- Paperback: 188 pages
- Publisher: Unknown (20 May 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 115607990X
- ISBN-13: 978-1156079904
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
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Chapters: The Big Blue, Snorkeling, Mehgan Heaney-Grier, Aida International, Steve Truglia, Static Apnea, Octopus Wrestling, Performance Freediving International, Underwater Ice Hockey, Dynamic Apnea, Constant Weight, Free Immersion, Constant Weight Without Fins. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 58. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Freediving is any of various aquatic activities that share the practice of breath-hold underwater diving. Examples include breathhold spear fishing, freedive photography, apnea competitions and, to a degree, snorkeling. The activity that garners the most public attention is competitive apnea, an extreme sport, in which competitors attempt to attain great depths, times or distances on a single breath without the assistance of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba). Freediving is a technique used with various aquatic activities. While in general all aquatic activities that include breath-hold diving might be classified as a part of freediving, some sports are more accepted than others. Examples of recognized freediving activities are (non-) competitive freediving, (non-) competitive spearfishing, freediving photography and mermaid shows. Less recognized examples of freediving include, but are not limited to, synchronised swimming, underwater rugby, underwater hockey, underwater hunting other than spearfishing, and snorkeling. The discussion remains whether freediving is only a synonym for breath-hold diving or whether it describes a specific group of underwater activities. Freediving is often strongly associated with competitive breath-hold diving or Competitive Apnea. The remainder of this article will discuss only competitive freediving as an athletic sport. Competitive freediving is currently governed by two world associations: AIDA Inter...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=275236
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