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Amazing video of underwater free dive

  • 10-06-2010 4:06pm
    #1
    SugarHigh
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    Amazing video of underwater free dive

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQITWbAaDx0&feature=player_embedded#!
    In this remarkable clip, world freediving champion Guillaume Nery stands at the edge of the world's deepest underwater sink hole. And he jumps. The ensuing photography is a hypnotic adventure into the impossible.

    While Nery contends that no freediver can nor ever will make it to the bottom of Dean's Blue Hole, he spent four afternoons pulling off the stunts to simulate the effect while girlfriend/freediver Julie Gautier, just as impressively, filmed them (while freediving herself!) with a Canon 5D Mark II. [Julie Gautier via GrindTV]
    The Canon 5D is just:eek:
    The dive at 1:10:eek:


Comments

  • #2
    Panda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,621 ✭✭✭Panda


    Great vid, very well shot.

    watch it in 1080p


  • #3
    Darksaga87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭Darksaga87


    Says on the video description thats its not real?

    Still very bad ass and cool.


  • #4
    SugarHigh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,265 ✭✭✭SugarHigh


    Darksaga87 wrote: »
    Says on the video description thats its not real?

    Still very bad ass and cool.
    I think they say that because he doesn't actually dive to the bottom of the hole.


  • #5
    karma_
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,798 ✭✭✭karma_


    That would terrify me. Standing at the edge of a black abyss and feckin jumping in.


  • #6
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I was listening to last.fm when I started this video and Holy Diver by Dio was playing they match up pretty well.

    If you start the diver one at 44 seconds they match perfectly. I think maybe they intended on using the Dio song.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo4xVCBSzOI


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQITWbAaDx0


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  • #7
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Darksaga87 wrote: »
    Says on the video description thats its not real?

    Still very bad ass and cool.

    I would imagine they mean that it's not one single free dive.

    They obviously did a fair few dives to get all the shots.


  • #8
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    Hank_Jones wrote: »
    I would imagine they mean that it's not one single free dive.

    They obviously did a fair few dives to get all the shots.

    Saw it posted on a link the other day but can't find it now, where it gave more information on it.

    Found this one instead, where it states they did shoot it over 4 afternoons.


  • #9
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Saibh wrote: »
    Saw it posted on a link the other day but can't find it now, where it gave more information on it.

    Found this one instead, where it states they did shoot it over 4 afternoons.


    Wow, that's a long time to hold your breath for.


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