This astonishing footage shows the world’s youngest freediver plunging 32 feet under the sea aged just three. Fedor Afonasiev has been diving without aged oxygen since he was a two-year-old, following in the footsteps of his adventurous parents. He was filmed pulling himself down a pole into the Blue Hole, a submarine sinkhole in the …
A team of scientists at the Boston Children’s Hospital have invented what is being considered one the greatest medical breakthroughs in recent years. They have designed a microparticle that can be injected into a person’s bloodstream that can quickly oxygenate their blood. This will even work if the ability to breathe has been restricted, or …
There is a new digital online logbook on the block, this time targeted at Freedivers.Called APPNEA it’s free and designed to be available on any type of device – whether it is you phone, tablet or computer. It captures all the basic information on a Freedivers dive including Date, Location, Freediving Discipline, Depth, Equipment, etc…It …
Imagine for a moment…Putting on your freediving equipment in the shade on the dock. Quick safety briefing between the partners in the group and then perform an equipment check. You make sure your climbing harness is secure and do a last check on your freedive computer for mode and time/depth alarms. You and your partner …
This year’s big news from Mares is the new FREEDIVING line, designed specifically to greatly improve the performance of freedivers and apneists. A line developed and created using the traditional quality and reliability of Mares, with many new products dedicated specifically to their many apnea enthusiasts. Within the Freediving line, new wetsuits take first place …
The 2016 edition of the AIDA Freediving Individual World Pool Championships has kicked off with 95 athletes from 21 countries descending on the city of Turku in Finland for the opening ceremony.This is an individual event so although athletes represent their own countries they are gaining points for themselves rather than competing as a team.The …
Live in the U.K. and jonesing for a freediving trip to the Red Sea and swimming with dolphins? The folks at Freedive-Earth.com might have just the ticket for you this coming October.Freedive-Earth.com is offering a one-week trip to Hurghada, Egypt where you’ll board the liveaboard Aquastara and sail on it from Saturday, October 1 to …
FREEDIVING has been around for thousands of years but as a sport it’s a relative newcomer. Divers compete by packing their lungs with air, holding their breath and plunging to the bottom of the ocean for minutes at a time.With no oxygen and often no fins, they are lured to extreme depths of inky blackness …
Kefalonia, the largest of the Ionian Islands has typical Greek rocky coastline with crystal clear water – a perfect late summer freediving holiday destination. It also boasts 17 caves in one area 5 of which contain lakes, albeit with various degrees of accessibility or suitability for swimming.Kiri and I dived several untouched beaches and were …
Audio titled Part 3- Relaxation, Recovery Breathing & Daily Breath Holds by FreedivingUAELast week we learned about Controlling The Chemical Axis Of Breathing from renowned breathing expert Dr Peter Litchfield. If you happened to miss the equation that explains optimal breathing as defined by the “chemical axis,” why hyperventilation is so bad and how our …
