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April 23, 2019
Travel Review: Training with Freedive Panglao, Philippines
When freediving in Vancouver, Canada, nothing comes for free. You need to be able to cope with bad visibility, freezing cold, and high currents on nearly every dive. With Vancouver as our home-base, a trip to the Philippines in February …
April 16, 2019
First woman to deliver a baby while freediving
This was published as an April fool’s joke, on April 1st 2019. Please don’t get any funny ideas. Although fetal hemoglobin is real, delivering a baby any deeper than the bathtub would be dangerous, if not impossible.
The first true …
April 1, 2019
Wil coming up from the beautiful depths at the Marine Sanctuary.
Travel Review: Training with Thibault Guignes the Philippines
The Location
There aren’t many freediving locations just a short ride from the airport. Freedive HQ is one of those locations close to an abyss that drops just a few meters from shore. That’s the Hilutungan Channel, immediately east off …
March 25, 2019
Freediving safety: Freedive Recovery vest review
I’ve used the Freediver Recovery Vest (FRV) for a couple of years now. My wife and I cruise in Canada on our boat each summer. She doesn’t like to dive in cold water, so I don’t have a buddy. It …
March 19, 2019
The details of CO2 transport and CO2 tolerance for freedivers
CO2 tolerance is complicated, hence this post is complicated. Hopefully it is less complicated to read than it was to write. Just in case it gives you a headache, here are the highlights:
- CO2 is transported in three
March 10, 2019
The C4 Mustang carbon fins: high rails, long blades and a comfortable footpocket that can be laced.
C4 Mustang Carbon fiber fins review
Is there a pair of fins and foot pockets suitable for freediving and spearfishing in any location world-wide? From the warm waters of Dominica, West Indies to the frigid waters of northern Vancouver Island, Canada. We want a …
March 1, 2019
Noob Spearo podcast interview with Dr. Jaap Verbaas
If you ever wondered what really goes on in Jaap’s brain, why on earth he called his book Longer and Deeper, or just want to know a little more about cross-training for freediving, check out the latest podcast by Noob
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January 31, 2019
Chris and his homemade carbon fins and his monofoil.
The future of freediving fins
This is an interview with Chris Campbell, a marine engineer based in Vancouver, Canada. He has been working on a new style monofoil for 2 years and makes his own carbon fin blades. I had the pleasure of picking his …
January 22, 2019
Choosing a wetsuit for freediving and spearfishing
Along with your freediving mask, a good wetsuit is a very important piece of equipment in freediving. All too often I see students attracted by the lure of carbon fins or a fancy diving watch, only to have no budget …
January 4, 2019
