The volunteers and Board members of International Association for the Development of Apnea (A.I.D.A. USA), the United States Freediving Team-Apnea USA and the Island of Hawaii YMCA, are pleased to announce The 2002 Pacific Cup of Freediving to be held in Kona, Hawaii from October 28 to November 4, 2002. This event represents the first international freediving competition to be held in the United States. It creates an exciting opportunity for international competitors in the sport to visit the United States and share in the culture, beauty and aloha of the Hawaiian Islands.
We are especially gratified that this year’s event is being dedicated to freediving legend, humanitarian and scholar, Jacques Mayol. Jacques, who was immortalized by the popular movie "The Big Blue", was an enthusiastic supporter of the US Freediving Team. The entire freediving community will miss him greatly, and we are pleased to be able to offer this small but heartfelt tribute to his life and accomplishments. This year we are anticipating participants from over 20 countries and expect most or all of our "freediving stars" to participate. Without doubt this will be an exceptional competition and most probably, world records will be set.
This event will also be filmed by Mr. Robert Talbot who recently completed his production of the IMAX film "Oceanmen". In addition, ABC Sports has expressed interest in documenting the competition ( See list below)
There are 16 teams (with Australia) as of 8/7/02:
(1) Venezuela (participants named) – Katherine Andrade MGR
4 male
1 Captain
Email: aida_vzla@yahoo.com
(2) Bulgaria (participants named) – Yavor Ivanov MGR
3 male
1 captain
Email: valkosub@abv.bg
(3) Canada (participants named) – Kirk Krack MGR
3 Male
3 Female
1 Captain
1 Mgr
Email: kirk.krack@performancefreediving.com
(4) France (participants TBA) – Claude Chapuis MGR
3 Male
3 Female
Email: CLAUDE.CHAPUIS@wanadoo.
(5) United Kingdom (participants TBA) – Steve Gardner MGR
3 Male
3 Female
1 Captain
Email: freediveuk@aol.com
(6) Sweden (participants named) – Gunnar Nordstrom MGR/Captain
3 Male
3 Female
Email: gunnar@onebreath.nu
(7) Monaco (participants named) – Pierre Frolla CONTACT/PARTICIPANT
3 Male
1 Captain
Email: pierre@pierrefrolla.com
(8) Switzerland (participants TBA) Massimo Romano CONTACT #1
Joanna Massacand CONTACT #2 Email: mromano@clarville.ch
(9) Czech Republic (participants named) Daniel Dexner CONTACT Team Rep/Partic.
3 Male
1 Manager
1 Captain
Email: dexner@volny.cz
(10) Belgium (participants named) Jean-Pol Francois CONTACT #1. Raphael Staquet CONTACT #2
3 Male
3 Female
1 Manager
Email: jp.francois.apnee@netcourrier.com
(11) Brazil (participants TBA) Philipp Von Heydebreck CONTACT
2 Teams (?)
Email: Philipp_von_Heydebreck@ATKEARNEY.com
(12) Japan (participants TBA) Susumu Kawaguchi CONTACT #1 Atsuchi Fujiwara CONTACT #2
3 Male
3 Female
1 Manager
1 Captain
Email: skawaguc@bc4.so-net.ne.jp
(13) Portugal (participants TBA) Francisco Gautier CONTACT #1 Carlos Garcao CONTACT #2
1 Team – Male
Email: bzugo@aidaportugal.com
(14) South Africa (participants named) Craig Scott CONTACT #1 Sheila Du Toit CONTACT #2
3 Male
3 Female
1 Manager
Email: orcatrdg@mweb.co.za
(15) Morocco (participants named) Jalal Dahli CONTACT #1 (President AIDA Morocco)
1 Male
Email: jalal_dahli@hotmail.com
(16) Cayman Islands (participants named) David Miller CONTACT #1
3 Male
1 Captain
Email: djm@candw.ky
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Contact:
Glennon T. Gingo
President
A.I.D.A. USA
Email: Glennon@aidausa.org
www.aidausa.org
(808) 960-0137 to Sponsors
