Category: Freediving

Learn how to freedive deeper! There are many elements to help a person to dive deeper and in this freediving tutorial we break down the elements so that you can understand your own diving and know what steps to take to freedive deeper.

Learn how you can swim long distances underwater on one breath. This is 6 tips from a professional freediver “If you are going to try this, remember to never practice breath-holds in the pool alone”

If you hold your breath and plunge your face into a tub of water, your body automatically triggers what’s called the diving response. Your heart rate slows, your blood vessels constrict, and your spleen contracts, all reactions that help you save energy when you’re low on oxygen. Most people can hold their breath underwater for…

Freediver and tech entrepreneur Jeremy Stephan will announce the formation of the U.S. Freediving Federation (USFF) at the CMAS General Assembly Meeting in Phuket Thailand this week. Started in 1959 by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and recognized by the International Olympic Committee and UNESCO, CMAS comprises over 130 federations including the United States as one of the…

Freediving training in Gili Trawangan has been an absolute success! Coming here to just train with Mike Board without a freediving competition was the best decision. It has given me the time to rework many aspects of my diving, to tweak things with zero pressure so that my dives are feeling smoother and more effortless…

In Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Florida, there’s a mermaid show — and there has been for 70 years. It’s one of the United States’ oldest roadside attractions, and it still does three shows a day. At least, provided the local wildlife doesn’t get in the way.