Tag Archives: Variable Weight

Annelie Pompe sets sights on Tanya Streeter’s No Limit Freediving Record

Swedish mountaineer and Freediver, Annelie Pompe has announced her intention to break the No Limits (NLT) Women’s Sled Record by diving to 161m in November 2012.  The current record has been held by Tanya Streeter for 10 years at 160m. … | READ MORE…

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Freediving World Records fall once again to Russian Dynamos

On a day that saw Austrian Herbert Nitsch fail to reset the World Record in No-Limits (NLT), Russian Freedivers Natalia Molchanova and (her son) Alexey Mochanov have broken World Records in Variable Weight (VWT) and Constant Weight (CWT) respectively. Natalia … | READ MORE…

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Tanya Streeter talks at TEDxAustin 2012

Tanya Streeter, the world champion freediver who held the Women’s Variable Weight record for almost 7 years, talks to a locally organised TEDx event in Austin recently.  The talk focused on how she redefined her limits and the challenges she … | READ MORE…

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Behind the Scenes of the New Australian Depth Records

Freediver Michael Cheesman takes the title of “Australia’s Deepest Man” but misses a hat-trick. Read about his recent national record attempts at Sharm el Sheikh. (Details provided by Michael’s inspiring coach, Sara Campbell.) | READ MORE…

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Quiet Men: Alun George with Umberto Pelizzari, Part I

Contributor Alun George meets the freediving legend. | READ MORE…

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