A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO LEIGH WOOLLEY: the Brisbane Freediver has broken the Australian Record in Dynamic No Fins with a beautiful 184m swim yesterday at PAN PACS. Woolley has reportedly been training tirelessly with the aim to set a new record. The last record in this discipline belonged to Tanc Sade who set it [...]
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 [...]
The Technical Officer for the Australian Freediving Association, Jody Fisher, along with Chris Marshall (NZL) and Pavlina Prochazkova (CZE), is working with the AIDA International board to create and pilot a new process for the International Rules updates. The aim is to have an online management tool allowing each AIDA National to comment on proposed [...]
The proposed competition pool Brisbane Freedivers club, in conjunction with the Australian Freediving Association, has put in a bid for the 2015 AIDA Pool Freediving World Championships. If the bid is successful, the event would see approximately 100 athletes from around the world compete at the Sleeman Centre in Brisbane in May 2015. [...]
Nominations are now open for the Australian Freediving Association committee for 2015! If you are interested in nominating for a position, please contact us for more information. Nominations close at midnight AEST, October 25th.
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. […]