Lewis being congratulated after his impressive DYN performance New Zealand athlete Lewis Jones was the overall winner on the weekend in the national freediving competition held in Brisbane. Lewis put up consistently good performances in all disciplines coming second in men’s static (STA) and dynamic with fins (DYN) and 5th in dynamic no [...]
Sydney freediver Ant Judge has set a new National Record with a FIM (free immersion) dive to 84m. The record was set during the Freedive Paradise competition in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Ant has been in excellent form, achieving a new PB with an 89m training dive leading into the competition. On the first day of the [...]
2014 Australian Pool Champions: Beau Armstrong and Emily Shaw Local Brisbane freedivers Beau Armstrong and Emily Shaw took out the 2014 National Pool Championships, which were held Sleeman Aquatic Centre in Brisbane. Both Beau and Emily put in strong performances in each of the disciplines of static apnea (STA), dynamic with fins (DYN) [...]
Christina Sáenz de Santamaría warming up at the Caribbean Cup. Image by Lia Barrett. Australian Christina Sáenz de Santamaría has won the prestigious depth competition The Caribbean Cup in Roatan, Honduras. In a close competition Christina won the overall women’s competition, beating closest rival, Ashley Chapman of the USA, by only 1 point. [...]
The AIDA Board has put together a draft of proposed changes to the rules that govern judges, competition and safety. It has been quite some time since the rules were revised and so this is a rare opportunity to improve our sport. […]