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New interview series where we talk with some of the best industry experts in the free diving and spearfishing world and learn about their relationship with the sport and the ocean. Brought to you by Just Get Wet.

07/07/2023

Know The Ropes Ep 9 Christina Sours

We sit down with freedive instructor and photographer Christina Sours for this interview of Know the Ropes. We talk about her journey becoming an instructor, balancing different careers, Vertical Green competition and how that led her to become a competitive freediver for Team USA, and her plans for World Championships in Roatán and Caribbean Cup. She also lends her expertise on different types of training and how that propelled her towards success!

45 min
06/27/2023

Know The Ropes Ep 8 Li Karlsén

This week's Know The Ropes interview is with one of the most impressive, humble, fun and wise humans. Li Karlsén is an ex Swedish Special Forces badass who is now a competitive freediver, coach, and founder of Freedive Nordic. We chat about coming from a military background, some of the intense things that occurred before and during her military experience, what her journey into competitive freediving has looked like, and a bit about her training and nutritional approach.

1h 5m
06/27/2023

Know The Ropes Ep 7 Blake Kutach

For this episode we sat down with Co - owner of Kinetic Spearfishing LLC, Blake Kutach. We talked about his experiences on the water chasing down monster bluefin tuna, gear rigging and hunting techniques, and his company which produces beautiful handmade wooden spearguns. Check out more of Blakes work at @kineticspearfishing-offici35

1h 22m
06/27/2023

Know The Ropes Ep 6 Mitsuki Hara

We had the honor of hosting Mitsuki Hara, who first experienced california freediving at one of our meetups a few years ago. Fast forward to now, she is the female record holder for White Seabass! That is an incredible feat, especially in such a short period of time. When you listen to her talk though…while it is still just as impressive it might not be as surprising because she is a badass! We are so humbled that we were able to be part of her journey, and the story of her landing this fish is absolutely wild! https://www.justgetwet.com

1h 28m
06/27/2023

Know The Ropes Ep 5 Sheena McNally

In this episode we get to sit down with the incredible Sheena McNally, a Canadian competitive freediver with 6 national and 2 continental depth records, and 4 national pool records. We had a great time talking with her about the ups and downs she has experienced as a competitive freediver, what her freediving journey has looked like, and what keeps her going. We love how hard Sheena trains while carrying an incredible sense of humor throughout the process, and her instagram @sheenaneedscoffee is an incredible window into the life of a competitive freediver. We hope you enjoy this interview, we know we did! https://www.justgetwet.com

1h 4m
06/27/2023

Know The Ropes Ep 4 Catalina Traylor

Catalina Traylor, one of our freediving assistant instructors and a local legend, joins us for Episode 4! Catalina is a loan officer here in San Diego who can be found on the beach playing volleyball, the bay paddleboarding, on or under the ocean fishing or freediving. We talk about overcoming her feeling of being intimidated during her first class and how she was able to progress here and down at the Cenotes in Playa del Carmen for her deepest (so far) dive of 40m, and what she is working on to continue even deeper! One of these things is FRC diving, or Functional Residual Capacity, which a technique we teach in our advanced classes. She loves the duality of freediving, how we train to find peace in the middle of what could be seen as an anxiety ridden event (being deep underwater and having to hold your breath!) 14:06 Catalina grew up on a sailboat here in Southern California and her dad spearfished quite often. She tells us about how she got him back in the water this past year after a 20 year hiatus and how as soon as he hit the water he turned from a 70 year old man into a 20 year old youth! Pretty awesome to hear! 15:23 The mental aspect of freediving is so fascinating, and Catalina shares a couple techniques she has tried out during her dives. I definitely recommend listening to these, how they progressed, and how she changed her strategy to adapt to that! 19:10 Diet restrictions?? Dairy? No dairy? Does it affect congestion? Cat has a story for you! 20:00 Some people don't eat or drink coffee before they dive...but Catalina is self diagnosed with hangeratitus so she fuels up with a small breakfast with some coffee...not a full meal but it takes the edge off! Thankfully! Love you Cat ;) 20:43 What it's like diving the kelp forests of San Diego, and the slight subtle differences between that and diving in the Cenotes. 27:02 Why the mental aspect is so important, and how the line reveals all! 29:30 How Cat knew she wanted to become an instructor, what that progress has been like, how adding performance expectations to depth has impacted her relationship to diving, and the all female classes she plans to put together in the future Then she gives us all the warm and fuzzies and tells us what Just Get Wet and the freediving community has meant to her :) 35:37 What she would tell a student who might be afraid of or intimidated by the course...hint...you might be surprised at what you can do! So listen to this part!

37 min
06/27/2023

Know The Ropes Ep 3 Captain Bly

We got to sit down with Captain Bly, the owner of Captain Bly Spearguns and Lineage Charters here in San Diego. Bly has spent decades on the water, and when he's not out there running charters or commercial fishing he is out on his skiff doing it for fun...so you know this guy loves what he does! When we started doing spearfishing classes at Just Get Wet, Bly was the guy we went out with. From the students to the instructors, all of us learned a lot from him and continue to do so today. We hope you enjoy this one! As always, check out our website for any classes, charters, trips, or trainings that you’re interested in! https://www.justgetwet.com

1h 1m
06/27/2023

Know The Ropes Ep 2 Oli Christen-Drew

Oli was in our neck of the woods helping certify some of our newest instructors for Just Get Wet and we had to take the opportunity to sit him down and ask him some questions. Oli has made a huge impact in the world of freediving as the author of the original AIDA manuals, as a member of the PADI Freediver advisory board that was reviewing the content of their newly developed worldwide freediving programs, and as a member of the Movement Board for Molchanovs. The man literally wrote the books on how do freedive. There's so much good stuff in here so grab a cup of tea, get ready to take notes and kick back for our second episode of Know the Ropes.

41 min
06/22/2023

Know The Ropes Ep 1 Chris Cheezem

Know The Ropes is a new interview series where we talk to people who have some sort of relationship with the water and hear their journey. Freediving is a rapidly growing sport but there still is so much that we don't know. Everyone's journey is different so it can be extremely helpful to hear about other peoples struggles and learn how they over came them so we can potentially apply these techniques to our own progression. This is the very first episode in an ongoing series. What would be more fitting for our very first episode than talking with Chris Cheezem, the founder of Just Get Wet, and to hear his story that has brought us all here today. If you have someone you'd like to recommend or would like to see on camera please let us know. Chapters 0:48 - Growing up 3:19 - Intro into the Navy 13:59 - getting out of the Navy, starting Diveviz, and the first dive meet-up 20:12 - Deep Week 25:22 - Growth of the meet ups 28:45 - Started teaching 33:39 - Acquiring our first brick and mortar location 35:22 - This last year 38:00 - Equalization, paying the piper, and progressing in freediving 43:26 - Spearfishing 45:31 - Urge to breath and Contractions 44:49 - Bonus Cheeze Filmed and Edited by @NateMinatta

50 min

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New interview series where we talk with some of the best industry experts in the free diving and spearfishing world and learn about their relationship with the sport and the ocean. Brought to you by Just Get Wet.

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