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The Evolution of freediving

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Hi guys! I am curious..how has freediving changed in the last 50 years? what do you think they are the discoveries that actually changed freediving?
 
Advent of longfins made a huge difference for most divers. E Fattahs mouthfil and use of the monofin made big differences for performance freediving. General spread of knowledge has been good and bad. Good because it improved performance for the vast majority, bad because we have a lot more BOs today.
 
in addition

  1. bloodshift discovery
  2. Mayol against Maiorca
  3. Pelizzari against Pipin
  4. wetsuit
  5. Federico Mana's book about equalization
  6. Pranayana applied to freediving
  7. low volume mask
  8. Underwater photography
 
Thank you guys! It's quite difficult to detect what are the most significative evolutionary leap in free diving, as the human component ( the physiology and the psychology) is the major part of this incredible discipline...Gear comes after in my opinion
 
If you had to point to one thing in the human (technique, knowledge of physiology and psychology, etc) end of freediving, it would have to be mouthfil, truly revolutionary for depth. Another "technique" that hasn't caught on with the general diving public, but would be revolutionary if it were, is FRC (better described as half lung) diving.
 
If you had to point to one thing in the human (technique, knowledge of physiology and psychology, etc) end of freediving, it would have to be mouthfil, truly revolutionary for depth. Another "technique" that hasn't caught on with the general diving public, but would be revolutionary if it were, is FRC (better described as half lung) diving.
Interesting! I never heard about FRC. What's that?
 
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