USA SPEARFISHING

Brian Lee

Hometown: West Palm Beach, Florida

"I am extremely honored to have been chosen to be the captain of the 2010 team. These guys are the absolute best group of guys I have ever had the pleasure to work with. They are ALL sincerely open and willing to learn new techniques and to refine existing techniques to be the best divers they can possibly be. They are not just great divers and spearo’s but they are all tremendous people who are genuinely humble ambassadors of our sport of spearfishing. I am very proud to be working with them together to reach our final goals in Crotia, September 2010."

Brian began spearfishing in the early 90’s when he relocated to southern Florida from his home state of New Jersey. His enthusiasm for freediving and spearfishing grew as the years progressed. He stayed away from competitive spearfishing to pursue the pure sport of freediving and thoroughly enjoys the sport of spearfishing at a more personal level. He is currently employed as a sales rep for multiple freediving and spearfishing equipment manufacturers and as a Freediving Insructor with FII.  With these opportunities, he is well traveled in freediving and spearfishing in search of his favorite pelagic species around the world.

Brian is also is a competitive cyclist and competes at the highest levels of the sport, achieving his goals of becoming a Florida State Champion Time Trialist in 2005. He brings his many years of training experience, commitment to excellence and knowledge of high levels of physical fitness and mental conditioning to the 2010 team.

Brian is also a Freediving instructor in the company of Martin Stepanek with Freediving Instructors International. He routinely trains with Martin in hopes of obtaining his personal goals in setting U.S. national records in the sport of freediving.  FII is an official sponsor of the 2010 U.S. Worlds Team and has already begun its training regimen with the entire team getting them prepared to compete in the deep diving conditions required in Croatia.

This team, guided by Brian is dedicated and prepared to take U.S.A. spearfishing to a whole new level.