Category: Freediving
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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.
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Saudi free diving champion drowns in Red Sea
The body of Bassam Bakheet, a Saudi free diving champion, was found near the spot where he started diving off the Jeddah coast Friday morning. The body was found 80 meters underwater, following a search operation that lasted more than 24 hours, said Makkah Border Guard media spokesman Lt. Col. Faris Al-Maliki. The search and…
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Champion Kiwi freediver Kathryn Nevatt on the big screen at Mountain Film Festival
Holding her breath has become a career for Queenstown freediver Kathryn Nevatt, who is one of several adventurers featuring on the big screen at this year’s Mountain Film Festival. Nevatt was first introduced to freediving when a scuba buddy invited her to a training session in Queenstown. She admits initially find the sport “odd” but…
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The Mind of a Freediver, Is It Healthy? || DEEP WEEK in Amed, Bali
Interviewing world famous free divers in Bali! A deeper understanding to free diving. Deep week is hosted by Australian record holder, Adam Stern and his wife Erin Stern. They bring together free diving instructors from around the world to help and teach nearly 100 learning free divers how to grow within the craft. This deep…
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Video – Multiple Freediving World Champion and World Record Holder Talks About the Problem of Microplastics
The Green Sail organization from Croatia filmed a video on the island of BraÄ in cooperation with Goran ÄŒolak, a multiple freediving world champion and world record holder, and supported by the local Draulik Dive Center, discussing the problem of microplastics in the Adriatic Sea. Goran ÄŒolak is the most successful Croatian free-diver and one…
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Experience the Underwater World Through the Eyes of a Freediver | Short Film Showcase
Free diver Guillaume Néry takes you on an underwater journey that will take your breath away.