Suunto Vertical Blue 2014
27 November to 5 December 2014
After catching up with Jonathan Sunnex earlier in the year in Turkey, and proving his freediving capabilities, Moss was invited to be part of the Vertical Blue safety team at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas. The event consisted of 35 competitors and 7 days of competition. On the 5th day of the competition, Moss was honored to be selected as Will Trubridge's second deep safety freediver during his 102m CNF (Constant weight without fins) Live dive World Record attempt.
A huge thank you to Beuchat NZ and Beuchat USA for supplying Moss with all the gear required for Vertical Blue!
After catching up with Jonathan Sunnex earlier in the year in Turkey, and proving his freediving capabilities, Moss was invited to be part of the Vertical Blue safety team at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas. The event consisted of 35 competitors and 7 days of competition. On the 5th day of the competition, Moss was honored to be selected as Will Trubridge's second deep safety freediver during his 102m CNF (Constant weight without fins) Live dive World Record attempt.
A huge thank you to Beuchat NZ and Beuchat USA for supplying Moss with all the gear required for Vertical Blue!
World record attempt by William Trubridge
On Tuesday December 2nd (December 3rd in NZ) Moss and Jonathan were the deep safety divers for William Trubridge during his World Record 102m attempt. The event was filmed and covered by Chris Chang from Breakfast and One News, plus it was also filmed by William's sponsor, Steinlager.
Related videos:
- Olympic level safety divers for freedive record attempt
- From start to finish: William Trubridge attempts to dive 102m
- Kiwi freediver Trubridge humbled by support
- I owe New Zealand a World Record
- Steinlager Pure: Watch as William Trubridge attempts to freedive deeper than any human has gone before
Related videos:
- Olympic level safety divers for freedive record attempt
- From start to finish: William Trubridge attempts to dive 102m
- Kiwi freediver Trubridge humbled by support
- I owe New Zealand a World Record
- Steinlager Pure: Watch as William Trubridge attempts to freedive deeper than any human has gone before
Blog posts
Safety diving for William Trubridge's 102m Deep Dive 02/11/2014
Firstly what an amazing athlete and person Will Trubridge is, an incredible guy pushing the absolute boundaries of freediving. As a 15x World record holder he is totally dedicated to the sport and this 102m World Record attempt has brought the sport so much attention. Yet he is a super humble guy and I'm honored to have been able to be one of the safety divers for his awesome attempt... Read more
Firstly what an amazing athlete and person Will Trubridge is, an incredible guy pushing the absolute boundaries of freediving. As a 15x World record holder he is totally dedicated to the sport and this 102m World Record attempt has brought the sport so much attention. Yet he is a super humble guy and I'm honored to have been able to be one of the safety divers for his awesome attempt... Read more
Dean’s Blue Hole - First impressions 22/11/2014
I’m new to the sport of freediving and don’t think I really realized what an opportunity it is to be visiting Dean’s Blue Hole and being part of Vertical Blue, that was until I mentioned it on Facebook. I then got plenty of comments from other freedivers saying, “how cool it is that I’m making the pilgrimage to the Mecca of freediving” or how envious they are... Read more
Insights from Dean's Blue Hole - AIDA NZ
Moss Burmester, New Zealand Olympian and Commonwealth gold medalist in butterfly, retired from competitive swimming to enjoy his spearfishing and freediving. He is at Dean’s Blue Hole as part of the Safety team, and is giving us insights into the goings on at Vertical Blue 2014 as part of his trip around the world... Read more
Freedive Earth
We recommend taking a look at the entertaining posts by Terry Tarpen from Freedive Earth - Read More
I’m new to the sport of freediving and don’t think I really realized what an opportunity it is to be visiting Dean’s Blue Hole and being part of Vertical Blue, that was until I mentioned it on Facebook. I then got plenty of comments from other freedivers saying, “how cool it is that I’m making the pilgrimage to the Mecca of freediving” or how envious they are... Read more
Insights from Dean's Blue Hole - AIDA NZ
Moss Burmester, New Zealand Olympian and Commonwealth gold medalist in butterfly, retired from competitive swimming to enjoy his spearfishing and freediving. He is at Dean’s Blue Hole as part of the Safety team, and is giving us insights into the goings on at Vertical Blue 2014 as part of his trip around the world... Read more
Freedive Earth
We recommend taking a look at the entertaining posts by Terry Tarpen from Freedive Earth - Read More
Daily Videos
For each day of the Vertical Blue event, Daan Verhoeven and Richard Davies were busy filming, editing and producing these factual and often fairly quirky videos!
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