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Stephan Whelan

Stephan is the Founder of DeeperBlue.com. His passion for the underwater world started at 8 years old with a try-dive in a hotel pool on holiday that soon formulated into a lifelong love affair with the oceans. In 1996 he set up DeeperBlue.com and has grown the site to be the most popular diving website and community in the world.

World???s Youngest Master Scuba Diver

On 4th January 2004, Charles Jessop (12) became the youngest ever diver in the English speaking world to qualify as a Master Scuba Diver. ...

ICARE announce 2003 FreeDiving award winners

ICARE have announced the winners of the 2003 ICARE FreeDiving Trophy 2003. These awards are designed to recognise outstanding achievements in the ...

FreeDiving Websites re-launched

It seems that over the holiday period several FreeDivers have re-launched their websites. David Lee has relaunched ApneaBlue.com ...

Results from the 2nd Dutch DiveINN

As reported by Jorg on the DeeperBlue.net Forums, here are the results from the 2nd Dutch DiveINN. Stig Severinsen did a new world record of 204m...

Mark Ellyatt sets new world record for deepest dive

British technical diver Mark Ellyatt is reported to have safely completed a dive to 313m in Thailand. The previous depth record was set...

DeeperBlue.net Forums expands News Group functionality and coverage

DeeperBlue.net Forums have been mirroring USENET News Groups for many years now. This week we are pleased to announce that the forums have been upgraded to provide more advanced...

Star of Free Willy dies

Keiko, the star of the Free Willy movies, died on Friday from suspected pneumonia in the Norwegian bay where he had been living out his...

2004 Wall Calendar Launched!

DeeperBlue.net is proud to announce our first Wall Calendar. Available in our DeeperBlue.net Gear shop as of today, it features 13 photographs of FreeDivers and...

SFU Advanced Freediver Research Project

For its fourth year in a row, Simon Fraser University in partnership with the members of Performance Freediving and the Canadian Association of Apnea ...

DeeperBlue.net launches Chat area!

Today we launched the first of a selection of new features. DeeperBlue.net Chat was launched as an extension to the DeeperBlue.net Forums. All registered members of the DeeperBlue.net Forums...

Los Angeles County Underwater Instructor Certification Course announces program details for 2004

Dates were formally announced today by the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Departments Underwater Unit for the 2004 Underwater Instructor Certification Course...

Bonaire's Eighth Annual Dive Festival for 2004

The Eighth Annual Bonaire Dive Festival, taking place June 5-19, 2004, has been expanded from one week to two weeks. This means that participants have...

CAFA to join with USAA for the 2004 AIDA World Championships of Freediving

The Canadian Association of Freediving and Apnea (CAFA), official host of the 2004 AIDA World Team Championships of Freediving to be held in ...

Closing date announced for Cyprus 2004 Competitors

Howard Jones of Freeology has announced today that the closing date for competitor entries to the Freeology Open Classic 2004 in Cyprus is 12:00 on...

Annabel Briseno sets new Free Immersion World Record

The team in Hawaii have informed us that Annabel Briseno has set a new Womens Free Immersion World Record to a depth of 71m in...

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