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posted by pierdive on Aug 15

On August 2nd, 2008 forty-six competitors descended on Narragansett Bay for the 2008 RI Picasso Open freediving species meet. Freedive hunting is the only way to practice “Release before you Catch” rather than “Catch and Release”. A freedive hunter is given the opportunity to select an individual fish and let the rest swim by, rather than stressing and endangering several fish until a suitable one is caught.  The species meet was created to determine the most proficient FreeDive Hunter by establishing rules in which diversity, rather than total aggregate weight, of a catch will prove who is the best.

Narragansett Pier Dive Shop would like to thank all the competitors (& especially the gentleman from NC who brought us some tasty bacon-wrapped shrimp) and Picasso America for co-sponsoring this event.

Results:

Name Total Points
1 Justin Allen 115.6 1st place
2 Brian Jessurum 112 2nd place
3 Sergey Lopez 90.1 3rd place
4 Andre Lopez 87.1
5 Darryl Wong 85.85
6 Erick Salado 75.3
7 Ken Anderson 71.2
8 KJ Malone 56.75
9 Ryan Moore 55.7
10 Arturo Lazo 54.7
11 Kelly Gillette 52
12 Austin Burneo 49.3
13 Mike Penders 46.2
14 Bernie Finnerly 44.2 Biggest bass – 44.3 lbs
15 Andrew Ford 41.45
16 Gabe Mathias 34.5
17 Chris Parkins 33.75
18 Jon-Michaed Digidio 31.3
19 Billy Daniels 29.5
20 Faye Swenson 27.75 1st place – Womens
21 Adel Sotolongo 27.35
22 James Hurst 26.35
23 Paul Richard 22.85
24 Michael Digidio 18
25 William Altman 17.75
26 Tom Gilgrest 17.6
27 Amanda Ernst 15.4
28 Noel Swroit 15.35
29 Erin Gilgrest 15.2
30 Bill Ernst 14.95
31 Steven King 12.55

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