Deepest freedivers of the world

[demasoni]

Cebaztian,

Just curious as I don't presume to know the answer, but why chose 65m and 80m? I understand the general ratio between bi-fins and monos, and I know you have to chose some depths, by what reasons for these two numbers?

[deepcool]

Yasemin Dalkilic 67 m. with bi-fins

[cebaztian]

Originally Posted by demasoni

Cebaztian,Just curious as I don't presume to know the answer, but why chose 65m and 80m? I understand the general ratio between bi-fins and monos, and I know you have to chose some depths, by what reasons for these two numbers?

hmm - no real arguments for that other than 80 is a nice round number, and a limit that separates realy hard training talented athletes from just talented ones... I guess. 65 bifins seemed to be the same kind of achievement as 80 mono.

Sebastian

Yasemin did 67 with monofin I think. Or?
freediving records

[trux]

David Lee, Jamaica, set 65m UCB record in 2004 under the rules of F.R.E.E. (UCB = Unassisted Constant Ballast = CNF / Constant Weight No Fins)

APNEA.cz: David Lee

I guess he might have done at least 65m with bi-fins too, but I do not have a proof though for that claim.

[Yogaman]

Okay, so I don't wanna ruin the flow of this, but how many divers have gone beyond 100m with fins?

P.S. That Kike dude sounds like he can dive! Personally, I think that while the real proving grounds are the comps, I think that a guy like Kike will get just as much respect for the achievement as the competition divers diving the same depths.

[cebaztian]

OK 100 meter list demanded.

111 m Herbert Nitsch
109 m Guillaume Néry
108 m Martin Štìpánek
105 m Carlos Coste
Sebastien Murat ?

More interesting. Who will be the next?

Seb
Sweden

[Ale Andres]

I bet Alexey Molchanov soon will be there...

[TheDude]

I hope Juka will make it as well...

YouTube - Canary Free

[H.Balázs]

I think the next 100m freediver will Dave Mullins.

Balázs

[Kars]

Isn't this increddible? So many people getting such increddible depths?

For me it's a kind of strange feeling going to depths that were near or world records just a few decades ago with relativly so little training.
CW 50m today is pretty normal for divers who have been practicing for a few years.

This year I hope to reach the regeon of the 70 meters in CW, it depents on how much depth time I able to get, and the deep area's I'm able to go to. There is no safe -70m spot close by here in the Netherlands (

Will we see 115m, 120m CW this year?
Will we see 90m CWNF this year?

Love, peace and water,

Kars

[shoutatthesky]

Dave Mullins 100m CW? Well I don't know him personally but another member of this site told me a couple of weeks ago that Dave would probaly be the first New Zealander to past the 100m mark. He has already done 80m which was a NR at the time but was beaten by 2m 15 minutes later by Ant Williams.
Dave is apparently trying for 3 NR in Dahab between 7- 9 June. In CW he will be trying for 83m. See www.freedive.co.nz for more info.

[efattah]

Guillaume has done 111m in training.

Timo Jattu has done at least 90m, Ryuzo Shinomiya has done 93m, Umberto 98m... William Winram (78m CNF) could be a dark horse for the next 100m man-- his 84m Canadian record was apparently quite easy (not surprising for someone who can do 80m+ without fins).

My goal this year is to do 92m (300ft) FRC at the CAFA nationals in August. I think this would be the world record for FRC diving, although this is not recognized as a separate category. The video of the last CAFA competition with my 57m FRC dive caused some confusion among viewers who couldn't understand how I could be sinking right from the beginning!

[trux]

Originally Posted by efattah

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My goal this year is to do 92m (300ft) FRC at the CAFA nationals in August. I think this would be the world record for FRC diving, although this is not recognized as a separate category. The video of the last CAFA competition with my 57m FRC dive caused some confusion among viewers who couldn't understand how I could be sinking right from the beginning!

Wishing you good luck with setting the record, Eric, regardless if it is official or not. Is the mentioned video available online somewhere? I would love to see it (or other FRC diving videos).

[efattah]

There is a DVD of the latest CAFA competition which has been circulating. If I manage to get a copy I will put the 57m FRC dive video online...

[Stavros]

Originally Posted by efattah

Guillaume has done 111m in training.

William Winram (78m CNF) could be a dark horse for the next 100m man-- his 84m Canadian record was apparently quite easy (not surprising for someone who can do 80m+ without fins).

I agree with Eric, William is a very strong diver indeed - his dives are improving very rapidly especially if you take into account that he doesn's have access to deep waters with good conditions ( his normal diving location is a Swiss lake with a max depth of 47m and bad conditions). He will most likely be in Greece training this summer and hopefully he will short out his equalisation issues at 80+...

Cheers Stavros