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Cassandria De Bellefeuille and the gold medal
This summer, Cassie came to Utila to train with us. She quickly showed everybody who's the best in DYN. She had to return to Montréal to prove her worth at the 1st Québec CMAS Open. Of course, she did. Gold in DYN Gold in Static Bronze in DNF Overall Competition =...
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Going deeper – Chris and Hels learn to freedive
We were fortunate enough to host Chris and Hels for a week as they backpacked across Central America. They shared their experience in the Freediver and Advanced Freediver courses on their blog.
‘Enjoy your dive. You’re a very strong diver.’ Lisa’s words lingered in my mind as I headed into the deep. From the surface, you could only see the first 20 metres of line, beyond that, it melted away into the blue, as I soon would too.
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Freefalling – How it feels to fly weightlessly through the water
Great description of a free immersion dive by Apnea Total instructor Lesley Sim. "To many, freediving is an esoteric sport. It is deemed both physically and mentally inaccessible. This judgement is usually made quickly and resolutely. Oftentimes, I’d be explaining the...
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Happy divers all around
Happy divers all around 🙂 Advanced divers going as deep as 38.5m, Sarah chilling out at 20+ upside down after starting out with eq probs just 2 dive days ago and Chuck being more at home under water than above - what a nice day!
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Yoga Utila
Don't forget that Yoga Utila's Emma joins us on Thursdays and Saturdays for sunset practice. Join us! 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm We meet at the dock, mats will be provided.
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Who’s Edgardo Andrade???
Edgardo Andrade before anything else is our dear friend . He took the beginner course with us last year. He was what we call a "natural freediver", and now he is the national record holder of Honduras! We just came back from "Roatan Carribean cup 2015 "where we saw...
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Caribbean Cup 2015
Our instructors are safety divers for the third annual international freediving competition in Roatan. More info: roatanfreediving.com
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Moskitia
We recently returned from La Moskitia, where 10% of men have suffered permanent debility from decompression sickness while commercial diving on shameful equipment in shameful conditions. The Centre for Marine Studies is helping to transition lobster divers from their...
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