Topic: Freediving

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Freediving : Oceana Announces Partnership with Free Divers

Washington, DC -- World Champion breath-hold diver, Martin Stepanek, and teammate, Niki Roderick, are partnering with the ocean conservation group, Oceana, leading up to their World Record freediving attempts next week. “The SONY Free” event is organized by FIT (Freediving Instructors and Trainers) in partnership with SONY, and will run from August 5 -11 in Dahab, Egypt.

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Posted by Lsdeep on Friday, August 10, 2007 (179 Reads)

Freediving : Mandy-Rae Cruickshank Sets New World Freediving Record

Sunday, April 29th, the women's constant ballast freediving world record was reset with a depth of 88m / 289ft off Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands by a member of Performance Freediving International Inc (PFI).

Mandy-Rae Cruickshank of Canada has been training in the Cayman Islands since April 8th in an attempt to break the freediving world record of constant ballast (kicking down to depth and back with weights under your own power) during the 2nd PFI Cayman Competition. On day two of the competition, Mandy-Rae achieved a depth of 88m / 289ft on one breath of air, the equivalent of a 29 story building in a time of 2 minutes 48 seconds. This record was held previously by Natalia Molchanova of Russia at 86m / 282ft.

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Posted by tekmac on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 (205 Reads)

Freediving : Fishermen could be caught by trawlers

Spear fishermen stalking bluefin tuna around trawlers in the deep Hokitika Trench off the West Coast have been warned they could be risking death.

The new adventure thrill occurring about 55km out to sea is reportedly even attracting people from overseas, says Maritime New Zealand spokesman Steve Corbett.

The tuna, worth $30,000 to $40,000 each in the Tokyo markets, weigh up to 300kg.

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Posted by Lsdeep on Friday, April 13, 2007 (148 Reads)

Freediving : Former free diving record holder dies in training accident

Nice, France - Frenchman Loic Leferme, who once held the world's free diving depth record, died Wednesday while training for a new record attempt, his associates said in the southern French city of Nice.

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Posted by Steve75 on Thursday, April 12, 2007 (228 Reads)

Freediving : Breath-Hold Diving Workshop Proceedings Are Here

It had been 20 years since the last gathering of breath-hold experts, so Divers Alert Network and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society joined forces in 2006 to bring together the movers and shakers in breath-hold diving.

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Posted by Peter_Malcolm on Monday, April 02, 2007 (181 Reads)

Freediving : International Freediving Challenge Set

The United States Apnea Association, USAA, has been asked by Asahi Television to field a team of US Freediving athletes to compete head to head with athletes from Japan in Tokyo, Japan to be aired by the network on November 16. Four male and one female athlete will compete in the discipline of Dynamic No Fins, DNF.

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Posted by Lsdeep on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (201 Reads)

Freediving : Performance Freediving International

Performance Freediving International, Leaders in Freediving Education, have trained Tiger Woods, David Blaine and others. Learn more at DEMA Show 2006.

Since early 2000, Performance Freediving International Inc (PFI) has instructed over 1500 students from Snorkeler to Advanced Freediving levels as well as running a 12-week Advanced Freediving Research Project at Simon Fraser University, which is now entering its seventh year.

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Posted by Lsdeep on Friday, November 03, 2006 (192 Reads)

Freediving : ‘One Breath, A Reflection on Freediving’

‘One Breath, A Reflection on Freediving’, the stunning book by Emma Farrell, with photographs by Frederic Buyle.

One Breath is an extraordinary journey into the heart of a sport which, once embraced, can become a way of life.

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Posted by Lsdeep on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 (177 Reads)

Freediving : A Fish Too Far: Florida Spear-Fisherman Drowns

On Saturday, a Florida man was freediving off the lower Florida Keys when he spotted a Goliath grouper. He readied his spear gun, chased after the fish, and shot it. Unfortunately for him, Goliath grouper don't get their name from their small size. According to Monroe County Sheriff's Detective Mark Coleman, when the fish was speared, it (understandably) freaked out: "It looks like the fish wrapped the line attached to the spear around the victim's wrist. The fish then went into a hole in a coral rock, effectively pinning the man to the bottom of the ocean." Police divers later found the speared fish wedged inside the hole, with the freediver's body tangled in the line, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. Not to dismiss the man's death, but Florida's Goliath grouper are a protected species and not harvest-able at any time.

This isn't the first time a Florida Goliath grouper has battled with a fisherman and emerged victorious. In July 2005, Bob Charles received four stitches in his lip after tangling with 100-pound Goliath.

Posted by Lsdeep on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 (2347 Reads)

Freediving : U.S. Apnea Association Freediving Competition

The United States Apnea Association (USAA) will host its second U.S. National Freediving Competition from Sept. 15-17 near Kona, Hawaii. This competition will consist of three exciting events; Dynamic Apnea, Static Apnea, and Constant Ballast. The Constant Ballast event will be held off the coast of scenic Kona Hawaii.

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Posted by Lsdeep on Monday, August 21, 2006 (178 Reads)