Under Water Hockey

Tournament in San Francisco.

White balance was rough but the shooting was fun.

A couple that I liked

Wides are 15mm and longs are 85mm.

White balance was beyond salvage on the long shots so most or those were gray scaled.

CC welcome

What kind of housing are you using?

(what a strange sport - didn't even know this existed)

bpaulette wrote in post #9951798
What kind of housing are you using?

(what a strange sport - didn't even know this existed)

Ya, Me neither. Apparently it has been around since the 70's!

It is wicked fun though.

mikeassk wrote in post #9951813
Ya, Me neither. Apparently it has been around since the 70's!

It is wicked fun though.

Strange sport indeed. I would probably last for about 2 minutes before I drowned from exhaustion. And I'm in pretty good shape.

Wow so cool I used to play years ago. Rough Sport !!!
Great photos

I've never seen that before at all, looks like a lot of fun.

Cool shots. We've got the paddles and puck at the pool I work at but I've never tried playing. I think it would be cool to try this on snuba or hooka except that the hoses would get all tangled up.

I thought I had seen almost every sport....guess I was wrong!

ssidiv3r wrote in post #9995814
Cool shots. We've got the paddles and puck at the pool I work at but I've never tried playing. I think it would be cool to try this on snuba or hooka except that the hoses would get all tangled up.

I think part of what makes the game special is the "limited" play time per player. You have to pass once your out of air so its very strategic!

mikeassk wrote in post #9997154
I think part of what makes the game special is the "limited" play time per player. You have to pass once your out of air so its very strategic!

I can understand that.

Is that metal thing on the left side of the last picture the goal?

Nice photos, and +1 to never knowing this existed. Very cool!

ssidiv3r wrote in post #9999738
I can understand that.

Is that metal thing on the left side of the last picture the goal?

Yup. Gotta get the puck all the way in for a goal.

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Very cool and well captured!

Do they have referees? It would be a bit hard to hear a whistle I would think.

RSB wrote in post #10013858
Do they have referees? It would be a bit hard to hear a whistle I would think.

Yes, the refs raise their arms near the surface and a topside ref signals a loud horned buzzer under water.

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