Category: Freediving
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Watch Water Baby: How free divers William Trubridge and Sachiko Fukumoto had baby Mila under water
Freediving royalty William Trubridge and Sachiko Fukumoto were determined to bring their baby into their world – but giving birth in the ocean turned out to be a step too far. A Loading Docs short documentary, Water Baby, released on the NZ Herald website today, follows Trubridge – an 18-time world record holder and current world freediving champion…
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Gordon Ramsay Learns to Spearfish | Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
Gordon Ramsay is in Maui learning to spearfish with freediver Kimi Werner.
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Free divers explore Tonga’s mysterious and beautiful Swallow’s Cave
Swallow’s Cave in Tonga is a natural formation in the side of one of the Islands of Vava’u. Formed by volcanic activity, these beautiful islands are made of porous rock that has some very mysterious and beautiful chambers. Swallow’s Cave is one of the most famous. The narrow opening gives way to a large cavern…
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The deepest man in the world freediving in Dahab
Alexey Molchanov is a multiple world record holding freediver and co-founder of the Molchanovs, a freediving education system: https://molchanovs.com/ They also develop freediving equipment – the suit and the fins he wears are all by Molchanovs. When Alexey is not training, teaching or developing new products, he likes to explore underwater and take photos. Here…
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A real-life mermaid
The average person can hold their breath for two minutes; Beth Neale can hold hers for six. The South African plans to put the skill to use in September when she will attempt to free dive 164ft without fins, to raise $20,000 for the Bermuda Zoological Society. See The Royal Gazette
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Freeze Divers. Freediving under ice, Russian freediver’s daring world record attempt
Andrey Matveenko is an experienced freediver and multiple Freediving World Championship medalist, but diving under the ice is a new experience for him. Freediving is challenging as it is, but doing it in the subzero temperatures and pitch-black darkness of a frozen sea pushes even the most experienced to the edge in this extreme sport.…
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Japanese record-breaking free diver Sayuri Kinoshita, 30, dies after fall from apartment
Record-breaking Japanese free diver Sayuri Kinoshita died Monday following a fall from her apartment in Okinawa Prefecture last week, according to police and her family. Sayuri Kinoshita, 30, was rushed to hospital early Thursday morning following an emergency call from a neighbor who found her unconscious in a parking lot below her apartment in Yomitan.…
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Anna and the sandfall in Dean’s Blue Hole
Anna Von Boetticher is a German freediver and author. During a freediving competition in Dean’s Blue Hole – one of the world’s deepest – she played with the sand falling down from the beach into the hole.