Dear Dirty Dozen Team Member,
What a week of excitement it has been! We’ve seen our lockdown restrictions eased here in the Ukraine, I bought my fiancée a glass of wine from a terrace bar at a safe distance from others. I managed to have a great chat with Nick Hollis from Hollis Gear and PFI founder Kirk Krack announced he is joining us as Special Guest on a technical freedive trip to Truk Lagoon in January 2022.
Interest has already gone wild since the announcement was made on the action-packed episode of Coming Clean on Monday. If you are interested please do get in contact now for more information.
Speaking with Kirk about his involvement in the film industry, the first project that he introduced technical freediving to was Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation during a scene where Tom Cruise was facing a long breath hold. Today, Kirk Krack is on the back end of 31 months of filming James Cameron’s the Avatar sequels in LA and New Zealand which premieres December 2021.
“James’ vision of the alien underwater world is going to blow everyone away.” Said Kirk during our interview.
Each episode of our show encourages audience participation through submitting questions; Founder of DeeperBlue.com Stephan Whelan asked in the online comments:
SW: “Considering how much technical freediving is coming to the forum in discussions, do you see it being taught by freediving and mainstream agencies in the future?”
KK: “Oh, absolutely so. I feel comfortable and confident that with my background in mixed gas diving and hyperbarics, and safety being my thing, the task is to make sure that the right education system supports technical freediving because there are a lot of advantages and can be the right tool for the job, but there are certainly some hazards to consider.”
To summarize, Kirk is in the process developing an educational system based around technical freediving practices with standards & procedures and thorough support materials.
Watch Kirk’s episode over on YouTube.
Kirk and buddies breathing a mix on the surface before a technical freedive in Truk Lagoon with Aron Arngrimsson and Truk Master in 2017.
Don’t miss out tomorrow night as we speak to Director of Sales and Marketing at Shearwater Research: Gabriel Pineda about the real time decompression revolution.
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Love,
Aron and the DDE Team