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In the News (Thu 31 Dec 09)

  
 Eye on the Sea
To become a a good freediver takes commitment and determination; the correct techniques and good advice and encouragement is crucial, but in the end it comes down to your inner self.
Freedive training includes relaxation and stress management techniques, general fitness, weight loss and mental well being.
John was increasing his training dive depths everyday and two days prior to the event had achieved a 50 metre dive, while Suzy was regularly diving beyond 50 metres with her best being 54 metres...
www.eyeonthesea.co.nz /freedive   (958 words)

  
 - Diver Magazine August 2001
At the forefront of freedive training today is Kirk Krack, a Vancouverite who spent many years working as a scuba instructor in the Cayman Islands.
At the end of the program students have the knowledge they need to safely train and compete in freediving competitions and can expect to perform a constant ballast dive to 50-80 feet (15-25m) and a static breath-hold of three to four-and-a-half minutes.
Freediving is very much a mental process-focus, visualization, and meditation are the components we work on.
divemar.com /divermag/archives/august2001/freedive-aug01.html   (1102 words)

  
 Divers Travel
In Hawaii and parts of the South Pacific and Asia, freediving has been practiced by various cultures for centuries, because it is a vehicle for food gathering.
There is a relationship with the ocean that comes with freediving, as well as a certain sense of spirituality.
What I've been doing with freedive training has focused on the prevention of accidents, how to do a breath-hold dive, the physiology involved, and looking at what flouts will look like and how to recognize them, prevent them, and rescue that person.
www.diverstravel.com /freedive.html   (2611 words)

  
 South Florida's Coastal Ecology and Implications for Commercial Fishing, Recreational Line Fishing, Scuba Spearfishing, ...
The selectivity springs from the great deal of time and training (and ecological appreciation this time creates) required to be give a person the skills to freedive spearfish, and the belief system embraced by all IUSA and related freedivers (which mandates very limited numbers of fish taken, and ecological awareness in selecting species to hunt).
Freedivers are alone in this association of fish seeking user groups, in that extraordinary training, fitness, understanding of the marine eco-system, and the behavior and interaction of fish is a requirement for them alone.
Since freediving is clearly the least destructive and most selective form of fishing, please do not allow it to be rendered as a "banned activity", in places where hook and line fishermen have successfully lobbied to be allowed to engage in their form of fishing.
www.sfdj.com /PBCDA/eco-website.html   (3529 words)

  
 Freediving and Snorkelling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Freediving Regulations and Education Entity (FREE) - Freediving courses from beginner to instructor, available in USA, Australia, Turkey and Italy.
Freedive Australia - Find a diving buddy and the latest news about the Australian freedive team, freedive training, equipment, clothing, adventures and dive sites.
Freediving South Africa - Freediving Rules and regulations for static apnea, dynamic, and constant weight freediving.
findsportsproducts.com /Sports/WaterSports/FreedivingandSnorkelling   (721 words)

  
 Freediving 101 by Cliff Etzel on DeeperBlue.net - Fanatical About FreeDiving, Scuba Diving, Spearfishing & Technical ...
Having become a freedive instructor, and after having spent much of the last 3-4 years before this trying to find as much training information as possible, I have to say with out a doubt...
The sport of freediving is considered by many to be an extreme sport - and in a sense it is. We hold our breath for as long as possible to try and catch a glimpse of the underwater realm that is akin to other marine mammals - Whales, Dolphins, seals, etc.
There are a few agencies trying to promote the sport of freediving to both recreational and performance minded freedivers - each with their own training techniques, but based on a sound foundation of presentation and application.
www.deeperblue.net /article.php/21/17/0   (677 words)

  
 Apnea mania
Freediving is a way to visit this fantastic environment with nothing but a deep breath of air.
What we want to do is try to in form about what freediving is and how to go about it safely.
Freediving, originally referred to as skin-diving, is in essence how you unite yourself with the world under the surface.
www.apneamania.com   (265 words)

  
 technique chapter
To learn to freedive, find a competent, patient instructor who will guide you through the selection of your gear and introduce you to the basic elements of the sport in a step-wise, confidence-building fashion.
Since comfort in the water is the key to freediving, let’s start with a simple, yet effective, relaxation exercise, the floating fetal position.” (If you’re not familiar with how to use a snorkel or mask, skip ahead to those sections and then return to this exercise.)............
The expert freediver learns to clear his ears easily by developing control over a certain group of muscles in his throat that assist the opening of the eustachian tubes.
www.freedive.net /freedive/chapters/tech.html   (1212 words)

  
 :: Lotta Ericson ::
In 4 years she came back 10 times, and during one of those trips she discovered her passion for freediving.
There are three open water training sessions during the course, with at least one being held at Dahab's world famous Blue Hole.
For those of you who already have freediving experience (at any level) you have the unique opportunity of training in an idyllic environment.
www.lottaericson.com /main/courses.html   (412 words)

  
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Freediving courses from beginner to instructor, available in USA, Australia, Turkey and Italy.
Freediving Rules and regulations for static apnea, dynamic, and constant weight freediving.
Established in 1992, to promote freediving within Turkey, and to force the limits of apnea through the study and application of appropriarte training programs.
www.freeseek.org /Sports/Water_Sports/Freediving_and_Snorkelling   (535 words)

  
 ImpulseAdventure - Freediving - Apnea / Breath-hold Diving
An important part of the training is in invoking the mammalian dive reflex, one that every human inherited from their evolutionary ancestors.
But in a freediving context, one is fully conscious and the natural dive responses keep oxygen saturation levels high for long periods of time before any chance of flout.
Freedivers will try to immerse their faces in cold water before or during a static breath-hold.
www.impulseadventure.com /freedive   (3639 words)

  
 Performance Freediving | home |
Performance Freediving Team members, Mandy-Rae and Martin were in Nice, France to defend their constant ballast world records at the 1st AIDA Individual Constant Ballast World Championships.
Freediving or breath-hold diving is a type of advanced snorkeling and water adventure that allows enthusiastic men, women and youth to experience the sights, sounds and challenges of the most natural of underwater experiences.
Freediving is about the comfort and exploration of the ocean realm for recreation, spearfishing, competition or personal discovery.
www.performancefreediving.com   (298 words)

  
 iframe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
On the way to Oisterwijk I prepared myself for a freedive training with Kars, who is the Dutch Freediving Champion of 2004.
I did my breath-up of 2 minutes then went underwater, I got up again after 2 minutes and 50 seconds, which is not bad for a breathhold not prepared for.
In this breathhold the mammalian dive-reflex came in the picture, this reflex is present in all diving mammals but also in trained Freedivers for some reason, this reflex lowers your heartrate to almost unnoticable on an ECG machine.
www.anton-kemmeren.com /endeavor071104.html   (320 words)

  
 Freedive Australia - Gear - Fins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Monofins are the latest in the development of fins for freediving.
Shaped similar to a dolphin tail a monofin enables the freediver to move through the water in a wave-like motion (dolphin-style) and gives increased power and speed.
Monofins are rapidly becoming the preferred style amongst freedivers for competitions and leisure...
www.freedive.com.au /fins.html   (336 words)

  
 Kivi.org - freediving, my monofin and static / dynamic apnea training
Freediving is a fine line between speed and calm.
A body when trained is able to tolerate up to 40 or so of these convulsions however many more and you will flout.
This training is loosely based on my previous training and some tips taken from a fellow freediver in Calgary.
www.kivi.org /freediving   (1774 words)

  
 AQUATEC - INNERSPACE OPERATIONS
SEVERAL NEW PB IN Media wishing to attend the world’s biggest freedive event is asked to register and receive a media pass.
With over 140 freedivers coming from 25 different countries the event will be a true international extravaganza.
The Worlds top freedivers will compete to see who is the best Freediver in the world, with world record holders such as Martin Stepanek, Tanya Streeter, Pierre Frolla, Annabel Briseno, Carlos Costa and many more.
www.aquatec-innerspace.com /aiobiosmedia.htm   (983 words)

  
 Sam's Old Freediving Site
The original extreme sport, freediving is simply any diving where you spend time underwater without an air source.
My previous experience of this kind of freediving was aged 5 with my brother in the bath, one went under while the other counted and you weren't allowed up til he reached one hundred.
A little in awe of the pros training with us, Yehia from Team Egypt, Belgian team member Patrick Musimu and Carlo of unknown origin, we tried hard to look cool and not giggle at the funny fins, nose clips and hint of "I'm half dolphin half man" attitude that was in the air.
www.geocities.com /samdive/freedivehome.html   (1164 words)

  
 Freedive Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Freediving is a potentially dangerous activity and can lead to serious injury and death even if all currently known limitations and safety guidelines are followed correctly.
FREEDIVE AUSTRLIA accepts no liability for any wrong doing, resulting in any damage, personal injury or death from intentional or non-intentional acts of negligence by any person associated with the interpretation, application, or instruction of any information presented within this web site.
When you freedive, you assume all risks whether foreseen or unforeseen, of freediving.
www.freedive.com.au /disclaimer.html   (274 words)

  
 apnea training
Training Mentale e Apnea (Referenti, iniziative e commenti dei partecipanti)) Il corso di Training Mentale applicato all'Apnea è un metodo di rilassamento integrato MenteCorpo...
Longitudinal effects of general physical training and apnea training were studied in different groups of...
Il Training Mentale aiuta gli sportivi e gli istruttori...
www.yseh.com /t/snoring6/apnea-training.htm   (615 words)

  
 Freediving and yoga breathing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A freediving club dedicated to recreational and competitive freediving in Work on your breath control.
Freediving Speak Apnea The term used to describe breath holding.
Freediving is for us a passion that we share with all who come to us and is an successfully applied yoga techniques to breathing and breath-hold,
theofficialscoop64.info /freediving-and-yoga-breathing.html   (742 words)

  
 Freedive List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
advice, physical training, and training specifically geared to this activity, before attempting to freedive...
A freediving club dedicated to recreational and competitive freediving in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Freedive Vancouver email list is the primary resource for finding your freediving buddy.
www.scuba-now.info /scuba-diving-gear/freedive-list.html   (580 words)

  
 Training   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The weekly training alternates constantly between fitness, dynamics, delays and statics.
So no two weeks will be the same for a varied and interesting style of training.
For safety reasons only those who have completed a course with us or can prove they have the skills necessary to constant weight dive will be accepted.
www.freedive.co.nz /training.html   (108 words)

  
 Bottom Time E
Training daily throughout this past winter in the pool and on land he has noticed the comfort level at depth increase substantially over last year.
There are dangers involved in freediving so you MUST have a buddy diver with you.
Once at the surface, the divers should stay in eye contact with each other for 30 seconds or more to verify that the freediver has made a clean ascent and is ready to be the "up" diver for the next dive.
www.tri-statediving.com /email/Edition6.htm   (1105 words)

  
 expand a lung and freedive training?????? - Freediving Training & Techniques
I am a freediving spearo who is completely clueless to freedive training techniques.
When you train with it, the company claims, those muscles consume less oxygen, and the excess becomes available to peripheral muscles such as the arms and legs.
Like other endurance training techniques, it spurs the muscles to increase their number of mitochondria, which allows more efficient use of oxygen.
forums.deeperblue.net /showthread.php?threadid=58797&goto=newpost   (1961 words)

  
 Freedive Diary
Both of us sadly far too busy with the scubie divers to go freediving, with one day off a week from my job as a scuba instructor (if I am lucky!) and a body full of nitrogen bubbles the rest of the week not much time to freedive safely.
Dynamic is hard work but good training, cutting down our recovery times to a minimum to build up the tolerance to apnea and swimming faster and faster which has helped my general fitness (and given me rather large thighs!).
The training lines are accessible only by a short hike over a lava flow followed by a leap of faith off the fl rocks into the kinda rough sea below (this is the surf capital of the world!).
www.geocities.com /samdive/diary.html   (6611 words)

  
 expand a lung and freedive training?????? - freediving training ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It is an excellent book for a freediving group to use for training.
We've been conducting training in HIV, AIDS, TB and common lung diseases at...Phomolong is one of the first of 15 Free State clinics to open its doors to...
Fred Johnson has been freediving seriously for several years and is very...Training daily throughout this past winter in the pool and on land he has...
www.realsearch.biz /expand_a_lung_and_freedive_training_-_freediving_training_   (591 words)

  
 LungPower - Strength Train The Total Respiratory System With PowerLung. Power Lung Increases Lung Capacity Allowing You ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
PowerLung trains the inhale and the exhale breathing muscles in the same breath.
All major aspects of exercising, training, competition and physical work improve when all 12 sets of the breathing muscles in the respiratory system are strength trained with PowerLung.
Your personal training, playing and working performance on the field, track, road, pool rink, bandstand or job will be easier and better.
www.lungpower.com   (366 words)

  
 SaltFree - Freediving at the National Diving and Activity Centre
SaltFree are a group of freedivers and their scuba safety team united by a love for plunging into the depths of The National Diving and Activity Centre, a deep, green and unashamedly beautiful flooded quarry near Chepstow.
We have courses suitable for complete beginners, those of you who have toyed with freediving but don't really know much about it and even those of you who would like to become a freedive instructor.
We usually meet to freedive at least once a month and more often from Easter to October.
www.saltfreedivers.com   (570 words)

  
 Extreme Sports Cafe - Freediving Courses - Africa, Egypt, South America and the UK.
If you are based in London or near Plymouth, you may be able to complete your pool training with one of our instructors there, please contact us for details.
To add to the material you covered in your first course, you will learn more about the history of freediving, more advanced physics and physiology of freediving, freediver rescue systems, equalisation and how to plan an open water freedive.
The open water freedives that you make on this course will take you down to a maximum depth of 25m backed up by a scuba support team.
www.extremesportscafe.com /freediving_courses2.html   (1569 words)

  
 Freedive Training Log
The reef is in about 10 to 15 ft of water and has a decent population of reef fish, trumpet fish, nurse sharks, and stingrays.
It was a real nice dive, and interesting to note that I saw at least as much freediving as I did diving.
Friday we are hoping to go to Bluesprings where we will freedive for a couple of hours.
jmdahlftl.blogspot.com   (1317 words)

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