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.
Want to Swim with Amazing Sea Creatures? Dive into the Big Blue
Estrella Navarro Holm invites you to come freediving for the ocean with the return of the second annual Big Blue World Cup off the shores of La Paz, Mexico...
Freeimmersion.de Announces the “Eco-Prize”
Launched five years ago as a web-platform to connect and share freediving events in Germany and Europe, Freeimmersion.de is also a freediving school based in Cologne, Germany and Gozo,...
William Trubridge Makes the Steinlager Sequel at 102M and Takes the World Record
Watching from the edge of their seats in a television station in Auckland New Zealand, half-way around the globe from their youngest son, William Trubridge's parents Linda & David...
Antonio Del Duca sets a Pan American Freediving Record for His Country
Antonio Del Duca has been on a mission.
Antonio Del Duca is a Venezuelan athlete who has been freediving for over 12 years, all the while serving as an ambassador...
The Role of Technology & Data: the Future of Freediving
For the past few years Vertical Blue has shown its thought-leadership around adopting technology to benefit its athletes, by embracing the use of a pulse oximeter in its annual...
#VB2016 That’s a Wrap! A New High Watermark for Freediving
Vertical Blue 2016 will likely go on record as the most successful freediving competition of all time, garnering an impossible to imagine three world records (at one event) and...
The Iron Man of Freediving: DejaBlue 007
Performance Freediving is is proud to present Deja Blue 007! Over the course of three weeks, athletes from around the world descend on Grand Cayman to offer their best...
#VB2016 William Trubridge – A World Record in Pictures
On Saturday April 30, 2016 at 11:20 AM (eastern time zone) there was silence. A united stillness rippled through the air and the water as 15x World Record holder...
#VB2016 Trubridge Aims for a World Record
William Trubridge who successfully completed a super clean, free immersion dive to 119 meters just yesterday, has now announced a World Record attempt of 122m! It's going to be...
#VB2016 – The Japanese Women Are Unstoppable
Day five of Vertical Blue 2016 was spectacular. Just when we thought it couldn't get any better in the Bahamas (after a relatively new freediver from Japan set an...
Sayuri Kinoshita – A World Record in Pictures
On Tuesday, April 26th at 12:00 noon sharp (eastern time zone) Sayuri Kinoshita of Japan took hold of her destiny when she successfully completed a constant no-fins (CNF) dive...
#VB2016 Day 2 — More Records Fall
Today the wind died down a bit, on Long Island in the Bahamas. The sun was a bit warmer and the sand flies were out. But that did not...
#VB2016 Day One Sees Nine National Records
On the very first day of Vertical Blue 2016 an astonishing nine national records were set, and the competition has literally only just begun. The first dive of the...
#VB2016 Top Times Day One – 11 National Records
It's official! The announcements are in and the anticipation is high. Day one of VB2016 is going to be enormous with a whopping total of 11 attempts at setting...
Shell Eisenberg Sets New US Freediving Record
Shell Eisenberg did it again! On Sunday April 17th, 2016 in Kamuela, Hawaii the golden west-coast girl from Santa Cruz, California set a new freediving national record for the...
