Shark Freediving

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• Sanne wrote a new blog post: Grueling CO2 and dynamic turns   5 hours, 3 minutes ago · View

  This is a post by . It is always a good thing to train with other freedivers once and a while, which made me decide to visit the pool in Zeist again for a freediving training. I joined up with Eric van Riet Paap at 19:45 yesterday and we started out with a static session to be followed [...]

• Sanne wrote a new blog post: Repetitive training & technique   4 days, 16 hours ago · View

  This is a post by . That was some proper training at the Tongelreep, Eindhoven last night. Both Jorg and I had been planning to continue the good training from the week before, so we were determined to get the alignment on the next level by getting some distance in. Repetitive Distance not in the maximum [...]

• Jorg Jansen wrote a new blog post: Flow vs Technique   5 days ago · View

  This is a post by . There is a big difference at the moment between trying to execute a correct technique with a monofin and enjoying being underwater with a monofin. If I really focus on technique, relaxation is very far away and vice versa. I was already struggling with this for the last past weeks. [...]

• Sanne wrote a new blog post: Monofin: Horizontal alignment correct both ways now   1 week, 4 days ago · View

  This is a post by . So it seems from the training last night that my horizontal alignment is getting somewhere. The past few weeks we have been training a lot with the monofin, just to get the proper movement. The hardest part was figuring out what amplitude to go by and how that feels opposed [...]

• Jorg Jansen wrote a new blog post: Need A Push   1 week, 5 days ago · View

  This is a post by . Another good training done and while the physical training is going pretty well, I noticed while driving to home I didn’t have a real mental challenge. When I do static training it is always mental, but with dynamic the focus has been to technique only. So it’s time to change [...]

• Jorg Jansen wrote a new blog post: Announced: US National Freediving Championship   1 week, 6 days ago · View

  I received the press release below about the US National Freediving Championships that will take place in Hawaii from April 22-25. Looks like it’s going to be an interesting competition, so if you’re in the neighborhood, go for it! US National Freediving Championship set for April 22 through 25, 2010 at Freedive Paradise event. Feb 25, 2010 – The United [...]

• Jorg Jansen wrote a new blog post: The Newest PFI Freediver!   1 week, 6 days ago · View

  Performance Freediving International has expanded their list of employees with another little female freediver. Yesterday Kirk and Mandy Krack became the proud parents of Kaila Krack (2.6 kg/46 cm).

  Lung volume is still a secret, but with this gene pool, it will for sure become a very special freediver.

  Congratulations from Shark Freediving!

• Jorg Jansen wrote a new blog post: New Website AIDA International   2 weeks, 1 day ago · View

  AIDA International has a new website and a new web address. It is  not yet made public on the old website. Probably because it’s still work in progress. But it is already looking to good for not mentioning it here. http://www.aidainternational.org – so the ‘-’ has disappeared. Have a look around! What do you think about it? [...]

• Sanne wrote a new blog post: Tingling sensation can mean 2 different things   2 weeks, 2 days ago · View

  This is a post by . The other night I was coaching Jorg while holding his breath at the hottub pool in the Tongelreep Eindhoven. He was experiencing his normal barrier and trying all kinds of different preparation techniques to break out of it as you can read here. As we know from our previous competition and [...]

• Jorg Jansen wrote a new blog post: Results 4th Serbian Freediving Championship   2 weeks, 2 days ago · View

  The 4th Serbian freediving championships took place on last Saturday ( more info here ). 30 freedivers from 4 countries had a good competition. There were some interesting performances during this competition. The big one came from Goran Colak who did a big static of 8:35 minutes. Winner with the men was Domagoj Jakovac with 129,9 points. He [...]