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Freediving
Our new series focusing on the achievements of women in diving starts with Ocean Ramsey, marine advocate.
If you’re fascinated by the aquatic world, but don’t like the concept of a cylinder on your back, don’t let that be a barrier. Freediving may just be the water sport for you.
Harry Chamas holds the British national freediving records for variable weights and no-limits. We recently chatted with him about the sport.
You have plenty of friends who don’t dive. Here’s how to explain to them the difference between scuba diving, snorkeling, skin diving and freediving.
This slight change in setup will absolutely reduce the amount of water you get in your snorkel, which will benefit any diver, regardless of experience.
Cold, dark water is unappealing to most divers, but there are quite a few hearty souls in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the Northern Atlantic regions of the U.S., who relish jumping into our local waters to see what’s below the surface.
People frequently ask me why I freedive when I can scuba dive and stay down longer. My interest in freediving started with a need to challenge myself physically and mentally.
Why is freediving the fastest growing water sport ever?
They key to free-diving is a word in the name itself: free.
PFI and the F3F racers scooting off of Macabuca in Grand Cayman. Mandy-Rae takes top time.