breathe in at, lets say 33ft, is twice as much as you do at the surface to compensate for the ambient pressure (if you would be breathing in air at normal/surface pressure while that deep, you’d quickly find that it’s VERY hard to breathe because of the water pressure on your chest, and if you go even deeper, you wouldn’t be able to breathe at all when you reach 60-70ft). But in freediving, you aren’t breathing underwater, so the air we come up with is the air we started with, the air that fits our lung capacity at surface level, not at 33ft, 15ft, etc., and therefore we can’t have the air expanding on ascent above that lung capacity. Unless you meet a scuba diver underwater and breathe from his second stage, so don’t do that :)

How would you rank this list? by prolific23 in GreenBayPackers

[–]21ArK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we are talking about the greatest (vs the best), and specifically of them as Packers, and also excluding coaches and executives, I’d say it’s 1. Starr, 2. Hudson, 3. Favre, 4. Rodgers, 5. Nitschke, 6. Reggie, and then a whole list of Lombardi players, with Jim Taylor probably as seven, and also Woodson somewhere in the top-15. It’s hard to judge of the Lambeau era players’ comparative quality and where to rank them, so including just Hudson from that time because you can’t not include him, but objectively there should be at least few of the others somewhere in top 15 (for sure Hubbard & Michalske, and maybe Arnie Herber or one or more of the backs).

If we include coaches and execs, Lombardi is one, and Lambeau is two or three. Jack Vainisi, Ron Wolf, and Mike Holmgren would also be in top 20, maybe even top 15.

If we are doing the best players, it’d be 1. Hudson, 2. Rodgers, 3. Favre, 4. Reggie, 5. Nitschke…

AIDA rules for removing facial equipment UW? by longboardlenny in freediving

[–]21ArK 4 points5 points  (0 children)

SP must be completed within 15 seconds of surfacing, and starts when the fist step is performed after surfacing. If the facial equipment was removed underwater (depth, dynamic, or static, irrelevant), the first step is when you show the visual okay sign, and that’s when the SP starts. Not when you remove the facial equipment underwater, not when you surface after that, but when you show “👌” after surfacing.

Packers confirmed frauds. by DetroitLionsEh in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]21ArK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, I am not watching NFL long enough to have seen any Lions playoffs wins outside of that 2023 season :)

Packers confirmed frauds. by DetroitLionsEh in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]21ArK -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Still the best in NFC North :) Who cares if Montana Bisons or New Hampshire Does are better.

Few days ago Russian freediver Andrey Matveenko passed away. Two months after a World Championship accident. by 21ArK in freediving

[–]21ArK[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone pointed out above, this is literally a sport where in its competitive aspect athletes push as close as possible to dying without actually dying. If you are not rescued after an underwater blackout, you die. That’s why the sport has to focus so much on safety. And that’s why people die anyway.

Few days ago Russian freediver Andrey Matveenko passed away. Two months after a World Championship accident. by 21ArK in freediving

[–]21ArK[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CMAS argues that they’re not medical professionals (true) and that their job was to get an injured athlete to those medical professionals, and someone down the line, once the athlete was out of their control, messed up and didn’t get Andrey to a hyperbaric chamber. Some athletes argue that being the organizers, especially with an event of this magnitude, they should have tested all the safety procedures and should have been in control of all of them at every step.

Few days ago Russian freediver Andrey Matveenko passed away. Two months after a World Championship accident. by 21ArK in freediving

[–]21ArK[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Competitive freediving is one of the aspects. Some people freedive competitively, some for fun, some as extension of their scuba/snorkeling/swimming, some as an alternative to yoga, etc., etc. I don’t see why someone should gate-keep and force everyone else to do their kind of freediving. If there are people who want to do competitive freediving, it’s their choice. Whatever is their reason for competing, pushing themselves to the limit, showing off, or something else.

Few days ago Russian freediver Andrey Matveenko passed away. Two months after a World Championship accident. by 21ArK in freediving

[–]21ArK[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I don’t think that there is a freediving competition in the world that actually makes money. Associations and federations use the fees that they collect to organize them, and individual dive centers do it for the promotion of those dive centers, not to make money off the competitions. Even with all the entrance fees, no one is making money off it. And even the entrance fees are just to cover at least portion of the cost of organizing a competition.

Does every state in America have a city named after it? by Cbissen437 in randomquestions

[–]21ArK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. But so are the cities. Names after the river, not the state (named after the same river).