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Freediving Training in Kalamata, Greece

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Freediving Courses For Children – What you need to know

Many people believe freediving is an extreme sport and therefore freediving courses for children are not suitable for their child. After all, who in their right mind would make their child hold their breath, and then expect them to stay underwater? However freediving is simply breath hold diving, snorkeling without the snorkel and done correctly can be an incredible skill for a child to have.

What you should know about freediving courses for children

Some people classify freediving as an extr...

Advanced Courses in Freediving – The Next Step

Advanced Courses in freediving are specifically designed to drive certified entry level freedivers to the next level. Many students are very happy remaining as RAID freedivers, using their newly acquired skills for pleasure, relaxation or even work. But, as with all sports there are those who like to progress – whether to test (or find) their limits or simply as motivation to maintain and improve their skills and techniques. Freediving is no different.

Here’s what you need to know:

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The Best Freediving Book – My Top Five Choices

Everybody has their favourite books, and within the freediving genre you will find various publications that freedivers turn to again and again for information, motivation or simply the chance to connect with a kindred spirit who lives for being underwater. But which are the best freediving books on the market today?

It is fair to say I have read A LOT of freediving books, but whittling it down to what I consider to be the five best freediving books out there was no mean feat!

So (in no parti...

Freediving in a Quarry – A Top Venue For Teaching

Freediving in a quarry often conjures up images of clambering over awkward rock faces and dodgy barbed wire so that you can reach an uninspiring (and often very unsafe) expanse of water that has become the local dumping ground for fly-tippers, and for some reason, shopping trolleys.

Prepare to be pleasantly surprised! Freediving in a quarry these days is an amazing experience, and is fast becoming the venue of choice for learning to freedive in the UK.

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Top Ten Tips for being a Mermaid from Mermaid Athiraa

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Last time we spoke to Linda Ågren, also known as Mermaid Athiraa she graciously shared her childhood dreams of becoming a mermaid and how she was finally able to realise her dream in 2012 when she became a professional mermaid. While being a professional mermaid may look like the coolest job ever, it requires an immense amount of work, training and dedication.  For the aspiring mermaids among us, Mermaid Athiraa has offered up her top ten tips for bein...