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It was 6:15 am when my alarm went off on August 25th, 2016, the first day of the 5th annual RedCcup competition. The day before, I had announced a 55 meter constant weight dive, which was [...]

Last training day before the competition, I woke up rested yet sleepy at the same time, I'd fallen asleep while listening to Erick Brown's Sports Hypnosis audiobook which had plunged me into a [...]

Today was the last day training free-immersion before the RedCcup competition, which would begin in three days. The session was to be a test run, to go through the same sequence I would on comp day […]

Was quite cold this training, as the patched hole in the right arm of my suit had opened, allowing a stream of water to flow into my suit. A chill in the entire right side of my body had me [...]

Breathing-up, I noticed tension along the small of my back and the upper part of my legs, I tried to relax and focus on my breathing... "long exhales" I reminded myself. Then, when ready, I took [...]

Feeling stiff and unflexible in my 5mm wetsuit, I walked to the edge of the water with monofin in hand. I maneuvered around groups of dazed, snorkeling tourists, and stepped my way through pebbly [...]

Woke up 7:15, feeling rested and strong, happy to have finally defeated the cold which plagued me for weeks 😀 The day started-out in the usual way… walked straight from my bed to the [...]

Woke up tired today, I slept little and we started diving one hour earlier in order to avoid the crowds and get back sooner to work. During my morning meditation, I noticed my mind was having [...]

I lean back to float Upon the still, bright sea Weightless and suspended Ready to break free Waves cradle my body In this place between two worlds One of breathless skylit air The other clear [...]

Deep in the ocean blue I’m alone with my thoughts, Sinking into an abyss Falling towards the edge of something… A desolate path But I travel it anyway Part of me wants to turn back [...]

Free-falling in Dahab’s Blue Hole, drifting effortlessly into the deep, I stare straight ahead, mesmerizingly at the line slipping past, alone with myself and my thoughts, focusing on relaxing, [...]

I ascend from the ocean floor, Through shafts of wondrous sunlight. My mind dabbles in a state of pleasure, And in marvelous rebellion. Defying mind, breath and pressure, I’m enveloped, In a [...]

Nothing is more fantastic than free-diving in the waters of my own beautiful homeland. Floating face down on the surface of Walden Pond, in the world I forcibly left behind, instructor, Nick [...]

Nearby is no one, while I descend, into the blue void below me. The mossy mooring, my only visual reference into the darkening, silty depth. I coast deeper into the shifting play of light, [...]