My first freediving course changed how I am in the ocean. No tank, no noise, just one breath and down. I take the mask on every crossing, and freedive wherever we drop anchor.
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Learn it right
My number 1 tip: take an AIDA freedive course. AIDA is non-profit and stays on top of the latest research, so the education is the safest out there. Find a school or instructor.
I learned from the best: OceanMinded in Lanzarote, Mariana Mermaid in Fuerteventura, Carlos Coste in Bonaire, Freedive Club in Greece, Oli Christen on Gili Air, and Deep Dominica.
Read your way down
Manual of Freediving, still the best book on the ins and outs, by the superhuman Umberto Pelizzari.
Deep, on freediving, renegade science and what the ocean tells us about ourselves.
Breatheology: optimise your breathing, optimise your life.
Blue Mind, the science of why water makes us happier and healthier.
Train and explore
Apnea Trainer, the breathing exercise app I train with.
DeeperBlue, the freediving forum for gear and destination talk.
Where I love to go down: Bonaire, Gili Air, Dominica, Saba, Kalamata and Amed.
After-dive fuel: coconut peanut butter, my guilty pleasure.
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