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Team America Earns Bronze Medal, Breaks Records and Ranks 7th Place Out of 30 Countries at 2019 World Freediving Championships
The annual event attracts professional freedivers from all over the world, and Team America's thorough, year-round preparations proved to have paid off, setting four National Records and taking the fourth position in the world for bi-fins discipline. Read More
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Mandy Sumner Wins Gold at Freediving World Championships.
USA Freediving is pleased to announce that Mandy Sumner of Hawaii has won gold in the Constant No Fins discipline at the 2015 Freediving Depth World Championships in Limassol, Cyprus. Free2Dive Freediving School and AIDA Cyprus are hosting this year's World Championships. Mandy performed a dive to fifty-eight meters / 190 feet tying the performance of Sayuri Kinoshita of Japan. Read More
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Claire Paris Breaks USA Women's Freediving National Record.
Claire Paris of Miami, Florida broke the USA Women's National Freediving Record in the freediving discipline of Dynamic No Fins with a swim of 128 meters / 420 feet on a single breath. Claire added three meters / ten feet to the record previously held by Shell Eisenberg of Hawaii. Read More
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Shell Eisenberg Breaks Long Standing USA Women's Freediving Record
Relative newcomer Shell Eisenberg of Northern California surprised the USA Freediving world by capturing her first USA Women's National Freediving Record in the freediving discipline of Dynamic No Fins with a swim of 125 meters / 410 feet. Read More
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John Hullverson Breaks Longest Standing US Men's Freediving Record
Dark horse newcomer, John Hullverson of Northern California, surprised the US Freediving world by capturing his first US Men's National Freediving Record in the freediving discipline of Dynamic No Fins with a swim of 142 meters / 466 feet. Read More
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American Freediver Ted Hardy Wins DejaBlueV Freediving Competition
US Freediving is pleased to report that US Freediving athlete Ted Hardy, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, has won the prestigious DejaBlueV freediving competition. Ted complied the highest point total for all six competitive freediving disciplines completed w Read More
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US Freediving Elects New Board of Directors
US Freediving held Board of Directors elections in January. The new board consists of five members with extensive experience and lineage in national and international freediving. The team has conducted two board meetings since being elected. Read More
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Allison Penovich: New Spearfishing World Record Set by 17 Year Old, Likely Youngest Female Spearfishing World Record Holder
Alli Penovich of Cocoa Beach, FL set a new spearfishing world record in the women's speargun division while freediving on just one breath of of air, harvesting an 11.4 pound (5.2 kg) northern red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus. Read More
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Youngest American to Earn Freediving National Record, First American to 200 Meters
Kyle Gion of Honolulu, Hawaii set two new United States Men's Freediving national records in the discipline of dynamic apnea, swimming with just one breath of air across a pool, back and forth for a maximum distances of 200 meters (656 feet). Read More
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Nick Mevoli: First American to Self Propel 100 Meters on One Breath of Air
Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras. Nick Mevoli of Brooklyn, NY set a new US Men's Freediving National Record in the Constant Weight discipline, swimming with just one breath of air down to a depth of 100 meters (328 feet) with a monofin. Read More
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Ted Harty Breaks Longest Standing US Men's National Freediving Record at World Championships.
US Freediving is pleased to announce that Ted Harty, Founder of Immersion Freediving, set a new US national record in the freediving discipline of Dynamic Apnea with a performance of 170 meters Read More
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Robert King Recaptures US Men's Freediving National Record.
US Freediving is pleased to announce that Robert King set a new men's national record in the freediving discipline of Constant Weight No Fins to a depth of 68 meters. Rob broke the record during his performance at the Mediterranean Cup. Read More
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Deja Blue, All Over Again, Another Unprecedented Day for US Freediving.
It must be in the water. US athletes are tearing it up in competition these days and they are repeat offenders. United States Apnea Association (USAA) is pleased to report that US Freediving history has been made again with three US National Record Read More
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An Unprecedented Day for US Freediving with Three New National Records.
United States Apnea Association (USAA) is pleased to report that US Freediving history has been made with three US National Records falling in the same day. US athletes Erin Magee, Ashley Chapman, and Grant Hogan have all set new US National Records Read More
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Sink Faze Freediving Documentary Wins Award at the All Sports Film Festival.
Sink Faze, the movie, was awarded for best cinematography in a documentary feature at the All Sport Film Festival. This is another honor in a growing list of awards and selections given to the independent documentary. Read More
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New US Men's Free Immersion National Record Set at Freediving Competition in the Bahamas.
Robert King, a USAA member, set a new National record in the freediving discipline of free immersion to a depth of 86 meters / 282 feet on April 19, 2010, at Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island in the Bahamas. Read More
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US National Freediving Championship set for April 22 through 25, 2010 at Freedive Paradise event.
The United States Apnea Association (USAA) is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the U.S. National Freediving Championships from April 22 through April 25, 2010 in Kona, Hawaii. Read More
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American Freediving Record Holder to Appear on National Geographic Channel Show, Humanly Impossible.
American freediving record holder Jessica Wilson and USAA Board Member Craig Gentry will appear on the National Geographic Channel Show, Humanly Impossible, airing Sunday December 6, 2009 at 8:00pm Pacific. Read More
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