Freediving Gold Coast COVID-19 Update With the current uncertainty in relation to COVID-19, the team at Freediving Gold Coast want to reassure you that your health and safety is our top priority. We are monitoring the recent, dynamic health directives from the State Health Department, Australian Government and the World Health Organisation and, as such,…
Diving Into the Past – A Modern Freediver Visits the Ama How long have humans been visiting the underwater world assisted only by their natural born attributes? Most modern freedivers are aware of the rich history of the sport and one of the earliest freediving cultures known being Japan’s Ama divers. The earliest evidence of…
The Vision for the Growth & Development of the Australian Freediving Association We have five specific overarching goals for the vision of the growth and development of the Australian Freediving Association to be world competitive in both pool and depth disciplines. In the next two years we will: Increase the number of AFA Members from…
Unfair and Inequitable AFA Membership Categories Recently Freediving Gold Coast ran a mini-competition: the AIDA Freediving Gold Coast Club DNF Mini-Comp on the 13th October 2019. Unfortunately, it was not without incident. One of the competitors, Maria Madero, entered our competition. It is a requirement under the world governing body, AIDA International, that a competitor…
What’s wrong with the Australian Freediving Association (AFA)? My personal opinion is that until the following areas are addressed, the growth of the sport of freediving in Australia will be severely limited and we will never be a major player on the world scene (unlike the other water sports of swimming and surfing where Australia…
The following article, written by reporter Alister Thomson, appeared in the Gold Coast Bulletin, Friday August 10 2018: Dam Ban Handed a Spray by Alister Thomson – Gold Coast Bulletin Friday August 10 2018 A VETERAN freediving instructor says authorities are missing a valuable tourism grab by refusing to open up Hinze Dam to swimming and…
Freediving Pool Standards Code On 21 July 2011 World Champion “No Limits” freediver Patrick Musimu (his personal best dive was to 209 metres) died while training alone in a pool in Brussels, Belgium. This highlights the dangers of freedivers training by themselves in a pool even when such athletes are very experienced and qualified as…
On the 30/5/16 our Principal Freediiving Instructor at Freediving Gold Coast, Clinton Laurence, did a radio interview on ABC Radio with Kelly Devine titled “What is freediving?”. The link to this radio interview can be clicked on here http://www.freedivingtraining.com.au/music/57a980fdaeb67.mp3. The important distinction made in this interview are the differences between recreational freediving and extreme or…