RIPFEST One of the most memorable events from this past year that I experienced was attending RIPFEST an international diving camp. This is a summer long camp held in Arcadia, Indiana. RIPFEST is run by Olympic coach John Wingfield. At this camp, coaches from all over the world are brought in. Some that I got to meet were Johel from Venezuela and Sonia from Switzerland. RIPFEST is one of the best, if not the best, diving camps in the world and divers from all over come to this camp. Most divers stay for two weeks but I met some who would stay there for up to five weeks at a time. I went the last couple weeks of July and I met friends that I still keep in touch with from all over the country and world. The special thing about the sport of diving
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We would then go to an outdoor aquatics facility for about four hours. The pool had a full set, platform tower and six one meter boards and four three meter boards. We would then come back to the camp house to have dinner. After dinner we had some free time before lecture where John and various people that are important in the diving world, would talk to us for an hour or two about different aspects of the sport of diving. After lecture we would have evening activities. These consisted of water balloon fights, bonfires, tie dying shirts or kickball. After evening activities, we would have some free time before chores. Chores consisted of each room being assigned a place to clean. My room had to clean the kitchen every night. After chores, we would get ready for bed and lights out at 10:30. Before I attended this camp, I had been seriously thinking about quitting the sport of diving. I had just come back from a four month break due to a knee injury and when I came back I was back at square one. I started getting frustrated and the team I was on at the time really wasn’t working for me. One of my main motives of going to camp was so that I could get away from the coach I had for a little in hopes of getting some better coaching and maybe enjoying the
We would then go to an outdoor aquatics facility for about four hours. The pool had a full set, platform tower and six one meter boards and four three meter boards. We would then come back to the camp house to have dinner. After dinner we had some free time before lecture where John and various people that are important in the diving world, would talk to us for an hour or two about different aspects of the sport of diving. After lecture we would have evening activities. These consisted of water balloon fights, bonfires, tie dying shirts or kickball. After evening activities, we would have some free time before chores. Chores consisted of each room being assigned a place to clean. My room had to clean the kitchen every night. After chores, we would get ready for bed and lights out at 10:30. Before I attended this camp, I had been seriously thinking about quitting the sport of diving. I had just come back from a four month break due to a knee injury and when I came back I was back at square one. I started getting frustrated and the team I was on at the time really wasn’t working for me. One of my main motives of going to camp was so that I could get away from the coach I had for a little in hopes of getting some better coaching and maybe enjoying the