He fell in love with the sport and soon realized that, while spearfishing and diving for black coral, he routinely went as deep as the free diving champions. He decided to start competing in the sport and established his first world record at the age of 27.
He became enamored with the sport and soon realized that, similar to the techniques used by free diving champions, he could regularly dive as deep while spearfishing and searching for black coral. He decided to start competing in the sport and set a world record at 27.