Category: Freediving
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Herbert Nitsch preparing for a 800 feet ‘no limits’ freediving world record
Airline pilot and extreme freediver Herbert Nitsch freedived to at depth of 700 feet (-214 m) on June 14th 2007, putting him way ahead of his nearest competitors in the ‘no limits’ category. Now he is preparing for a 800 feet (-214 m) in the summer 2012, in this “torpedo sled” facilitating the descent and…
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Carlos Coste diving 150 meters through the Dos Ojos caves
Imagine, 150 meters of underwater swimming on a single breath through a narrow cave system, with at times only your flashlight to counter the darkness. This is Carlos Coste setting the Guinness World Record for “Longest distance swam underwater with one breath (open water)” in the Sistema Dos Ojos caves on the Yucatán Peninsula in…
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Top 10 freediving videos
Nice list here on deeperblue.com, just realized that I’ve never embedded the No. 1 Guillaume Nery base jump here, only on svimjing.com back in 2010
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Time to freedive with Şahika Ercümen
26-year-old Åžahika Ercümen from Turkey is the Guinnes world record holder in the longest breath hold swim under ice (wearing fins and diving suit), with a 110 meter swim at Lake Weissensee, Austria, on 11 February 2011, beating both the women’s record of 70 meters and the men’s of 108 meters. Here is a nice…
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Self-discovery on a single breath
So it’s another freediving day on Swimmer’s Daily, here via this article about the ABC Open project “Water is …“, which inspires people to share their experiences with water. Video is Erez Beatus, one of Australia’s best known freedivers, describing his sport. See also the Vimeo group “Water is …” Self-discovery on a single breath…
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Freediving Encounter at -70m
Spanish Freediver Miguel Lozano freedives to -70m on VW and finds a friend down there … in Tenerife.
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Estrella Navarro Holm on freediving
Mexican freediving champion Estrella Navarro Holm describing the pleasures and challenges of her sport. With English subtitles. She’s a looker, by the way, as in hot d***
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Goran Colak – Freediving World Record 273 m
Wild, Croatia’s Goran Colak swims 273 meters in one breath, breaking the ‘Dynamic With Fins (DYN)’ world record at the Aida Pool World Championships in Lignano, Italy on October 15th, 2011. With a dramatic ending.
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Freediving with a great white shark
*And* sea lions … now that is a photosafari that I don’t want to partake in :-S “On the last day we had the bottom at 20m and the coastal drop off in sight and spent more than 4 hours freediving with 3 giant sharks sharing the spectacle with some curious sea lions. Freediving at…