Top 10 Reasons Free Diving is the Coolest Sport You’ve Never Heard Of

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For some of us, the thought of descending hundreds of feet toward the seafloor on just a single breath brings to mind nothing but the most primal of terrors. But for others freediving is a sport, a way of life and a way to commune with nature. Freediving, or underwater diving without breathing apparatus, sees humans enter the most inhospitable of environments and experience life on this planet as very few others do.

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10. People Have Been Freediving for Thousands of Years
9. Modern Freediving Started With a Bet
8. It’s Now An International Sport
7. There’s Great Variety in the Disciplines
6. Freediving Is Helping Scientists
5. It Exploits A Reflex We All Possess
4. A Diver’s Buoyancy Will Reverse as They Descend
3. It’s the Second Most Dangerous Sport in the World
2. Freedivers Don’t Get the Bends
1. Aquatic Breath Holding Made Brief Appearances in the Olympics

Source/Further reading:

https://www.aidainternational.org/freediving/history
http://social.rollins.edu/wpsites/mosaic-migration/files/2012/06/2c-Final-Paper-E-Plouffe.pdf
https://www.aidainternational.org/freediving/history
http://www.jpf.org.au/onlinearticles/hitokuchimemo/issue31.html
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/24/the-deepest-dive
http://www.aida-international.org/aspportal1/code/page.asp?ObjectID=643&CountryID=4&actID=3
http://ideas.ted.com/science_of_freediving/
http://www.aida-international.org/aspportal1/code/page.asp?ObjectID=39&CountryID=4&actID=3
http://www.aida-international.org/aspportal1/code/page.asp?sType=wr&CountryID=4&actID=3&ObjectID=136
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/dont-hold-your-breath–freedivers-world-record-attempt-seemingly-scuppered
http://www.croatiaweek.com/goran-colak-sets-new-guinness-record-after-23-minutes-underwater/
http://www.aida-international.org/aspportal1/code/page.asp?sType=wr&CountryID=4&actID=3&ObjectID=136
http://ghislainjm.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29209139
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28087489
http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/winter-2012/the-mammalian-diving-reflex#.VPl_RfmUd8E
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140810-free-diving-sperm-whales-jules-verne-reunion-booktalk/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/breath-holding-dive-reflex-extends/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12151830
http://ideas.ted.com/science_of_freediving
http://freediveuk.com/how-to-overcome-those-deep-diving-fears-and-become-master-of-the-deep/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/depths-of-despair-freediver-nicholas-mevoli-was-the-most-promising-athlete-in-the-us–but-an-unhealthy-obsession-led-him-to-his-death-8960806.html
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/24/the-deepest-dive
http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/last-of-the-blue-water-hunters-20121113?page=3
http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/medical/articles/Decompression_Illness_What_Is_It_And_What_Is_The_Treatment
http://www.usfreediving.org/freediving-gs-faq.htm
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/SWI/mens-underwater-swimming.html
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/billy-dickey-1.html

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