Category: Freediving
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Sébastien Murat, first man to dive to 150m on empty lungs
That sound mighty uncomfortable, Séb ‘The Sub’ Murat is preparing for his attempt to set a World Record in Free Deep Diving, using a revolutionary technique based on the instinctive behaviour of seals, can he become the deepest man on Earth? “To merely plunge toward a number without testing the waters and obtaining all the…
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Molchanova and son set freedive world records on the same day
This Wednesday June 6, Natalia Molchanova and her son, Alexey Molchanov, both completed successful world record dives, Natalia to 127 meters for the women’s ‘variable weight’ record in a time of 3:38 while Alexey secured the men’s ‘constant weight’ record at 125 meters, in 3:52. These records will be official once the doping test results…
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Trubridge dives to 125m but fails surface protocol
New Zealand’s William Trubridge Wednesday managed a 125 meter (410 feet) ‘constant weight’ freedive, but then failed the official surface protocol that state that within 15 seconds the freediver must give an “OK” hand sign, a verbal “I am OK” and remove their goggles and nose clip within 15 seconds. Meaning it won’t count as…
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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, …