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Free Diving - depth and breath holding duration - dangerous

The sport of Free Diving, while challenging and exciting, is also a dangerous one. Shallow water blackout and drowning can result in even the closest of supervised settings.
Big Blue - A Free Diving Movie
This 1988 movie, starring Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Réno, and Rosanna Arquette, concerns Jacques Mayol, a world-class diver who can't reconcile life on land with his world beneath the sea. I give it a big thumbs up!
Free Diving - Underwater Society of America
A snorkeler is often looked upon as a second class citizen aquanaut. In reality, snorkeling with repeated breath hold descents (free diving) is an art which precedes scuba diving by hundreds if not thousands of years. Free diving fulfills the same needs or desires as scuba, most importantly, of being in the water.
Free Diving from A Free Diver
These articles were researched and written by Pipin. Read them to refresh your knowledge, or to learn new things about this interesting and dangerous sport.
Freediving from Deeper Blue
"Take a deep breath, you've found the premier website for Freediving."
Pipin Productions
Home of the Freediving Champions Pipin and Audrey Ferreras - Audrey has gone as deep as 125 meters, and Pippin as far as 162 meters.
Free Diving World Cup Story
The story goes something like this: five guys answer an advert. Six months later, and with limited training, they are in the Mediterranean at the second Apnea World Cup.

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