Dam Ban Handed a Spray
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…
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Alexey Molchanov’s World Record Dive to 130m: An Analysis
Alexey Molchanov’s World Record Dive to 130m: An Analysis The world of competitive freediving has changed with Alexey Molchanov’s world record dive to 130m – we can now observe freedivers,…
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Freediving With Your Head
Freediving With Your Head What are the psychological strategies for freediving? Recently, I (Clinton Laurence) was interviewed by the Gold Coast Bulletin (Saturday June 23, 2018) about how psychology might…
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Preparing for a Freediving Course
Preparing for a Freediving Course I am often asked by prospective students and beginner freedivers how to prepare for a freediving course. This article is a summary of my recommendations…
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Freediving Pool Standards
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…
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Win Free Tickets to the Ocean Film Festival + Winner’s List
Win Free Tickets to the Ocean Film Festival 2017 + Winners Freediving Gold Coast is offering free tickets to the Ocean Film Festival (click here to read more about this…
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Easy Equalisation for Freediving
Easy Equalisation for Beginning your Freediving Journey This post is in attempt to help freedivers to have a reliable technique to equalise every time they go diving. While this is…
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The Real Probability of Being Attacked by a Shark
I took a photo of this interesting old picture from the wall of the Main Beach Pavilion, opposite Southport SLSC. As a shark deterrent method, it’s a bit questionable (to…
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Breath Control in Freediving and in Life
Clearly one of the secrets, if I dare use that word, to freediving if not stress management in our day to day lives is the control of our breath. I (Clinton…
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What is Freediving?
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…
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