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Meet The Professional Mermaid Inspiring Adults To Play Again
Meet The Professional Mermaid Inspiring Adults To Play Again
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[music]
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>> Mermaiding is like reaching back down
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[music] to your inner child.
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>> Oh, it's nice.
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>> And allowing yourself to dream.
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>> [music]
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>> Keep chasing the magic. Remember to just
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play. And just because you're an adult,
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you're not just [music] meant to be a
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serious person with routines and nothing
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else.
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Hi, my name is Naiad Nune. I'm a
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professional mermaid based out of LA and
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this is my version of adulthood.
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>> [music]
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>> I'm going to walk you through
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what mermaiding really entails. So, what
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is mermaiding? It's a practice of
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swimming in tails and monofins and doing
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it [music] dolphin style.
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Here we have different types of tails.
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It really depends what you like. There's
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all these sorts [music] of colors,
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patterns, shapes, and sizes. And these
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are my favorites.
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As a kid, I was exposed to mermaids, but
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[music] I never thought as an adult I
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would actually get to be one.
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My hometown actually has [music] uh two
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mermaids on its crest. And I also grew
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up with Slavic legends and myths about
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mermaids. But the first time I actually
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put on a tail was in 2012. [music]
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It was a tail I made myself from a
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curtain.
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>> [laughter]
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>> I was like, "Oh, wow. There's a whole
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world of mermaiding in the US." So,
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[music] I haven't stopped since.
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We have a full day of mermaid activities
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on agenda. So, first things first, let's
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pack up my tails.
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The best part about living in California
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is every day is a windows-down kind of
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day.
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We are going to an underwater photo
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shoot with my friend Adrian, who's a
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professional photographer, and we're
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going to capture some mermaid magic.
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It's important to keep your portfolio
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updated to show off your new skills, new
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tails, and generally be competitive.
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If it wasn't [music] for my old new
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tutor outfit limited, I'm not sure how
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well I would fit all my tails in the
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cargo space. It's really spacious and
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that [music] really comes in handy
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because I love to be over prepared.
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>> [music]
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>> My favorite part about living and
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working in California is I mean, look at
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it. We have the desert. Palm trees are
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my favorite, but the ocean [music]
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probably takes my heart the most.
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Hi.
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Good to see you again.
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>> Good to see you.
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>> I know.
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Look at this.
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>> Yes. Do you like the place?
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>> I love it so much. It's so pretty.
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Let me get ready.
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>> Yes. Go get changed. Yeah, definitely.
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>> See you.
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>> [laughter]
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>> So, today we're capturing a few
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beautiful shots.
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Some of me swimming around and hopefully
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we're going to have some really cool
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candid shots.
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Those tend to turn out the best.
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>> You look so beautiful.
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Come on over here. We're going to start
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off with you sitting on the rock. Have
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you put on your tail, right? And I'm
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going to be shooting you from that spot.
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I'm excited.
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>> Yeah, let's do it.
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>> All right.
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>> Mermaiding includes free diving. [music]
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Which is essentially you're being an
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athlete as well as a performer.
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Very important to have a certification
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so you are safe in the water. You can
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safely put on your tail and take it off
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in case of emergency. So, you can
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control your buoyancy and equalize.
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[music]
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When you're posing as a mermaid, you're
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not thinking about fighting your
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environment, which is the water. You're
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just being there. You're comfortable.
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This is what freediving training
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provides us.
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Usually we stay underwater for minutes
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at a time hitting that right perfect
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still shot.
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A perfect underwater shot looks like any
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dry land shot. It is telling a story.
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[music]
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It is evoking emotions and it's making
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people want to try mermaiding.
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Oh my god.
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Adrian!
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I love it.
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You're a magician. I think we nailed it.
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Next on the agenda, we're going to do a
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mercation.
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So, we are going to Malibu to the
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beautiful Sycamore Beach.
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>> [music]
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>> I'm meeting with a couple of my mermaid
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friends for a mercation, which is a part
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of a mermaid retreat. We are going to
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brush up on our mermaid skills and we're
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going to clean the beach and then we're
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going to end our day with a photo shoot.
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We're going to dress up in our tails and
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a full outfit and get some beautiful
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group shots.
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>> [music]
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>> Mhm, the perfect spot.
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Okay, we're here and I see some of my
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mermaid friends.
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>> [music]
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>> HEY GUYS.
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>> [screaming]
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>> HELLO MERMAIDS.
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>> [laughter]
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>> SO MANY TAILS.
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EVERYBODY LOOKS AMAZING. [laughter]
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HOW DO YOU FEEL?
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All right, who wants to clean a beach
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and dress UP IN TAILS?
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>> [screaming and cheering]
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>> NOW LET'S JUST DO A QUICK LITTLE
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STRETCH. Good morning. Let's inhale.
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Mermaiding is amazing for your health,
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both for your body and soul.
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It's the [music] healthiest exercise
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without really feeling like an exercise.
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Both benefits are amazing and it can be
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done by anybody. [music] That is
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something that is really important.
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>> All right, guys.
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>> One of the biggest misconceptions about
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mermaiding is that it's just for kids.
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There's so much more to it and it's
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definitely an amazing activity for
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adults to find like-minded [music]
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people to contribute to conservation.
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>> I think we're good for today. The beach
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is looking much nicer [music] and
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fresher.
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>> [cheering]
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>> Uh I think it's time for us to get in
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our tails and get ready.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Let's do it.
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It's tail time. [music]
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>> [music]
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>> Days like today are the perfect example
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how it looks like [music] when you put a
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little bit of whimsy in your life.
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We got some amazing photos today. We got
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to clean this beautiful beach. We got to
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polish [music] our mermaid skills and we
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got to hang out with our pod.
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The reason I choose this version of
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adulthood is why wouldn't we have a
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little bit of magic in our [music]
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lives?
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It allows me to be playful. It allows me
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to be the adult that enjoys life to the
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fullest.
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And just [cheering] because you're an
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adult, it doesn't mean you have to stop
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playing.
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>> [music]
