AQUATEC - INNERSPACE OPERATIONS

19.06.2004 - CYPRUS

BIOS FREEDIVER OPEN CLASSIC 2004

ENDED WITH MANY NEW PERSONAL BESTS, NATIONAL RECORDS AND 3 WORLD RECORDS IN THE APNEA CATEGORIES OF CONSTANT WEIGHT, DYNAMIC AND STATIC.

19.06.2004 - CYPRUS

NEW WORLD RECORD

IN WOMEN STATIC APNEA BY LOTTA ERICSON FROM SWEDEN WITH A BREATH HOLD TIME OF 6MIN.31SEC.

17.06.2004 - CYPRUS

HISTORIC WORLD RECORD

BY CARLOS COSTE FROM VENEZUELA BREAKING THE -100 METER BARRIER IN CONSTANT WEIGHT APNEA TO -102 METERS.

14.06.2004 - CYPRUS

NEW WORLD RECORDS

The BIOS Freediving Open Classic kicked off today, Monday 14-06-04, in Limassol, Cyprus. The first discipline of the week long competition was the Dynamics event. This event requires the competitors to swim under water in a pool while holding their breath.

75 competitors, of which, 28 were women, from all over the world took part. Johanna Nordblad of Finland set a new Ladies World Record by swimming a distance of 158 meters while staying fully submerged. It took Johanna 2 minutes 48 seconds to travel over 3 lengths of the Olympic sized 50 metre pool.

The competition continues over the next 5 days with 2 more disciplines. The next event is Constant Weight in which the athletes swim down to over 100 metres on a single breath of air. This will be followed by the Static Apnea event, which sees the athletes holding their breath while submerged in a swimming pool. The current world record is over 8 minutes and training has seen several competitors exceeding this time.

11.06.2004 - CYPRUS

OFFICIAL START

OF THE BIOS FREEDIVER OPEN CLASSIC.

2 MORE ATHLETES REACH RECORD DEPTH IN CONSTANT WEIGHT APNEA OF -105 METERS.

10.06.2004 - CYPRUS

NEW DEPTH RECORD TO -105 METERS

ATHLETES REACH -105 METERS IN CONSTANT WEIGHT APNEA.

3 AIDA JUDGES ARRIVE.

1 BLACK OUT DURING CONSTANT WEIGHT TRAINING.

NEW PHOTO UPDATE.

09.06.2004 - CYPRUS

COMPETITION ENTERS FINAL PREPARATIONS

SEVERAL NEW PB IN STATIC AND CONSTANT WEIGHT.

DISCOVERY CHANNEL CREW JOINING INTO FREEDIVER COMPETITION.

BIOS DOCUMENTARY FILM TEAM STARTS SHOOTING ON LOCATION.

3 DEPTH RECORDS OVER -100 METERS ANNOUNCED BY ATHLETES.

1 BLACK OUT DURING CONSTANT WEIGHT TRAINING.

SAFETY DIVERS ARRIVE IN CYPRUS.

3 ATHLETES ANNOUNCE WORLD RECORD ATTEMPTS IN VARIABLE WEIGHT DURING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER IN GREECE AND VENEZUELA.

COMPETITION MEDIA TEAM COMPLETE AND STARTS SHOOTING ON DIVERS.

NEW PHOTO UPDATE.

05.06.2004 - CYPRUS

DEEPEST FREEDIVE COMPETITION

IT SEEMS IT WILL NOT ONLY BE THE BIGGEST BUT ALSO DEEPEST FREEDIVE COMPETITION EVER HELD.

A PB WAS BROKEN BY RYUZO SHINOMIYA (JAPAN) DURING CONSTANT WEIGHT TRAINING.

FREEDIVER COMPETITORS ANNOUNCE TARGET RECORD DEPTHS IN CONSTANT WEIGHT APNEA DEEPER THAN -100 METERS.

NEW PHOTO UPDATE.

04.06.2004 - CYPRUS

WORLD RECORD HOLDERS ARRIVE

AND MANY ATHLETES WITH MEDIA FOR THE BIOS FREEDIVER OPEN CLASSIC 2004 THE WORLDS BIGGEST FREEDIVE EVENT.

MEDIA WISHING TO ATTEND PLEASE RESERVE A MEDIA PASS FROM ORGANISERS.

UNDERWATER FILM AND PHOTOS AVAILABLE.

BASE CAMP: GOLDEN ARCHES HOTEL, LIMASSOL.

23.05.2004

MEDIA INFO

Media wishing to attend the world’s biggest freedive event is asked to register and receive a media pass. Media for underwater must produce valid certification and medicals, number of divers and planned action details.

Please contact the event media unit management AXEL SCHOELLER to register and receive the requested media pass.

Contact: aquaxel@aol.com (please use in your subject line: BFOC04 MEDIA).

The BIOS FREEDIVER OPEN CLASSIC 2004 is the world’s biggest freedive event. In this extreme of extreme sports over 140 athletes from more than 25 nations will gather again in Cyprus to compete for world record titles in 3 disciplines. Many of the current world record holders have signed in: Herbert Nietsch, Martin Stepanek, Tanya Streeter, Pierre Frolla, Annabel Briseno, Carlos Costa, Pipin Ferreras, Loic Leferme, Natalia Molchanova, etc….

This year’s event will produce the world’s first breath hold dive breaking the -100 meters barrier in the constant weight class and a static breath hold of over 8.5 minutes.

The athletes are accompanied by the best scuba safety divers on this planet forming a world class team from many different countries using latest state-of-the art high-tech equipment.

Many of the athletes and safety divers arrived already in Cyprus to start preparations and training. Base camp is the Golden Arches Hotel in Limassol.

The event is sponsored by: bios, edt, SUUNTO, NINOS sports, AQUATEC - innerspace operations ltd., docs PROPLUGS, deep down diving and BRASAL marine ltd..

You are requested to use the official and complete title of the competition in any and all media coverage of the event.

Many local and international media has confirmed to be on location and started already work on site. A team from Discovery channel is arriving 2^nd of May to produce a 1 hour documentary.

PLEASE USE aquaxel@aol.com FOR REPLY !

18.05.2004

NEW PB APNEA RECORD

OF COSTAS KYRIACOU FROM CYPRUS IN CONSTANT WEIGHT TO -70 METERS.

18.05.2004

NEW UNDERWATER PHOTOS

RELEASED FOR THE WORLDS BIGGEST FREEDIVE EVENT.

02.05.2004

JAPANESE ATHLETES

ARRIVE IN CYPRUS TO TAKE ON TRAINING FOR THE WORLDS BIGGEST FREEDIVE EVENT.

27.04.2004

PRESS RELEASE #2

BIOS FREEDIVER OPEN CLASSIC CYPRUS

11TH - 19TH JUNE 2004

Freeology® is organising the worlds biggest freedive event in Cyprus.

Main sponsor is BIOS www.scubaman.com . Full On Entertainments will premiere at the competition its latest movie THE FREEDIVER, starring Dominique Swain, Judd Nelson, James Fox, Alki David, Adam Baldwin and Camilla Rutherford.

More info at www.thefreediver.org

The BIOS Freediving Open Classic will be held in the crystal clear waters of Cyprus from June 11^th to June 19^th. With over 140 freedivers coming from 25 different countries the event will be a true international extravaganza.

The competition will be judged and officiated by the British Freediving Association and A.I.D.A the sport’s governing body.

The Worlds top freedivers will compete to see who is the best Freediver in the world, with world record holders such as Martin Stepanek, Tanya Streeter, Pierre Frolla, Annabel Briseno, Carlos Costa and many more. It will truly be a world class competition.

The first competitors will arrive in Cyprus beginning of May 2004 to start training.

The warm clear waters of Cyprus make for an ideal location for both freedivers and media alike. With confirmation that Discovery Channel will be shooting an hour-long documentary, planed for world wide release, on location at the competition, a potentially massive audience will enjoy the stunning underwater imagery. Many other media companies including film, magazines, news and other papers have confirmed attending the Competition.

You are requested to use the official and complete title of the competition in any and all media coverage of the event.

For further information and the full list of competitors

go to - www.freediver.co.uk

or www.aquatec-innerspace.com.

Any enquiries please contact Axel Schoeller aquaxel@aol.com if you plan to attend due to media logistics and organisation for the event, for underwater film footage or use of daily updated photos at www.aquatec-innerspace.com.

09.02.2004

PRESS RELEASE #1

WHO WILL BE THE WORLDS BEST FREEDIVER?

FREEDIVERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD (OVER 20 DIFFERENT NATIONS) WILL GATHER ON THE ISLAND OF Cyprus TO COMPETE IN THE “BIOS FREEDIVER OPEN CLASSIC 2004” FROM 11^TH JUNE 2004 TO 19^TH OF JUNE 2004 PRESENTED BY FREEOLOGY LTD.

IT IS THE WORLD BIGGEST FREEDIVE EVENT AND MANY WORLD RECORD HOLDERS WILL ATTEND AND COMPETE IN THIS MOST EXTREME OF EXTREME SPORTS TO BECOME THE WORLDS NUMBER ONE. (TANJA STREETER, ANNABEL BRISENO, HERBERT NITSCH, LOIC LEFERME, NATALIA MOLCHANOVA, MANDY-RAE CRUICKSHANK, PATRICK MUSIMU, CARLOS COSTE, PIPIN FERRERAS, ETC…).

ON ONE BREATH: DEPTHS OF OVER –90 METERS, BREATH HOLDS OF MORE THAN 8 MINUTES, DISTANCES OF 200 METERS+ WILL BE CHALLENGED.

MEDIA CONDITIONS FOR FILM AND PHOTO ARE EXCELLENT IN Cyprus. WARM TEMPERATURES, CALM SEAS, UNDERWATER VISIBILITY AROUND 50 METERS PLUS ALL NECESSARY LOGISTICS TO PERFORM PROFESSIONAL MEDIA WORK ARE SET.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT AQUATEC - INNERSPACE OPERATIONS LTD.

(BFOC04 MEDIA UNIT).