#39 – Mateusz Malina | Part Two

Louisa Collyns hails from London but eventually found her way into the underwater world through scuba diving, and then, as so often happens, she met some freedivers and nothing was ever the same again. She has been involved in teaching freediving and being a safety diver at major competions for the best part of a decade and is also the founder of Freedive Ibiza, which has been providing freediving education on the beautiful Spanish island since 2015. In this episode we discuss: Louisa grew...

12 Juli 20211h 24min

Mirela Kardasevic is and has been World Champion, Vice-World Champion, 6 times World Record Holder, twice bronze medalist at the European Championship, and multiple Croatian national champion and record holder and some of that might have to be updated since the CMAS competition last week, but as you can see, it's quite the list of achievements for someone who came into the sport aged 30 and has only been at it for a few years. In this episode we discuss: It's the 4 year anniversary of The F...

3 Juli 202157min

Nathan Vinski is an up and coming Canadian competitive freediver and freediving coach. Nathan's specialist skill is 'being a struggling freediver' and knowing how to apply a sports science-based approach to freediving, helping to turn freediver struggles into strengths. If you want to know how to train and compete for depth, or pool, in cold or warm locations, Nathan is a guy that can help you out because he's been through all the struggles and reached all the dead ends that we aspiring deep...

18 Juni 20211h 21min

Fatima Korok is from Hungary. Fatima has been on a special journey through freediving, not just quickly rising to become the first Hungarian freediver to become a World Champion, but overcoming many personal challenges on the way. In this episode we discuss: Fatima was in Dahab at the time of recording. How has her experience of the pandemic been? Getting Dominican Republic and Dominica mixed up in big way! Life in Dahab during 'lockdown' A trip to Croatia to visit Vitomir Maricic and...

7 Juni 20211h 16min

Gary McGrath is an English diver who recently surpassed the 100m mark in depth. He joins me from Dahab, Egypt, to discuss his freediving progression. In this episode we discuss: Donny first noticed Gary after he hit the 100m mark! Gary used to work at Freedive Gili! (Donny's 'freediving spiritual home') Gary's is from England, his mum is Thai. Shout out to Saltfree Divers based at The National Diving and Activity Centre, a beautiful flooded quarry in Chepstow, near Bristol in the UK. How d...

2 Juni 20211h 9min

Although Sheena McNally hails from a part of Canada over 1,000 km from the ocean, she has always loved being in the water. Growing up, she spent summers on the lake and winters in the pool, becoming certified in lifesaving, rescue, and swimming instruction. As an adult, shedabbled in many activities, including martial arts, circus, and running, but none of them stuck. She eventually took up scuba diving and fell in love with the sea, which led her to leave the chilly prairies and a career in ...

12 Apr 20211h 1min

Daan Verhoeven is best know for his amazing photography of freedivers. He hails from the Netherlands and now lives in Cornwall, UK. He started freediving in 2005. Between 2006 and 2011 he set national records in 5 of the 6 freediving disciplines. He is a freediving instructor with AIDA, SSI and PADI. He’s an AIDA judge and was voted safety diver of the year in 2010 and 2011. He has been a freediving photographer since 2011. He lives together with his girlfriend Georgina Miller, who is also a ...

30 Mars 20211h 22min

Emilio Rodríguez-Álvarez is an archaeologist specialising in the archaeology of ancient Greece, the study of pottery technology, geographic Information Systems and maritime archaeology. He finished his B.A. at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) and took his M.A. from University of Reading (UK); after working in Galicia he moved to the University of Arizona (US), in order to work on his Ph.D. Emilio is a keen freediver himself and is especially interested in the ancient divers ...

19 Mars 20211h 24min