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Vertical Blue: Day 5 highlights clip
Here's another take on a dramatic day 5 at the Suunto Vertical Blue. Although the main focus of the day was the world record attempt of Will Trubridge, this clip shines the spotlight on some of the other athletic performances at Dean's Blue Hole.

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No new world record for Will Trubridge
The line between success and failure is a fine one – something the freediver Will Trubridge knows only too well. He has notched up 15 world records during his career. But yesterday, he did not manage to add another to his tally.
His attempt to reach 102 m in the completely unassisted discipline of CNF – where divers descend and ascend without fins or any other aids – was not successful. He reached his target depth but got into trouble near the surface and signalled for help to make the last few meters and was helped to the top by the safety divers.
Watch the epic video of his performance here:
Speaking afterwards Will said: “There's definitely disappointment about not reaching the goal I set myself. I prepared a lot for this dive and I feel like everything went well. In the freefall I was feeling good but just today, I just wasn't quite capable.
Though I'm disappointed not to achieve the goal, there is some content in the fact that I gave it my utmost best shot. And so much of my motivation to pull out all the stops in this attempt today came from the numerous messages of support that I have been receiving in the lead up.
I'm definitely going to attempt this again. This was just a plot twist. I will probably have another crack in the Spring.”

Suunto unveils a new dive compass
Suunto is releasing a new edition of the world's most popular dive compass, the Suunto SK-8.
SK-8, an update of Suunto’s leading dive compass, features new fonts for enhanced readability underwater and an improved construction for faster stabilization.
Both northern and southern hemisphere models can be used over a wider area of the globe thanks to an upgraded magnet – meaning you can have total confidence when following your dive plan.
The Suunto SK-8 is available from December 2014.

Trubridge attempts to break World Record
Today Suunto ambassador William Trubridge is going for the big record, the one he's been building up for – 102 m in Constant Weight No Fin (CNF), the purest freediving discipline. It's where divers descend and ascend without any artificial means. “Unassisted freediving is where you're freediving with no fins or any propulsive assistance of any kind and trying to go as deep as possible on that one lungful of air,” says Trubridge.If successful, it will break his own record of 101 m. The dive will last just over 4 minutes and will be split equally in time between descent and ascent. "I don't have a fear of being at depth or going to 100m, but I do have a fear of not making the dive perfect or being disqualified and essentially failing," adds Trubridge. This week he has made a couple of warm-up dives, one of which did not go to plan. Despite taking place in the Bahamas weather has been cool and Trubridge began his first big dive shivering from the cold which affected his performance. But before heading into the water today he was feeling confident. “I still feel that drive and thirst to go deeper. It hasn't been quenched yet,” he says. The dive will take place at 11 am EST. Stay tuned to Facebook to find out how it went.
Today was looking to be another action packed day at Suunto Vertical Blue with 11 other National Record announcements and an average depth of 79m!

What's your adventure?
Adventures take us to new experiences and out of the everyday. Kilian Jornet says that exploring is human; Greg Hill that adventure is a mindset.
Watch the Suunto Adventure video and hear what Kilian Jornet, Greg Hill, Jill Heinerth and Conrad Stoltz think of adventure.
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