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The World's first man-made snorkeling lagoon – Dubai
A snorkelling lagoon with coral reefs and marine life is being built at the Oqyana World First project on Nakheel's offshore development The World.
Snorkellers...
New Record Attempt for Guillaume Nery
There is an announcement on the AIDA website of a new record attempt for French national freediver and world record holder Guillaume Nery.
The date...
Multimillion Dollar Dolphinarium opens in Dubai
The UAE's first dolphinarium opened in Dubai yesterday. The 1,250 seat indoor arena at the Dubai Dolphinarium in Creek Park will stage three live...
Freediver holds courses in Shark Park
Freediving champion and AIDA Freediving Instructor, Hanli Prinsloo,completed the first freediving courses ever held in the Aliwal Shoal, off Umkomaas, on the east coast...
Vertical Blue brings in the Masters
Vertical Blue, afreediving school based in the Bahamas run by freediving world record holderWilliam Trubridge, has teamed up with world-renowned yoga instructor SimonBorg-Oliver and...
AIDA Team World Championship 2008 Judge selection
The judgesfor the AIDA Team World Championship in Sharm, Egypt, 2008 have been selected.
BillStrömberg, Sweden, 30 votes (Judge President) Grant W. Graves, USA, 24...
New Static Apnea World Record for Tom Sietas
Hamburg, Germany
Tom Sietas, current World Record Holder of the freediving discipline of Static Apnea, has beaten his own record this weekend. Sietas achieved...
New National Record for New Zealand
Kathryn McPhee set a new National Record in the pool competition held in Wellington, New Zealand, in the Dynamic No Fins discipline. Ms McPhee...
Further records smashed by New Zealand freedivers
The 2008Apneists Challenge held in Wellington this weekend has announced further smashhits from the Kiwi freedivers.
McPheeattempted the last remaining national women's record without her...
Dolphin gets prosthetic tail
From the Telegraph.co.uk:
Winter, AnAtlantic Bottlenose Dolphin named Winter was captured after losing her own tailafter being caught in a harsh crab trap. She was...
New Zealand's freedivers prepare for pool comp
Tucked awayon the first daybreak line of our earth, New Zealand freedivers prepare for the Apneist’s Challenge tobe held in Wellington. The freediving competitions...
Amazon Mollies survive without males
BBCnews:
Experts believe that an all femalefish species has survived for 70,000 years without reproducing sexually.
(Picture credit: Dunja K Lamatsch)
Scientists from the University ofEdinburgh think...
Maria Teresa Solomons to dive with ghosts in Mexico
Deeperblue.net has just heard that Maria Teresa Solomons is to attempt a 70 metre dive in the famous spooky Cenotes of Xibalba in Mexico,...
AIDA National Championships in Mexico
AIDA Mexico are holding their 2nd National Freediving Championship in Xibalba, Mexico, on the 20, 21 and 22 of June. The competitive disciplines...