The Australian Freediving Association (AFA) and Freediving New Zealand (FNZ) are very excited to announce the inaugural Trans Tasman Team Challenge in Auckland from 2-6 August. The Trans Tasman Team Challenge brings the great sporting rivalry between Australia and New Zealand to Freediving by pitting two mixed gender teams of four from each country. The winning team [...]
Leigh Woolley after his impressive 172m dynamic no fins performance. The second annual Australian Pool National Championships, held in Gladstone from May 29-31, was a great success with athletes from several east coast clubs and Adelaide attending. The event was held in conjunction with the Curtis Coast Freediving Challenge, which is in its [...]
The AFA has judge-in-learning (JIL) opportunities at two upcoming competitions, and are calling for applications. Applicants must have completed a judge course prior to the competition they wish to act as a JIL. Applications should be emailed to the AFA and be no more than half a page in length. The application should explain how [...]
Amber surfaces after her impressive 191m DYN performance. Australian freediver Amber Bourke has won the women’s division of the MDC PoolMaster Apnea Challenge held in Malaysia on 28 March. Over twenty athletes from eight countries contested the challenging event in which STA, DYN and DNF are all contested in a single day. [...]
This year AIDA is holding the Individual Pool World Championship (for the disciplines of STA, DNF, and DYN) in Belgrade, Serbia from 19-28 June and the Individual Depth World Championship (for the disciplines of FIM, CNF, and CWT) in Limassol, Cyprus from 11-20 September. Each country may send up to four athletes per gender per [...]
The AFA wishes all of its members a merry Christmas and thanks them for their support in 2014. It’s been a great year for freediving in Australia, with highlights including our first ever pool National Championships and the affiliation of clubs in South Australia and Melbourne. 2015 is set to be another exciting year with [...]