Category: Freediving
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32-year-old Nicholas Mevoli dies trying to set freediving record
As seen yesterday, now on CNN A New York man trying to set a freediving record died Sunday after he surfaced from a depth of more than 200 feet. Nicholas Mevoli, a 32-year-old from Brooklyn, hoped to reach 236 feet (72 meters) with one breath of oxygen and without the assistance of fins. When he…
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32-year-old Nicholas Mevoli dies in Bahamas free diving contest
Read for instance AP and AIDA‘s statement: It is with great sadness that I inform you that Nicholas Mevoli, of the United States, passed away today after a dive at the 2013 Vertical Blue Competition. Nick had performed a constant weight no fins dive to 72m, reached depth, and swam back to the surface successfully.…
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A very special friendship between a human and a dolphin
“This footage provides a touching glimpse into a unique and special friendship between a human and a bottlenose dolphin. Lasting two decades, it is the longest relationship between a dolphin and human in recorded history.” http://youtu.be/IBCqSRcpmFA
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250 Feet Below 3 Feet of Ice In Speedos – Stig Severinsen Sets New Guinness World Record
Breaking news – Today on a single breath of air, Stig Severinsen sets a new official Guinness World Record by swimming 250 feet (76.2m) below the ice in a frozen lake in East Greenland. The previous Guinness World Record for the same stunt was 236 feet (set by Stig March 2010). Watch this video on YouTube…
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Behold Formula Three Freediving – One Breath Underwater Motor Racing
Or as described on performancefreediving.com, “Formula 3 Freediving (F3F), the underwater racing concept where Top Gun, meets Formula One, meets Freediving.” F3F PROMO from Performance Freediving on Vimeo.
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Mysterion
A Deeper Blue video of the week: “This week’s video is an almost abstract personal freediving video featuring Japanese Freediver Tomoka Fukuda and filmed by Freediving Photographer Igor Liberti.” Mysterion from Igor Liberti on Vimeo.
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GoPro: Whale Fantasia
“Alan Watts, 3 Sirens, and 3 Humback Whales dance together in a short film that will inspire you. Where you are now is your dream. What will you do?” Watch this video on YouTube
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Meet Japan’s badass, elderly freediving women
Via Breitbart – “In Japan, elderly women freedive every day to collect shellfish, a fishing tradition that is struggling to hook the next generation.” See also Tokyo Times: “Women diving into the ocean to pick abalones are known in Japan as “amas†or “sea womenâ€. Ladies diving into waters of up to 20 meters deep have…
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Stig Severinsen – “The Man Who Doesn’t Breathe”
“Demonstrating extreme skill, incredible bravery and intense dedication, four-time, Danish World Champion freediver, Stig Ã…vall Severinsen, achieved a new Guinness World Record when he accomplished ‘the longest dive under ice’, on a single breath of air. Authenticating his lifelong passion for water and breath-holding, Stig pushed himself far beyond the limits of any normal human…