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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.

Patrick Musimu Goes Deep to Fight Hunger

Hurghada, Egypt -- Witnessing the wretching clutches of poverty and hungriness all around him as a child in the shanty town of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Patrick Musimu...

New World Record in Variable Weight for Annelie Pompe

Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt -- After fourteen days of training at the Only One Apnea Center, on October 5th, 2010 Annelie Pompe set a new women's World Record of 126 meters...

Dave Mullins Achieves Another World Record

Porirua Pool, Wellington, New Zealand, --  The Cressi World Record Challenge was set up so that Dave Mullins could demonstrate his aquatic athletic ability, and he has done just that. On Monday...

3rd Times a Charm for Kiwi Freediver

Wellington, NZ -- On Saturday September 25, 2010 the 29-year-old Dave Mullins made history. Doing his best to mentally prepare and settle his nerves in front of judges and...

Mullins – Anticipation for a new World Record

New Zealand -- As reported by Mark Geenty in local Kiwi news -- the Dominion Post -- Dave Mullins is preparing for an epic weekend. A well-respected champion already, Mullins will...

1st Annual Los Angeles Apnea Challenge

Culver City, CA -- Calling all competitors: Ben Weiss and DeeDee Flores welcome all comers at the first annual Los Angeles Apnea Challenge. Taking place in just over a...

Coming Soon!!! Triple Depth

Dahab, Egypt -- Lotta Ericson and Linda Paganelli of Freedive Dahab, cordially invite you to their sixth annual freediving competition, the Triple Depth Freediving Challenge. This year Linda and...

Set Sail with Ocean Encounters

Looking for a freediving adventure for the fall? Dreaming of spending a sun-filled week in the Ionian Sea aboard a 2004 Bavaria 49-foot/15-meter sailboat? Well then look no further than Ocean Encounters. Only...

The Winners – BLUE Ocean Film Festival 2010

Monterey, CA -- BLUE Ocean Film Festival announced its 2010 award winning films at the BLUE Carpet Awards held at the Golden State Theater in Monterey. The award ceremony also...

Get on the Express with Herbert

Dai-ichi Hotel, Tokyo -- The 2010 World Championships in Japan revealed many things. Fred Sessa of France demonstrated a new world record, Stig Severinsen showed us more than he should,...

Dave Mullins – Ready to Take Dynamic Record Back

Porirua, New Zealand -- word on the street is that somebody is making plans to recapture the Dynamic No-fins (DYN) world record. And that somebody is none other than...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? (or is it a honey badger?) No it's Sheffield Steel

In what seemed to be a never-ending onslaught of sports and a deluge of athletic feats: the NBA Championship for basketball, the French Open for tennis, British Open for...

Get in the Game with PFI

Performance Freediving International (PFI) is known for breaking records, setting standards, and training people to "explore their potential" in the aquatic realm. In their latest video installment -- "Defending the Vandenburg"...

Everything Old is New Again – Skandalopetra

Lindos, Rhodes -- An ancient stone diving technique, used by sponge divers in the Mediterranean for thousands of years and known by the Greeks as “Skandalopetra” has sparked new...

Trubridge Offers Training in Tenerife

World Record freediver William Trubridge has entered into a partnership with Tenerife Top Training. Also known as T3, Tenerife is an athletic training facility that boasts Olympic sized pools...

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