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Special Trips
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25 Feb 2009 - 00:00 - 20 Mar 2009 - 00:00Destination Antarctica
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21 Mar 2009 - 00:00 - 29 Mar 2009 - 00:00Destination Islas Revillagigedos - also known as Socorro Island(s)
Event calendar
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18 Feb 2009 - 22:00 - 21 Feb 2009 - 22:00Moscow -
20 Feb 2009 - 08:00 - 22 Feb 2009 - 16:00Rosemont, IL - USA (Chicago) -
22 Mar 2009 - 03:00 - 23 Mar 2009 - 03:00Sydney, Australia -
22 Mar 2009 - 10:00 - 29 Mar 2009 - 20:00İstanbul, Turkey -
3 Apr 2009 - 02:00 - 5 Apr 2009 - 09:003-1 Higashi Ikebukuro, Toshima- ku, Tokyo JAPAN
Photo & Video Events
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23 Nov 2008 - 07:00 - 3 Dec 2008 - 14:00Tulamben, Bali -
28 Nov 2008 - 18:00 - 30 Nov 2008 - 18:00Aliwal shoal
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17 Jan 2009 - 10:00 - 24 Jan 2009 - 10:00Grand Cayman -
21 Mar 2009 - 00:00 - 29 Mar 2009 - 00:00Islas Revillagigedos - also known as Socorro Island(s)
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3 Apr 2009 - 02:00 - 5 Apr 2009 - 09:003-1 Higashi Ikebukuro, Toshima- ku, Tokyo JAPAN
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31 Oct 2009 - 10:00 - 9 Nov 2009 - 18:00Lembeh Straits, Indonesia
Freediving
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A camera team will travel to the Florida Keys with world champion free diver, Tanya Streeter. This program will focus on the sport of breath hold diving, its dangers and physiology. The episode will also feature free diving with dolphins and join all-time great Francisco 'Pipin' Ferreras in some his world record 'no-limits' attempts.
Headlines
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|A camera team will travel to the Florida Keys with world champion free diver, Tanya Streeter. This program will focus on the sport of breath hold diving, its dangers and physiology. The episode will also feature free diving with dolphins and join all-time great Francisco 'Pipin' Ferreras in some his world record 'no-limits' attempts.
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|Antalya, Turkey will host the CMAS 1st European Championship of Apnea from August 30 to September 6, 2008.
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|Along the North Coast many divers become entangled in kelp. Those that can calmly free themselves survive but tragically, several divers drown every year in this same situation. The truth is, most entanglements can be easily avoided.
Outside headlines
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Turkish national swimmer, Cenk Devrim Ulusoy, broke a world diving record Sunday Oct. 26.
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After the Turkish Freediving Cube Championship last weekend, Turkey’s freedivers look set to both become the champions of the World Underwater Federation (CMAS) 1st European Apnea Championship at the end of August and to break more records.
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Pearl divers and sponge fishermen have been doing it for thousands of years: swimming into the depths and holding their breath underwater for longer than many people might think possible. It's called free diving, and it's emerging as a popular sport in the United States and around the world. Free-diving fans say it's addictive, but there are significant risks.
— via NPR - National Public Radio (source)
Freediving related articles from X-Ray
Freediving
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Published in X-Ray Issue: 18 - Aug 2007
Just their name, their size, and their menacing looks can evoke feelings of terror, fear and instinctive rejection. However, if you have the privilege to be able to dive with big tiger sharks, as I have, you might fall in love with them, at least you will bond with them in a mysterious way. They are certainly not as “cute” as marine mammals or nthropomorphized clown fish, but they will have an impact on you that could change your perception of sharks, and marine life, forever.
Download pdf: Freediving with Tiger Sharks_____
