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MAYAN PRINCESS RESORTAND THE BEACH CLUB SAN SIMON

PRESENT THE

ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALEPOUR LE DÉVELOPPMENT DE L’APNÉE

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Located in the Caribbean Sea, the Honduran island of Roatan is surrounded by crystal clear waters that are calm and warm. It is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second largest reef system in the world, where you can fi nd walls that drop off to hundreds of meters only a few swim strokes away from white sandy beaches.A popular diving destination since the 70’s, Roatan has all the necessary infrastructure for hosting this world-class event and to provide for the necessary comfort and safety to all participants and staff.

The island is served by the Juan Manuel Gálvez Roatán International Airport which has direct international fl ights from Miami, Dallas, Atlanta, and Houston (2 hours fl ight connection) via American Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines and Avianca Airlines respectively, as well as domestic connections for international fl ights arriving into mainland Honduran cities including the capital Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and San Salvador, El Salvador (30 minutes fl ight). Canadian carriers Sunwing Airlines (via Toronto) and WestJet also serve the Island with direct charter fl ights.Roatan is also serviced by the Galaxy Wave express Catamaran ferry with two daily trips to and from La Ceiba.

ROATAN, BAY ISLANDS

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Since its inception in 2013, the Caribbean Cup has become one of the most important freediving competitions in the world. World- and National Champions from countries in the 5 continents, high-level safety teams and distinguished international judges participate in this exciting competition, held at one of the most appropriate venues on the planet. Free Immersion (FIM), Constant Weight with Fins (CWT), and Constant Weight Without Fins (CNF) are the three disciplines in which athletes try to reach greater depths hile holding their breath.

Since we began to look into the process of organizing an international competition in Roatan, we started seeking for advice and expertise from professional freedivers and their governing body, AIDA. The fi rst 2 editions of the Caribbean Cup (2013/14) were held in a warm atmosphere, athletes from the 5 continents congregated and 1 world record was established, as well as 7 continental records and more than 40 national records; reaching important media outlets all over the world, such as CNN TV, CNN International , CNN en Español, Fox Sports Latinoamerica, Huffi ngton post, Deeper Blue, Silverkris Magazine (Singapore Airlines), Acuadeus Magazine (France), Sun+ Magazine (UK), Scuba Diver Life (USA), The Inertia Magazine, Sportsub.net (Venezuela), Winsports Magazine (Colombia), Voice Magazine (Honduras), Radio W (Colombia), Prawno Apparel, Publimetro Magazine (Colombia), Centro de Actividades Subacuáticas (Venezuela).(To see more, click over the respective media).

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Fox Sports Latin America 3 years supporting the Caribbean Cup!! Fox Sport Pasion Xtrema tv show “William Trubridge Roatan 2012”Fox Sport Pasion Xtrema tv show “Caribbean Cup 2013”Fox Sport Pasion Xtrema tv show “Caribbean Cup 2014”

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West Bay is the beach where the event will take place. All staff and competitors will be housed in our exclusive Resort Mayan Princess; the Roatan Organizing Committee will cover accommodation expenses during competition days.The diving platform will be located 3 minutes by boat from our headquarter, the “San Simon Beach Club”.


West End Town is a mere 10 minutes away from West Bay by taxi boat or car (that run continuously until dark).

Organized and supervised training will be available from April 10th for free. O2 is available.Also several hotels and restaurants in West Bay and West End will provide discounts to all the competitors during the training weeks. Rooms, hotels, apartments, cabañas, condos, posadas, are all available at low prices. Feel free to contact us in order to fi nd the best option to your budget.





This Beach Club has opened their doors to the freediving community and allowed us to usethe club as the event headquarter. At this venue, we will host the following amenities:

Registration area and Offi ce Space / WI-FI Room for staff/helpersJudges RoomRoom for award ceremony Room for Event Committee Safe storage / lockersShowers and changing rooms Full bar and restaurant Lounge chairs and hammocks

Registration area and Offi ce Space / WI-FI Room for staff/helpersJudges RoomRoom for award ceremony Room for Event Committee Safe storage / lockersShowers and changing rooms Full bar and restaurant Lounge chairs and hammocks


3 minutes boat ride

A large and comfortable catamaran 60 feet long, 20 feet wide, with radio, internet and toilet facilities will be our main event fl oating base for the spectators, the media crew and will also serve as the location of our live broadcasting station. This catamaran can host up to 65 people comfortably.

The site proposed for the competition is 0.70 m from shore ( N 16° 16´ 577´´ - W -86° 36´ 365´´ ), located in front of West Bay Beach and within 3 minutes by boat from our headquarter at San Simon Beach Club. Two moorings are installed permanently on a large submerged sand patch, at a depth of 189 meters (620 feet). These moorings will then anchor the competition platform and the main event catamaran, see picture below.




“Deep Down” is a 12 x 12 feet platform, with capacity to comfortably host up to 15 people. Built and designed sepcifi cally for freedive training and competitions, with an integrated counter-ballast system, sonar device, electric winch, great buoyancy and stability. This platform will have one offi cial line and three warm-up lines.NOTE: This platform is for the exclusive use of competitors and staff.

Two transfer boats with a capacity of up to 15 people per boat will be permanently available to ferry competitors, judges and staff from shore to the competition catamaran. (3 minutes boat ride)One additional boat will be permanently by the dive platform for the exclusive use of emergency evacuation.


Caribbean Cup is fully dedicated to the safety of the athletes, being the fi rst freediving competition to implement a mandatory medical response course to its safety freedivers, organizers and local medical personnel. Also on the Caribbean Cup 2015 medical doctor Kerry Hollowell (US), will develope a course with an emphasis in basic and universal freediving safety procedures, more advanced CPR and ACLS elements and overall team building and leadership. All athletes and organizers are invited and encouraged to attend at no cost. The course follows the assumption that head safety diver, Ren Chapman has already set a universal standard of basic safety procedures for the entire safety team.

6 Experienced, advanced life support trained safety divers per competition line.1 Doctor/medic on the platform per line.1 Safety scuba diver on site for counterbalance system backup.4 Paramedics provided by Roatan Red Cross.Traditional counter balance system capable of 2+m/s assisted ascent .Electric winch.1 Fast evacuation boat capable of making the beach in 3 minutes.1 Fully equipped ambulance on standby with 15 minute drive to advanced medical center and decompression chamber.1 High resolution sonar per competition line.


Photo Lia Barrett, William Trubridge (NZ) escorted by safety team staffCaribbean Cup 2013


MEDICAL PROTOCOL

1. Persons on the platforma. 6 Experienced, advanced life support trained safety divers per competition line.b. 1 Doctor/medic on the platform per line.c. Two operators for counterbalance system and deep sonar device.d. 1 Safety scuba diver on site for counterbalance system backup.e. 4 Paramedics provided by Roatan Red Cross.

2. Equipment per linea. 1 oxygen bottle for decompression post-dive per line.b. 1 oxygen bottle for use in injury only per line.c. Medical bag on platform to include :

i. Bag valve mask deviceii. Laryngeal mask airway and/or King tube advanced airwayiii. Stethoscopeiv. Suction catheterv. 16-gauge needle cathetervi. Oropharyngeal airwayvii. Defi brillator in a dry bagviii. BP cuff apparatusix. Pulse oximeterx. Epinephrinexi. CPAP face mask

d. Equipment on the boat :i. Stethoscopeii. Oxygeniii. Pulse oximeteriv. BP cuff

3. Examinationsa. Examinations will occur at any point without disturbing the recovery of the athletes before/after dive by any of the medical doctor on site.

i. Includes any clinical relevant examination of the diver.ii. Including but not limited to: listening to heart/lung sounds, evaluating for sinus and /or lung bleeding, examination of throat and ear, etc.

4. Decompression oxygen a. May occur after any dive deeper than 60 mtrs.b. Diver to breath oxygen on the surface only.c. Diver may only breath oxygen for no longer than 5 minutes.

5. Evacuation Plana. One boat will permanently be available next to the dive platform exclusively for emergency evacuation.b. ambulance on land (3 minute boat ride from dive platform) and 15 minutes from emergency clinic and hyperbaric chamber.c. The whole event will be covered by the Honduran Red Cross and Bomberos Voluntarios (Volunteer Firemen) Staff.

6. Grounding of athletesa. May occur at the discretion of the lead medical doctor.b. Will involve a thorough evaluation of the athlete and determination that subsequent diving may further harm or worsen the present injury or put the athlete at signifi cant harm or in danger of loss of life.



AIR TEMPERATURE: Lows: 25 - 28 C (77 - 86 F) Highs: 28 - 30 C (82 - 86 F) WATER TEMPERATURE: Average: 27 - 29 C (80 - 84 F)( Water temperature decreases about 2 degrees at 100 mtrs )

CURRENTS: Null to moderate.

VISIBILITY: 24 - 40 meters (80 - 120 feet)


MAY 24Check in at the resort sponsor, offi cial registration & Open Ceremony.MAY 25Day 1 Competition.MAY 26 Day 2 Competition.MAY 27Day 3 Competition.MAY 28REST DAY.

MAY 29Day 4 Competition.MAY 30Day 5 Competition.MAY 31Day 6 Competition and Closing Ceremony.JUNE 1stCheck out and departure.

The entry fee cost is US$ 1,000 for the fi rst 20 competitors to confi rm their participation by paging the fee, and US$ 1,200 if you confi rm after the fi rst 20 registrants. You can also pay 50% before April 1st. and the remaining 50% at the time of the offi cial registration (May 24th).

Registration includes:• Hosting at Mayan Princess Resort during the event.• Participation in the 3 disciplines of the competition (CWT; CNF; FIM)• Free access to the training lines in the weeks prior to the competition.• Entrace to the closing ceremony party

Classifi cation and points: • Ranking classifi cation will be based on the average of the best performances done by the athlete in each discipline • There will also be a ranking per discipline • The standard AIDA points system will be used. (It is not mandatory to do an announcement per discipline; athletes can choose to make announcements in the same discipline as many times as they want.)


Bay Islands Triathlon- ITU Sanctioned event - Held yearly since 2003 -

Fishing Tournament- Bill Fish Foundation sanctioned 2010 as the fi rst offi cial “Catch and Release” -

Hosted yearly since 1999

Central American Golf Championship- Established in 1944 - First held on Roatan in February 2012 -

The Honduran Ministry of Tourism as well as the Municipa-lity of Roatan, have expressed their enthusiasm for this event to be hosted on our island.They will provide us with local police support, medical assistance from the Red Cross, ease of processing permits and both gover-nmental entities will host a banner announcing this event on their respective websites.


Photo Lia Barrett, Alexey Molchanov (Russia) and Marina Kazankova (Russia)“El Aguila wreck”; Roatan , May 2014


All necesary cameras will be available to fi lm the event according to the “offi cial rules and regulations”. There will be several surface cameras as well as one bottom plate camera for each competition line. Freediver and scuba diver videographers and photographers will also be covering the event.The event will be broadcasted online.

Other media coverage:Vertical banners (airport lobby Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and Roatan), all participating hotel lobbies)Over the road banners (West End, West Bay and Coxen Hole)Posters and Flyers (all over the island, including Utila, La Ceiba, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa and Copán)Roatan Chat Groups/Web page/Facebook/Twitter Links

Fox Sports Latin America:“Pasion Xtrema” TV ShowAired in all Latin AmericaRepeated 3 times.

The following will receive complete media kits (photos, videos, press releases):

All Honduran TV Channels: Channel 3 Televicentro Maya TV (channel 66) Roatán Cable Companies.

All Honduran Newspapers: El Heraldo La Tribuna Diario Tiempo La Prensa Diez (all sports)

All Honduran Radio Stations:Radio AmericaRadio HRNRadio CaracolSun 107Estero Red


In order to confi rm your inscription or get more information, please contact the competition organizer: ESTEBAN DARHANPECONTACT: [email protected]

www.roatanfreediving.com

Facebook page: Caribbean Cup Freediving Competition


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