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Cliff Etzel

Cliff is the former Freediving editor of DeeperBlue.com. He is now a freelance journalist and film-maker.

IAFD Spain announces legal action against IAFD USA

IAFD Spain has today annouced the are launching legal actions against their parent organization. At present DeeperBlue is trying to find out...

Olympus announces new digital camera housings for U.S customers

Olympus America has announced that they have introduced three new heavy-duty housings to support underwater digital imaging enthusiasts for its U.S. customers. These...

Deep Freediving Safety – Part One

Cliff Etzel examines addressing the safety protocols during world record attempts in the various disciplines of freediving in the first in a two part series

2003 Advanced Freediver Schedule Announced

Join the Performance Freediving Team world record holders and your instructors for an experience of a life-time and explore your potential. Whether...

Counter suit filed against I.A.F.D.

On December 30, 2002, Ricardo Hernandez announced that a civil counter-lawsuit was filed in Dade County Eleventh Circuit Court on his behalf against...

2002 – A Retrospective

Freediving Editor Cliff Etzel reflects upon what 2002 has brought to the sport of freediving - and what to strive for in 2003.

SFU Advanced Freediving Research Study 2003

For its third year in a row, Simon Fraser University in partnership with the members of Performance Freediving and the Canadian Association of Apnea ...

Patrick Musimu Sets New AIDA Variable Ballast Record

On November 10, 2002 at 10:31 am, Free diver Patrick Musimu, triple world record holder from Belgium, broke the variable weight category free dive world record by diving 120...

DEMA 2002 report from a freediving perspective

Freediving Editor Cliff Etzel starts off with the first days report of DEMA from a Freediving point of view

Pursuing the road less traveled – asking the difficult questions

The tragic death of french freediver Audrey Mestre??? during her World Record attempt in the Dominican Republic on October 12 has brought to light many questions that have yet to be answered...

Taking personal responsibility for ones own decisions

Playing the Devil's advocate - Cliff addresses the personal decision Audrey Mestre made and the influences that may have clouded that decision...

Funeral arrangements have been set for freediver Audrey Mestre

As posted in the October 16th edition of the Miami Herald: ...According to Eddy Matos, the Dominican representative of the IAFD, (Audrey) Mestre will be cremated today and her ashes...

F.R.E.E. announces changes to freediving records categories

F.R.E.E. announces the following changes, to take effect immediately:?? - The Unlimited Variable Ballast category has been permanently eliminated from our list of official competitive categories. No more requests for...

Audrey Mestre' attains 170 meter training dive

In what amounts to the unheard of, Audrey Mestre' has successfully accomplished a 170 meter (557.5 ft) no limits training dive in preperation for her upcoming no limits world...

Yasemin Dalkilic, "World's Deepest Woman" dives for the sponge hunters!

Yasemin Dalkilic, the 6-time Freediving World Champion from Turkey is getting ready for two of the most interesting and challenging projects of her career. On September 29th, Yasemin will...

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