Thursday, August 27, 2009

Herbert Nitsch no limit : 214m - June 14, 2007



No Limit (NLT)
The freediver descends with the help of a ballast weight and ascends via a method of his choice. No limit is the absolute depth discipline. Going down with a sled, and going back up with a balloon, a diving suit or a vest with inflatable compartments, or whatever other means.

Martin Stepanek new FIM freediving world record - 110m - 23.05.09



Free Immersion (FIM)
The freediver dives under water without the use of propulsion equipment, but only by pulling on the rope during descent and ascent. Free immersion is the sportive depth discipline with the purest sensations, because of the speed of the water in the body, and the power of each pull on the rope as only mean of propulsion. Performances could be done the head first during the descent, or the feet first, depending equalization facilities of each freedivers… Some of them also even use mixed solutions.

William Trubridge - CNF freediving world record 88m - April 10, 2009



AIDA Record Book

Constant Weight Without Fins (CNF)
The freediver descends and ascends under water using only his own muscle strenght, without the use of propulsion equipment and without pulling on the rope. Constant weight without fins is the most difficult sportive depth discipline, because of absolutely no propulsing material to go down in the water. This category needs a perfect coordination between propulsing movments, equalization, technique and buoyancy.

83 m Breath-Hold Dive By Martin Stepanek, Blue Hole, Egypt

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The World's Fastest

Kimberly Mapping Projections - July 11, 2009