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William Trubridge Gets a New Look

It’s a new year and William Trubridge is starting it off with a fresh new look — that is digitally speaking. In collaboration with designer Adam Carson, Will has developed an updated aesthetic at the website for his freediving school … | READ MORE…

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Molchanov Wins the Coin Toss and Keeps His World Record

Russian freediver Alexey Molchanov has done it again. On the last occurring Saturday in November, Alexey improved upon his own World Record in Constant Weight (CWT) by one meter to set the plate a little deeper to 126m at Suunto … | READ MORE…

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Ashley Futral Chapman Smashes World Record at Suunto Vertical Blue

Yesterday Ashley Futral Chapman achieved the seemingly impossible by diving to 67 meters (223 feet) with just a single breath of air in her lungs. The 30 year old North Carolina native propelled herself into history by setting her third … | READ MORE…

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On the Eve of the Comp: Suunto Vertical Blue 2012

The lanyards have been tested, the athletes have trained, and the colorful flags of many nations have been hung with care over the world’s deepest blue hole in anticipation of the big day — the first day of the 2012 … | 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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Natalia Molchanova Re-Claims Constant (unassisted) World Record

Russian Freediver Natalia Molchanova, has reclaimed her Constant Weight No Fins (CNF) World Record with a dive to 66 meters on 8th May 2012 in Dahab, Egypt. Natalia had previously held the record at 62 meters which was surpassed earlier … | READ MORE…

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Ashley Futral Chapman is Officially the Deepest (unassisted) Woman in the World

May 4, 2012 Ashley Futral Chapman breaks the Constant Weight No Fins World Record with a dive to 63 meters (207) at Performance Freediving’s Deja Blue competition in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands. The women’s CNF record was previously held … | READ MORE…

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New Zealand Freediver to attempt Static Freediving World Record

New Zealander Kathryn Nevatt (nee McPhee), who previously held the Freediving World Record in Dynamic No Fins (DNF) in 2008, has announced that she is going to be going to try and beat the current Women’s Static Apnea record of … | READ MORE…

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Listening to your Body, Greek World Championships 2011

Our favorite South African freediver and founder of the “I Am Water Ocean Conservation Trust” offers a personal anecdote of why freediving athletes should remember to listen to their bodies – even when the message is in conflict with a personal goal. (Hanli’s headshot courtesy of Charlie Dailey) | READ MORE…

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The Day of the Hectometer

On December 13th, 2010 William Trubridge became the first human to successfully complete a constant no fins dive to 100 meters — an astounding depth of one hectometer unassisted. Trubridge’s world record 100m CNF dive is also his 13th world record. Read on as the champion freediver regales us with his own personal briefing of events leading up to Project Hector. | READ MORE…

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