Category: Freediving
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Amazing Freedive with The Ocean Brothers
A new vision of the sensations and emotions in the oceans. 4′ video WINNER in World ShootOut 2014 Video clip category underwater grand prix. Just camera tricks. No special effects by computer.
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Stunning Video Shows Freedivers Swimming With Tiger Sharks
Christina and Eusebio Saenz de Santamaria, who are record-breaking freedivers, went to Tiger Beach in the Bahamas to deep dive with tiger sharks, fulfilling a dream they’ve had for many years. The couple, who live in a small tropical island off Thailand, trained in the Caribbean paradise in June and shot this stunning video of…
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See Carbon Dioxide Narcosis Hallucinations That A Freediver Experiences
Guillaume Néry is a champion freediver, and his sport exposes practitioners to carbon dioxide narcosis, which can lead to, among other symptoms, powerful hallucinations. This short film is inspired by Néry’s experiences and the things he thinks he sees during a deep water dive. See io9
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Turkish freediver Şahika Ercümen breaks world record
Turkish diver Åžahika Ercümen broke a new world freediving record in the variable weight without fins discipline on July 23, off the coast of the Mediterranean resort town of KaÅŸ. Ercümen performed a 91-meter dive in 2 minutes and 49 seconds, taking the record from another Turkish diver, Derya Can, who broke it last year.…
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Freediver William Trubridge Plunges Into Nightmarish Abyss Without Oxygen
This will take your breath away. In a gorgeously shot video (above) for Steinlager Pure beer, freediving star William Trubridge looks like a man with gills as he plunges — without oxygen tanks — into the depths of the sea. Trubridge appears almost otherworldly, swimming down, down, down into an abyss called Dean’s Blue Hole, located in the…
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The Science of Freediving: Your Body’s Amazing Reaction To Water
Read ideas.ted.com In 1949, a stocky Italian air force lieutenant named Raimondo Bucher decided to try a potentially deadly stunt off the coast of Capri, Italy. Bucher would sail out to the center of the lake, take a breath and hold it, and free-dive down one hundred feet to the bottom. Waiting there would be…
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Shark Man – Free Diving with Tiger Sharks
In this web episode we follow Mark Addison of South Africa’s Blue Wilderness free-diving with tiger sharks at Aliwal Shoal. Mark explains his passion for these majestic creatures. http://youtu.be/fr4pFkYWEH8
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Dana Beck Professional Freediver Breath Hold Workshop
In one hour Dana Beck teaches Spencer Barros to hold his breath for 3 minutes. This video shows his successful 2 minute breath hold. Dana Beck is a professional freediver living in NYC and offers classes and workshops. She can be contacted at freedivenyc.com/ Dana Beck Professional Freediver Breath Hold Workshop from 3-Legged Dog on Vimeo.