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Follow on Google News | American Breath Hold Diving Milestone Broken-First American to Freedive down to 300 Feet on One BreaFirst American to Freedive to 300 feet on a Single Breath of Air
By: Car Of Tomorrow Rob set the record in the discipline of Constant Weight (CWT), in which the diver swims down and back with fins (or a monofin, which looks like a whale’s tail), carrying the same weight back to the surface as he swam down with. Rob’s dive took two minutes and twenty-six seconds, to the depth equivalent of a thirty-story building. Rob is a seventeen-time United States freediving record holder, and is also a freediving and SCUBA instructor, business lawyer, and avid surfer; he holds advanced degrees in both law and finance. After his performance, Rob said: “I’d like to thank Andrea Zuccari for his help with equalization, and William Winram for training and coaching. I would also like to send best wishes to my niece, who had surgery two weeks ago to repair a broken bone in her hand, and has been a real trooper.” Robert will dive again in the Red Sea Cup later this week, and be a judge at the upcoming 2012 AIDA Freediving World Championships in Nice, France in September. End
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