Tag: variable weight
Deep Spearfishing: all about the Variable Weight
Since old Greek sponge divers times, variable weight diving has been permanently on the agenda of free divers. Using an oval shape marble block (petra) and an attached rope; sponge divers of the past used to dive very fast, very deep, collect their stuff at that depth, and return back to surface with the help of their top men who were pulling up the line and the weight. The culture of using a pendulum has obviously developed since then. Today the historic petra has evolved into a modern diving sledge in an athletic wet arena.