Interview with Paul Best and Jackson Shields
Todays interview is with Paul Best and Jackson Shields from Wettie in New Zealand! Paul and Jackson are two frothing spearos down in NZ that have a passion for spearfishing and have become quite legendary competition spearos in recent years. Having done over 20 comps as a dive team, hear tips and tricks they’ve picked up along the way as well as some close calls and encounters with the tax man. Competition spearfishing info + tips on how to dive and hunt effectively in cold, dirty water. Go check out Wettie’s gear at Wettie.co.nz.
Important times
- 00:13 Intro.
- 07:50 Welcome Paul and Jackson! Ever had trouble with tiger sharks?
- 19:30 Tahitian spearos are on another level.
- 21:00 All about spearfishing competitions: strategy, froth and noob tips
- 28:25 You guys dive together a lot!
- 32:50 What subjects have you deep dived into in spearfishing?
- 39:15 The secret to diving deep.
- 42:40 Wettie gear is awesome!
- 44:30 Shooting sharks, activists and sharks vs your reelgun.
- 58:00 What do you love to hunt?
- 01:01:20 How to dive in cold + dirty water.
- 01:05:45 Mental health and spearfishing
- 01:10:15 Aquabog stories
- 01:15:25 Gear: Wettie boat floats.
- 01:20:20 Decompression Sickness
- 01:24:30 What’s in your dive bag?
- 01:32:10 Dive watches for spearfishing, changing batteries.
- 01:44:25 Spearo Q&A
- 01:47:35 Outro
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