Subwing, The Wing to Fly Underwater
Subwing is a new watersport which consist of being towed by a boat like water skiing except that you hold your breath in the water. Thanks to wings divided into 2 swiveling parts, you will be able to perform figures. How does the project took shape ? Subwing has been created by Simon Sivertsen, an 18 years old Norwegian. This sport …
Variable Weight World Record
On September 3rd 2013, after several months of preparation, William Winram achieved an amazing performance of 3 minutes and 8 seconds in the discipline of Variable Weight Apnea. He attempted a world record to a depth of 145 meters on a single breath of air using a weighted sled to descend and his own strength to ascend. The event was …
Freediving with sharks
Couldn’t it be amazing to freedive with sharks? Tiger sharks have a man-eaters reputation but we don’t know so much about them. We can find them in tropical waters, they are usually between 3 and 4 meters and can be impressive. Eusebio and Christina experienced several freedives with tiger sharks in the Bahamas: “Eye contact was incredibly powerful when interacting …
Different categories of freediving
AIDA (Association Internationale pour le développement de l’Apnée – Worldwide Federation for breath-hold) recognizes only 8 categories of freediving which are: Constant Weight Without Fins (CNF): It is the most difficult discipline because there’s no help, you have no equipment. It consists to descend and ascend under water by using only your own muscle strength, …
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