Born in Kingston, Jamaica. David grew up in a watersports environment which is a direct influence of his mother Jan Lee. David learned to swim before he could walk and did his first scuba dive at age four.
David's mother Jan has owned Lady G'Diver, one of the most reputable dive shops in the Caribbean since the late 70s. Growing up in this environment, he could not help but become a water baby. At age seventeen he graduated from Titchfield High School in Port Antonio, Jamaica where he then worked for two years as a dive master at Lady G'Diver. David then moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma to pursue a college degree in Information Systems.
At age 21 growing absolutely tired of scuba diving he decides to try freediving because of its purity and simplicity. Only being able to freedive during the summer holidays he was unable to improve his skills and had to seek professional training.
David met Rudi Castineyra, the worlds most renown freediving trainer, and Yasemin Dalkilic (Female Turkish freediving world record holder) in November of 2000. David started training under Rudi's supervision to set his first world record. In the space of four months Rudi had developed David's natural talent to set the first official Unassisted Constant Ballast world record to 147ft / 45m without the use of fins or any propulsion device.
On October 21st, 2001 David set a new world record in the unassisted constant ballast category to an amazing depth of -47m / 154m, again on July 12th, 2002 to 51m / 167ft, then on June 10th, 2004 to 65m / 213ft. David continues to train with Rudi with sights on setting future records. David now resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he works full time as a Systems Manager for Rich-Mar Corporation.
Freediving is not David's only passion as he enjoys surfing, windsurfing, martial arts, rockclimbing, mt. biking, and snowboarding. After setting the unassisted constant ballast world record David says "You can achieve anything if you want it bad enough."
