Category Archives: Freediving Competitions & Records
Guillaume Néry Sets New Freediving Record for France
Guillaume Néry has done it again. Just this past week, the leader of the “French Mafia” set a new national record (NR) for France under constant ballast. Competing at the 6th annual Med Cup in Greece, Guillaume Néry delivered a successful constant … | READ MORE…
AIDA Hellas Announce Summer Apnea Games 2013
AIDA Hellas have announced their Summer Apnea Games 2013 to be held on 7th and 8th September 2013 at Heraion in Loutraki (Gulf of Corinth) in Greece. The competition is an “Open International” under AIDA Rules, has official AIDA Ranking … | READ MORE…
The First American to 100 Meters: Nicholas Mevoli
Today Nicholas Mevoli of Brooklyn made American history at the Caribbean Cup in Roatán. On this fourth day of the competition Mevoli successfully completed a dive down to 100 meters under constant ballast, on a single breath, and returned to … | READ MORE…
Wind & Waves Foil Annelie Pompe’s World Record Attempt
Yesterday Swedish adventurer Annelie Pompe was set to attempt a Variable Weight deep dive to -130 meters off the coast of Egypt but the marine weather conditions deteriorated enough such that it was not to be. The wind and the … | READ MORE…
Carib Cup Day Two: A National Record for Walid Boudhiaf
Walid Boudhiaf is a man of many nations. Progeny of a French mother and a Tunisian father, Walid now lives in South America and is currently making Roatán, the largest of Honduras‘ Bay Islands his home during the inaugural Caribbean … | READ MORE…
Freediving Records Set on Day One of Carib Cup 2013
On the very first day of the Caribbean Cup 2013 four national freediving records were set including a very solid performance by Ryuzo Shinomiya of Japan. Despite the swell and choppy conditions Shinomiya surfaced from 56m no-fins dive to receive … | READ MORE…
Getting Underway: Caribbean Cup 2013
It’s official! The training for the Caribbean Cup 2013 has begun. Freedivers from around the world have joined event organizers Walid Boudhiaf and Esteban Darhanpe on Roatán to see who can dive the deepest at this inaugural international freediving cup … | READ MORE…
Vertical Blue 2013 Registration Open
The 6th Annual Vertical Blue competition has opened it’s doors to registrations. Billed as the “World’s Premiere Freediving Event”, the competition this year has 9 days of competition and a prize pool worth over $25,000. Last year athletes made 252 … | READ MORE…
AIDA “People’s Choice” Award Winners Announced
AIDA International have announced the winners of the 2012 Suunto sponsored “People’s Choice” award. Freedivers from across the globe have cast their votes for their favourite athletes, coaches, judges and volunteers. Here are the winners for 2012 in all categories: … | READ MORE…
Alexey Molchanov Takes Continental No-Fins Record
On day two of the Russian National Open at the Blue Hole in Dahab Alexey Molchanov struck a thunderous chord still rippling across the globe. The highly-praised freediver from Russia ousted a Canadian and a Frenchman upon ascent from his latest … | READ MORE…
