Entries by Oli

Freedive & Yoga – same same but different?

It is no coincidence that many freedivers are also adept yogis. It is pretty much common knowledge that yoga offers great benefits for freedivers, such as the pranayama exercises for breath control or udjana bandha for the flexibility of the diaphragm, just to mention two well discussed topics. But I would like to take it […]

Freedive Flow in the West Australian Newspaper

After taking his AIDA2*-course with us, Matt Beanland got this very comprehensive article in the West Australian. It appeared as a full page spread, including many shots and a fact-sheet about FREEDIVE FLOW. Please follow the link to an e-paper-version of the article. It is so nice to see how a gifted writer can re-create […]

The Value of a Student Review

What does it mean to a newbie to become a freediver, how does it feel, what are your goals, what are your fears? For me, it’s a loong long time ago, that moment, when I held my breath under water for the first time – but I remember it like it was yesterday. The feeling […]

Freediving for Surfers – now what?!

Elite surfers like the Hawaiian Mark Healy are trained freedivers. They know how to handle hold downs and thus they are relaxed and confident, even when they paddle for waves close to their personal limit – or beyond. Keen and upcoming big wave surfers are often surprised that it’s possible to learn the basic white magic of freediving within […]

Freediving for Scuba Divers – why?

Why is it that more and more scuba divers choose to do a freedive course, or even start to train regularly as freedivers? Freediving is not just about holding your breath. Even more so it’s about becoming efficient in the water to not waste any energy and thus, air. So, the key to the growing […]

Lovina Deep Days announced

Dear breath holders While running a set of AIDA courses in our base in Sanur I’m happy to add some nice variety to the schedule. We will move over to the north coast of Bali for a few days of deep training: The Lovina Deep Days: 10th-14th of March We expect Azam Hamid from Malaysia […]

New Media Pages

[singlepic id=4 w=320 h=240 float=right]Dear all! The new media-page is now online: Pics and videos will follow frequently, so make sure you check back! Even though there’s not all too much on it for now, the pages already show nicely how freediving covers the whole range from very relaxed, almost meditative states to pure fun and […]

Premiere: First ever AIDA Freedive Certifications in Bali!

We at Blue Season Freedive are very exited to announce the first two AIDA freedive certifications in Bali! James from Australia and Matthias from Switzerland past all their AIDA 2* exams with a silk ribbon of excellence – while having a great deal of fun! This is the best start we could ask for and […]

The safest place on earth – freediving

2011 is coming to an end – and frankly speaking, for the freedive community it is about time. Here are the facts: A world record freediver died while training in his little lap pool An instructor died training in the open water A scuba instructor died freediving in a 33m deep tank All those fatalities […]