If AIDA observer members in Oceania wish to run a competition, the AFA can help by registering competitions with AIDA. The Singapore Pool Freediving Open (6th September 2015), hosted by the Apnea Association of Singapore (AAS), will be the first national freediving competition in Singapore. The AAS decided to run the event to facilitate the [...]
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. [...]
Pejman "PJ" Siavoshi after setting his DYN record at the Curtis Coast Freedive Competition The Curtis Coast Freedive Challenge once again proved to be a great success, with one national record and plenty of PB performances. 8 athletes, first-timers as well as Australia's best, got together in Gladstone to compete in the pool [...]
Freedivers from around Australia and internationally have been invited to submit entries to the Curtis Coast Freedive Challenge. The pool event to be held at the Gladstone Aquatic Centre will be held on 11-12 October 2014 and feature static (STA), dynamic (DYN) and dynamic no fins (DNF) disciplines. The event, known for its friendly atmosphere, [...]
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. [...]