Category: Freediving
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How A Freediver’s Routine Helps Her Hold Her Breath For 4 Minutes | On The Grind | SELF
Follow freediver Danel Wentzel as she shares an intimate look at her daily routine, one that helps her to push the limits of human endurance. The mental and physical demands of freediving are intense – but the rewards of exploring the underwater world unencumbered are hard to overstate. See how Danel trains both body and…
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Freediver Arnaud Jerald Explores the Depths of Teahupoo | Surfer Today
World-renowned surf photographer and filmmaker Tim McKenna released “Waves Story,” a short movie featuring professional freediver Arnaud Jerald. Teahupoo, one of the world’s most dangerous waves and the Olympic surfing venue for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, is the center stage of a unique underwater exploration. “Waves Story” reveals how world freediving champion and world…
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Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive | Official Trailer | Netflix
Follow free diver Johanna Nordblad in this documentary as she attempts to break the world record for distance traveled under ice with one breath.
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Meet the Filmmaker Who Free-Dives Under Ice | CBC News
Manuel Añò is one of the few people in the world who can film while free diving under ice. This winter, he’s done about 60 dives in Quebec and Ontario, including dips in the St. Lawrence River. Añò collects samples for biologists who study certain lakes in Quebec. Together, they’ve made some surprising findings.
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Making Moves with Brinkley Davies in Active Swim | ROXY
Get to know free diver, marine biologist, surfer & environmentalist Brinkley Davies as she explores the unique ecosystem above and below the waters of Western Australia’s Ningaloo coast.
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Meet Zandile Ndhlovu, the Black Mermaid Giving Langa Kids Access to Ocean Spaces | CapeTalk
South Africa’s first black freediving instructor, Zandile Ndhlovu, is dedicated to exposing underprivileged youth to the ocean world. Dubbed the black mermaid, Ndhlovu says she wants to diversify ocean spaces because they have historically excluded Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Through the Black Mermaid Foundation, she facilitates snorkel excursions for children living in Langa.…
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Freediver Walks 107 M Underwater in One Breath to Break Record | Guinness World Records
Vitomir MariÄić (Croatia) can’t walk on water, but he can do the next best thing – walk under it. After walking a total of 107 m (351 ft 0.5 in), he has broken the record for the longest underwater walk with one breath (male). The previous record belonged to fellow Croatian freediver Boris Milosic, who…
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Diver Gets Disorientated Swimming in Frozen Lake as Frantic Rescuers Try to Smash Ice | Daily Star
This is the heart-stopping moment a free diver gets disorientated while swimming in a frozen lake as his desperate colleagues try to smash the ice to get him out before he drowns. Slovak athlete Boris Oravec, 31, was taking part in the 20-meter under-ice swim when he became disorientated and began to desperately search for…
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GoPro Awards: Frozen Lake Freedive
Channel your inner penguin with Andrew Ryzebol and Geoff Coombs 🐧 Think you could hold your breath in these frigid waters? 🥶