Like other underwater sports the free diving needs a lot of practice and breathing skills. This type of diving is similar to the breath hold spear fishing, free dive photography , apnea and to a degree snorkeling. Unlike the scuba diving , the free dive and the apnea too are some kind of extreme sports because the person who practice them has to dive in cold water in the middle of the ocean where the bottom is really far from the air. When you free dive you can not use any equipment to help you. You can use just a diving mask and a neoprene to protect you from the cold water. Nowadays this sport is practiced all over the world. Maybe there are more competitors in Europe, France . The world Champion in this extreme sport is Guillaume Nary who reached the incredible depth of 109 meters. Incredible right? The bad thing is that not all people can practice this sport because you have to be really durable under water . First you have to be able to hold your breath for several minutes. Secondly most people have problems with the blood pressure in their head so their ears start to hurt very much and they can even bleed and if you don’t get out quickly you can die. The most incredible thing is that after you get 5 meters deep you start to feel bad so this is the limit for diving without special equipment. Free fall diving is just an unique sport and I advice that everybody who is in good health may try it.
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