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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…

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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…

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Mother & Son Set Freediving Records at Russian National Open

Yesterday was another record-setting day at the Blue Hole in Dahab. On the first day of the Russian National Open 20+ athletes signed up in the hopes of achieving a personal best and seeing a white card — of these … | READ MORE…

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Del Duca Breaks Pan-American Freediving Record

The Olmeca Open Apnea Veracruz 2013 freediving competition was held this past weekend in Mexico City. Organized by AIDA Mexico & Alejandro Lemus, the pool event was very successful for everyone involved but in particular for Venezuelan freediver Antonio Del … | READ MORE…

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Tateyama Pool Championship

Last weekend on April 6 and 7th, AIDA Japan held their annual pool championship in Tateyama. Junko Kitahama was on hand serving both as a judge and a roving reporter for Deeperblue. This year a special guest judge, Ekaterina Romanova … | READ MORE…

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Final day of “Triple Depth” lands 7 more Freediving Records

The final day of the Triple Depth competition in Dahab yielded a further 7 national freediving records on top of the 9 on day one and 6 on day two!  The final day of competition was in the Constant Weight … | READ MORE…

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3 More Freediving Records Fall at PFI’s Deja Blue III

Saturday May 5th was an extra special day for Iru Balic, Grant Hogan and Nick Mevoli. On just the second day of Performance Freediving International’s annual depth competition these three athletes each claimed their own new national titles. “I am … | READ MORE…

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American Women Break World & National Records at Deja Blue III

Every year Performance Freediving International hosts an open freediving competition in Cayman, and every year gets deeper and deeper. This year is no exception. On Friday May 4th a new World Record was set by Ashley Futral Chapman of the United States. … | READ MORE…

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The Kona Challenge 2003: Part I

Kaori Mitani makes her Deeper Blue debut with a three part saga of the Kona Challenge 2003. | READ MORE…

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