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AIDA Team World Championship 2008 Judge selection

2008-05-14T07:41:42Z

The judges for the AIDA Team World Championship in Sharm, Egypt, 2008 have been selected. Bill Strömberg, Sweden, 30 votes (Judge President) Grant W. Graves, USA, 24 votes (Judge Vice President) Kimmo Lahtinen, Finland, 23 votes Marcello de Mattei...

New Static Apnea World Record for Tom Sietas

2008-05-13T07:25:56Z

Hamburg, Germany Tom Sietas, current World Record Holder of the freediving discipline of Static Apnea, has beaten his own record this weekend. Sietas achieved a hold of 9'15" - in spite of a recent bout of illness that he acquired during his last trip t...

Warning on 6351 scuba tanks

2008-05-12T05:28:35Z

Warnings have been issued around dive clubs and dive centres to divers regarding Luxfer 6351 scuba tanks. Most dive centres in New England will no longer fill these tanks. Check your tank and if it is suspect, drain it now. For safety reasons,...

Big Sea Level rise forecasted

2008-05-11T13:45:37Z

According to a new scientific analysis , sea levels could rise by up to one-and-a-half metres by the end of this century. These findings were presented at a major science conference in Vienna. The research group is not the first to suggest tha...

Further records smashed by New Zealand freedivers

2008-05-11T04:46:39Z

The 2008 Apneists Challenge held in Wellington this weekend has announced further smash hits from the Kiwi freedivers. McPhee attempted the last remaining national women's record without her name beside it: dynamics. Wearing a monofin, she swam a dis...

New National Record for New Zealand

2008-05-10T17:26:22Z

Kathryn McPhee set a new National Record in the pool competition held in Wellington, New Zealand, in the Dynamic No Fins discipline. Ms McPhee set her new record at 150 metres. Other results of the competition were as follows: Kerian Hibbs, STA, 6:20 Cl...

Terry Maas hosts for ESPN

2008-05-09T17:12:12Z

The increasing popularity of spearfishing over the years has gained the attention of ESPN's new programme called "Offshore Adventures". The programme features sport fishing and freedive underwater hunting, and the Outdoor Network has a new show called "S...

Dolphin gets prosthetic tail

2008-05-07T17:25:01Z

From the Telegraph.co.uk: Winter, An Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin named Winter was captured after losing her own tail after being caught in a harsh crab trap. She was found at just two-months old in 2006, floating off the coast of Florida. Res...

Regular scuba diving said to promote weight loss

2008-05-06T16:45:04Z

An article in the UK newspaper publication, The Guardian, has published an article giving facts about calorie burning during a scuba dive. They provide the following information, which suggests that regular scuba diving can assist/promote wei...

New Zealand's freedivers prepare for pool comp

2008-05-06T16:38:32Z

Tucked away on the first daybreak line of our earth, New Zealand freedivers prepare for the Apneist’s Challenge to be held in Wellington. The freediving competitions held in New Zealand are not to be snuffed at. New Zealand is kno...

Amazon Mollies survive without males

2008-05-05T07:41:21Z

BBC news: Experts believe that an all female fish species has survived for 70,000 years without reproducing sexually. (Picture credit: Dunja K Lamatsch) Scientists from the University of Edinburgh think the Amazon Molly may be employing ...

Treasure-Laden Shipwreck Found off African Coast

2008-05-05T07:06:15Z

National Geographic reports of a 500-year-old shipwreck has been found off the coast of south-west Africa, laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins, and cannons to fend off pirates. The wreck and its treasure were recently disc...

Reef Check Photography Competition 2008

2008-05-05T04:29:06Z

The Reef Check Photography Competition 2008 has been announced and there are several big prizes. Submissions are open May 1st to June 30th, 2008. The competition categories are: People and the Reef Creative Visions of the Reef The Reef in our ha...

Maria Teresa Solomons to dive with ghosts in Mexico

2008-05-02T06:28:25Z

Deeperblue.net has just heard that Maria Teresa Solomons is to attempt a 70 metre dive in the famous spooky Cenotes of Xibalba in Mexico, in the next AIDA Individual de Apnea Xibalba 2008 in Mexico, which is the 2nd Mexican Championship. ...

AIDA National Championships in Mexico

2008-05-01T13:43:15Z

AIDA Mexico are holding their 2nd National Freediving Championship in Xibalba, Mexico, on the 20, 21 and 22 of June. The competitive disciplines will be Static Apnea and Constant Weight, with national and international records on the waiting list. Accor...

Bonaire Receives 2008 Sustainable Tourism Award

2008-05-01T04:21:41Z

Bonaire is the new recipient of the prestigious Islands Magazine/Caribbean Tourism Organization 2008 Sustainable Tourism Award. The Island was awarded the honour in recognition of their longstanding commitment and leadership role in marine conservati...

William Winram dispels some myths about sharks

2008-04-30T18:03:27Z

North American and Continental record holder freediver William Winram, (famous for his swim through the Blue Hole in Dahab wearing only his wetsuit and a dive mask and no propulsive equipment), and world reknowned underwater freediver photographer, ...

David Blaine holds breath for 17 minutes

2008-04-30T17:37:39Z

BBC reports: Magician David Blaine has set a world record by holding his breath for 17 minutes and four seconds on Oprah Winfrey's US TV show in Chicago. Mr. Blaine had breathed 100% oxygen before commencing this breathhold. Blaine, 35 years of age...

3rd Shark Attack in 3 Days

2008-04-29T16:31:27Z

Local 6 reports: Swimmers were again cleared from the water at a New Smyrna Beach yesterday, after a third swimmer in three days was bitten by a shark and treated at a hospital. This was the ninth recorded shark bite of the year in Volusia ...

Colossal squid begins to thaw

2008-04-29T09:40:57Z

BBC's Richard Black reports: Technicians in New Zealand have begun to thaw a rare colossal squid specimen ( Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni), which was was caught in February 2007 in the Ross Sea. The operation to defrost the 10-metre (34 feet) long, ha...