Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Francesca Koe

An active ocean advocate, VP of U.S. Freediving, a multi-agency dive instructor, PFI Safety Supervisor and AIDA judge, Francesca also serves as the Editor-At-Large here at DeeperBlue.com. You can usually find Francesca diving in the kelp, hanging out at the Farallones with sharky friends, or trying to improve upon her own PB's.

The Youngest Athlete in US Freediving Sets Record: Kyle Gion

Yesterday on the island of O'ahu at the University of Hawaii Performance Freediving alumnus Kyle Gion set his first US record in the freediving discipline of DYNAMIC APNEA (distance in...

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...

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...

Red Bull Presents: Herbert Nitsch BACK FROM THE ABYSS

Nearly one year ago Herbert Nitsch attempted to improve upon his own World Record in the the sled category of No-Limits. On June 6th 2012 NItsch was hoping to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Y-40 The Deep Joy

Construction of the deepest pool in the world has commenced. 10 days ago in Abano Terme, Italy project architect and manager of the Hotel Terme Millepini Emanuele Boaretto started...

IMAX Goes Freediving with Winram, Buyle and Great Whites

Renowned breath-hold photographer Fred Buyle and his Canadian freediving partner-in-crime William Winram have tagged their fair share of sharks for science research. Now they're taking it to the big...

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...

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...

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...

Top Freediver Launches Website: Miguelozano.com

Miguel Lozano, is the third deepest man in the world. The Spanish freediver nipping at Trubridge's heels for a world record, secured his position at the top during last...

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...

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