Category: Freediving
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Herbert Nitsch recovering after achieving world record depth
Austrian Freediver Herbert Nitsch attempted a 800ft / 244m ‘no limits’ dive today in Santorini, Greece, managing a confirmed target depth and re-ascend up until the planned stop depth of 10m, but then felt unwell and had to be escorted to the surface where he received an oxygen regulator and went down again for a…
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Herbert Nitsch to attempt a world’s deepest ever 800ft (244m) freedive
Austrian airline pilot and extreme freediver Herbert Nitsch went down in history on June 14th 2007, off the Greek island of Spetses, by freediving to a depth of 700 feet (-214m), the deepest ever freedive. Now he wants to go even deeper, down to 800 ft / 244 m between 4 – 6 June 2012…
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Going down with the extreme sport of Formula Three Freediving
As if ordinary freediving wasn’t hard enough, in Formula Three Freediving you race each other by riding an underwater scooter through underwater gates on one breath. Via ABC News. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Here is an official video from the inventors of this sport
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Guillaume Néry plunging the Nemo 33
Freediver Guillaume Néry playing in the Nemo 33, deepest indoor swimming pool in the world. Via Daily Mail
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Freediving with Sam Still
A short peek into the world of freediving with the former world champion Sam Still.
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Freediving adventures in Iceland
Freedive UK took a small group of freedivers to experience some truly diving in Iceland, the land of fire and ice. Things that didn’t make the video: Eating rotten shark, naked cliff jumping, eating Harðfiskur and Skyr, bathing in 44C thermal spas, …
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Niki Stepanek freedives on singing Humpback Whale
During the filming of stunt sequences for “Johanna and the Whale“, champion free diver Niki Stepanek dives down seventy feet to hear the song of a humpback whale, up close and personal. Photographed by George Monteiro and safety Diver Bobby Kim, the whale song was recorded live as it was filmed and was so loud…
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Kalymnus sponge diving to become an international sport
The Skandalopetra FreeDiving Event will be held in Bonaire, Northern Carribbean on May 2-9, where freedivers will use the ancient Greek sponge diving technique of using a stone called a “skandalopetra” to dive head-firt to the bottom. Read more here on Greek Reporter.
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Freediving world record: Constant weight without fins, feet first
Funny video – The hecto-feet-first: Constant weight without fins, 100 feet down, feet first.