Yvette Bezuidenhout
Past life: scuba instructor. English teacher/ freediver. Author of Wayan and the Turtle King, a children's book on the effects of plastic on the marine environment.
Raising Awareness About Shark Consumption In Taiwan
With 100-million sharks killed every year, mainly for their fins, Staff Writer Yvette went in search of sharks on a midnight trip to a local fish market
PADI Women’s Dive Day 2017 at Asia’s Only Deep Pool
How did you celebrate PADI Women's Dive Day 2017? Staff Writer Yvette decided to visit Asia's only deep pool for Scuba Diving and Freediving
Review: Octopus Freediving Noseclip
The crowdfunded Octopus Noseclip brought the Freediving world together last year. We take a look to see what the end result is like.
Octopus Freediving Launches New Website & Free Worldwide Postage
Last year, Pascal Berger decided that he wanted to design and make a new noseclip for the freediving community. This week sees the launch of the Octopus Freediving website,...
Results of the South East Asia Team Freediving Pool competition
The first South East Asia (SEA) Team Freediving Pool competition took place in Penang, Malaysia on 10th-11th December.
Teams from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia competed, with Singapore winning first place overall, Malaysia...
Beth Neale Sets Free Immersion African Freediving Continental Record For I AM WATER
Africa's female freedivers have been busy the last two months. In November, Passante Adel from Egypt dived to 54m in the Free Immersion (FIM) discipline during the RedCcup, setting...
Sustainable Christmas Present Ideas For Divers
Christmas is coming soon, shops are getting busier and cheesy songs are on auto-repeat. The dreaded Christmas shopping experience isn't getting any easier. I would like to think that...
Round-Up of the Bristol Blue Freediving Competition 2016
The inaugural Bristol Blue Freediving Competition took place on November 27th at Horfield Leisure Centre. The event was covered 'live' on Facebook by PADI, one of the event's sponsors. Kayleigh...
Mateusz Malina Sets 229m Pure Apnea World Record Dynamic Bi-Fins
Mateusz Malina from Poland broke the current Pure Apnea DYN Bi-fins world record of 226m by swimming a distance of 229m at the Free Dive World mini comp, held...
Yoram Zekri and Amber Bourke Take Gold At The 2016 AFA Depth National Championships
The 2016 AFA Depth National Championships, hosted by AFA Depth National Championships, hosted by Apnea Bali, drew to a close with more National Records being set.
Highlights
Komtanoo Pinpimai set another National...
