Olympic Scuba Diving

[RichWilx]

As I sit here in my office looking out over the Olympic Stadium, I am having lighthearted thoughts of Olympic SCUBA diving.

It wouldn't be very spectator friendly though would it?

Commentator: "With a new Olympic record of 312m, the South African who came so close to gold four years ago now settles into 12 hours of decompression."

 

[HowardE]

This is why scuba diving is so popular on television, and there are so many successful scuba shows on major networks... Right?

Short answer. Scuba isn't a competitive sport it also doesn't appeal to the masses. You'd have more worldwide interest in tug-of-war as an Olympic sport.

But watching Olympics is cool.

 

[RichWilx]

It cant be any less popular than "people prancing around on horses trying to look perfect"... sorry... dressage.

We just need to come up with something that is interesting to watch: SCUBA polo? U/W Capture the Flag? DIR vs Stroke u/w boxing?

 

[divemonkey33]

http://www.ultimatediverchallenge.com

 

[ferris213]

It cant be any less popular than "people prancing around on horses trying to look perfect"... sorry... dressage.

Uh Oh.

 

[fire_diver]

My favorite is the scuba cheerleaders. You have to work really hard to do cheers through a regulator, but then the pyramid is much easier.

 

[g1138]

Underwater hockey might have more appeal.
Or Torpedo Toy Rugby.

 

[DA Aquamaster]

Look, if Beach Volley Ball can be an olympic sport, so can scuba diving.

What bothers me most about beach volley ball is that they look so un-olympic. Sunglasses indoors, un-matching caps, 3 days of beard growth, long, hair, etc. It's like there is the US Olympic team and...oh yeah...those guys.

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I could see some technical and monkey diving events that are worthy of being an olympic sport. Events like:

1) Cave Slalom - swimming for best time through a tight man made cave with complex restrictions, with penalties for any cave contact outside of the allowable restriction zones, and deductions for raising silt, poor form, etc.
2) line running
3) individual scooterbatics (with both technical and monkey diving classes)
4) formation (synchronized) scooterbatics

 

[Simon-]

Underwater hockey might have more appeal.

Ok, so it's not on scuba, but close enough

The British Octopush Association

 

[RichWilx]

How about combining scuba with paintball.... The possibilities are endless :-D
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