Category: Freediving
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The Fishermen That Hold Their Breath For 10 Minutes
The Bajau people of Borneo can hold their breath for longer than almost everyone else on the planet. How? Why? And how can the rest of us learn to hold our breath for longer?
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Tributes flow for music producer Charlie Young after he was killed in free-diving accident
A Perth music producer is remembered as talented and warm-hearted, after he died in a New Year’s Day diving tragedy. Charlie Young, 26, was found unresponsive at a popular dive trail in Rockingham at midday but paramedics couldn’t revive him. Mr Young worked at Northbridge’s Crank Recording and colleague Lee Buddle said he could bring…
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The Underwater Indiana Jones Preserving Our Past
Known as the underwater Indiana Jones, Dr. Charles Beeker has been investigating shipwrecks since the 1960s. Unfortunately, these portholes to the past are vanishing as marine salvage operators and hobby divers are plucking treasures from these sites. On a quest to put an end to the pilfering, the underwater archeologist is currently working with the…
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Who needs wingsuits??!!
Freediver Stig Pryds jumps down a 30 meter deep canyon -without a wingsuit or a parachute! Ok, so it’s underwater, but still… stunt performed under supervision of safety divers by a very well-trained athlete. Find out more about Stig here: https://www.stigpryds.com/
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Freediving Namibia’s caves
A little snippet of a project I’m involved with filming freedivers in a remote cave in northern Namibia known as Harasib. Access to the cave is pretty tricky involving a scramble down a near-vertical rock face followed by a 50m abseil down a sheer drop to get to the water’s edge – and once you’re…
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The Muraka at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island
Experience the world’s first underwater residence through the eyes of Alessia Zecchini, freediving world champion. CENTURION Magazine x Conrad Maldives Rangali Island.
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Divers use knife to free entangled whale shark off Lanai
An entangled whale shark is now free thanks to a group of free divers. We first told you last month that the juvenile animal was spotted off Maui, caught in heavy rope. Freeing it was difficult because whale sharks are actually sharks, and don’t surface like whales do. That is, until this weekend, when a…
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Longest distance swam underwater with one breath (female) – Guinness World Records
The longest distance swam underwater by a female with one breath using fins is 160 m (524 ft 11.21 in), achieved by Veronika Kravtcova (Russia) in Porto Koufo, Halkidiki, Greece, on 3 September 2017. See Guinness World Records
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Deciphering the Secret Language of Whales
Fabrice Schnöller is on a mission to unlock the secret language of sperm whales, the largest predators on Earth. Founder of the DAREWIN Project, Fabrice’s goal is to record sperm whale vocalizations in hopes of deciphering their means of communication. By freediving, Fabrice is able to get up close and personal with the underwater giants,…