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Aida World Depth Championships Preparation

Welcome to the not-so-secret freediving training diary of David Mellor

Following his recent victory at the BFA (British Freediving Association) National Depth Championship in Chepstow, David has been building himself up to the Aida World Depth Championships in Nice. In part one of a four part blog David tells us all about the build up.

Preparing for the Aida World Depth Championships

David: Wow!!! Where do I start?

Well I arrived in Villefranche five weeks before the competition to give...

Top Gifts For Freedivers This Christmas Costing Around ��20!

No sooner does the freediving season end than we dive head first into the Christmas season! So when all of our lovely freedivers finally come up for air and see all the fabulous gifts for freedivers that are floating around what do you think they are hoping to get in their extra large stockings this year?

Well, it just so happens we have compiled a list of awesome gifts you can buy from us without worrying about Santa’s sleigh getting lost, elves going on strike or queues that stretch to the...

Top Gifts For Freedivers This Christmas Costing Around £20!

No sooner does the freediving season end than we dive head first into the Christmas season! So when all of our lovely freedivers finally come up for air and see all the fabulous gifts for freedivers that are floating around what do you think they are hoping to get in their extra large stockings this year?

Well, it just so happens we have compiled a list of awesome gifts you can buy from us without worrying about Santa’s sleigh getting lost, elves going on strike or queues that stretch to the...

How To Make Vertical and Horizontal Bubble Rings

Have you seen my recent video (see below, if you missed it), where I managed to blow consistent bubble rings? I was thrilled, as that was something that had eluded me for many years! But learning how to make bubble rings is a bit like riding a bike – once you can do it, you’ll never forget it. If only I had realised just how simple it was. So, get ready to impress your friends the next time you’re in the water! All you need to start is some water and a little practice.

Bubble rings can be performed re...

Freediving With Go Freediving – What Next?

Freediving with Go Freediving, we hope, is not a one course experience! Our students come and join us from all over the world, with every possible differing background and experience, but with a common goal, to freedive! For myself and my instructors this is both humbling and inspiring! As passionate freedivers ourselves, we hope each student will leave with (at the very least) a new life skill which they can transfer to so many different areas of their lives. This can range from increased wa...

The Importance of Correct Weighting For Freediving

There are a number of reasons why learning the correct weighting for freediving is essential, particularly as the weighting you need will change, depending on the environment you are diving in. On this week’s course, our students assessed their weighting on the surface before seeing how it affected them when they dived down.

Finding the correct weighting for freediving depends on factors which include body weight, size and composition, the thickness and age of your suit, the depth of your div...

Learning Finning techniques on a Freediving Course

Learning finning techniques on a freediving course is not usually the highest priority students have when they undertake a course with us. Understandably many students are focused on breathing techniques and equalisation. However, as the course progresses they soon realise that efficient, well executed finning techniques can directly impact on their ability to dive longer and deeper and contribute to a far better freediving experience.

Why the fins you use will impact on your finning techniqu...

A Presentation on Freediving in the Army

Recently, I was honoured to be invited as a guest speaker to talk about freediving in the army and to present an award at the 11th (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment annual sports persons dinner and awards evening in Blandford Camp in Dorset.

As a number of our freediving students and club members come from military backgrounds it was an unexpected pleasure to be asked to come and talk about freediving in the army with a unit so clearly passionate about (and talented at) sport. It was...

How a Freediver Could Win Miss Scuba UK 2019

Go Freediving Club member Hayley Adlam has made it through to the final three in the running for Miss Scuba UK 2019! We are so delighted for her – a true beauty inside and out. We couldn’t wait to catch up with her and find out all about the competition. What is Miss Scuba UK?

Miss Scuba UK is an annual pageant with a difference, it is not solely a beauty or scuba diving competition but is a merging of the two disciplines to help raise awareness for marine conservation and celebrate the inne...

Learning Breathing Techniques on a Freediving Course

Breathing techniques are one of the core skills we teach during a RAID Freediving Course. We focus on learning breathing techniques for before and after the dive. So why is it so important?

Why Learning Breathing Techniques For Freediving Is So Important

Breathing comes naturally to us all, yet it is quite a complicated process and one that many of us are actually doing incorrectly (or inefficiently). Correctly breathing is critical for both a pleasurable comfortable dive, but above all, saf...