Category: Freediving
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Kiwi freediver William Trubridge falls short in world record attempt
William Trubridge, world champion and double world record-holding freediver, is the world’s best free immersion diver, and also holds the record for the “constant weight without fins” discipline. The 34-year-old attempted to dive 102m into a cavern off the Bahamas this morning. Trubridge looked comfortable as he attempted the 102m dive today, reaching the marker…
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Kiwi to attempt 102m freedive: I fear failure, not for my life
On Wednesday morning William Trubridge will attempt to freedive 102 metres, unassisted, into a deep 200 metre cavern in the Bahamas. “I’m not fearful for my life because I trust the safety divers, but there is always that anxiety,” he told TV ONE’s Breakfast. “Am I going to make it? Am I going to black…
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Goran Colak 288m Dynamic Freediving World Record (CMAS)
At the recent CMAS European Apnea World Championships in Tenerife, Croatian Freediver Goran Colak set a new CMAS Dynamic World Record by swimming 288m with fins in one breath. Via DeeperBlue
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Freediving to 54′ / 16m in Jacob’s Well
Jacob’s Well, Wimberley, Texas, see for instance Wikipedia and visitwimberley.com
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Stig Severinsen Swimming with Icebergs
Swimming inside an iceberg looks amazing because the ice looks like glass and that’s crazy, and because it kind of resembles an underwater version of Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. Or at least, like a crystal palace. National Geographic shows us how a free diver explores the ice cold waters below. See Sploid http://youtu.be/s5fysX2IQaA
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Branko Petrovic sets breath holding world record in Dubai
The Fazza Freediving champion, Branko Petrovic, has set a new Guinness World Record in Static Apnea also known as the longest breath hold under water on a single breath of air. The previous freediving world record was set in 2009 by Stephane Mifsude in France with a time of 11 minutes and 35 seconds. Branko…
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Freediving the plane wreck at NDAC
Freedivers Tim Money and Daan Verhoeven at the NDAC in Chepstow, diving the plane wreck. Tim discovers that his monofin is wider than the door to the cockpit, and momentarily gets stuck. Courtesy of Daan Verhoeven on YouTube
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Branko Petrovic Attempting Longest Breath-Hold World Record at Dubai’s Extreme Sports Expo
Fazza Freediving Champion, Branko Petrovic, will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest breath-hold underwater also known as static apnea next month. The existing record of 11 minutes and 35 seconds underwater on a single breath of air was set by Stephane Mifsud of France in 2009. The Guinness World Record attempt…
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Natalia Molchanova sets new Freediving World Record, 237 meter Dynamic
At the AIDA team world championships in Sardinia, Italy, on Friday the 26th of september 2014, Natalia Molchanova from Russia broke the world record dynamic with a dive of 237 meters. Camera Daan Verhoeven http://daanverhoeven.com