free diving
noun
variants
or free-diving
: the sport of diving and swimming beneath the surface of water especially to considerable depth without a portable breathing device and typically with a face mask and one or two flippers
That's the essence of free diving, a sport defined by lung capacity and physical endurance. Taken broadly, "free diving" encompasses everything from floating face down in a swimming pool … to plunging more than 500 feet on a weighted sled … .—
Logan Ward
Logan Wardcalled also skin diving
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Iwasaki wrote that many of the parallels between the movie and Ferreras’ life story would be common to any movie about free diving.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
From free diving to wingsuiting (skydiving in a web-sleeved jumpsuit), the thrill-seeker leans on the advice of experts to guide him on his journey, as well as his own Buddhist practice to keep him grounded.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
As a documentary subject, free diving has the death-defying lunacy of big-wave surfing and the cosmopolitan appeal of Formula 1.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
It can be used for recreational scuba diving as low as 40 meters as well as free diving — and the Depth app now saves logs of each session.
—Monica Chin, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
Adrenaline seekers won’t want to miss the thrill of free diving in the open sea.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2023
But free-soloing is a walk in the park compared with free diving, an utterly senseless pursuit that involves following a cable down into the blackest depths of the ocean, without oxygen.
—The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2023
As a competitive sport, free diving has the death-defying lunacy of big-wave surfing and the cosmopolitan appeal of Formula One (gorgeous people, competitions in exotic locations).
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 July 2023
According to the Coast Guard, Proulx was last seen wearing a green top and red fins while free diving at the Bimini barge wreck.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 19 June 2023
Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
From free diving to wingsuiting (skydiving in a web-sleeved jumpsuit), the thrill-seeker leans on the advice of experts to guide him on his journey, as well as his own Buddhist practice to keep him grounded.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
As a documentary subject, free diving has the death-defying lunacy of big-wave surfing and the cosmopolitan appeal of Formula 1.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
It can be used for recreational scuba diving as low as 40 meters as well as free diving — and the Depth app now saves logs of each session.
—Monica Chin, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
Adrenaline seekers won’t want to miss the thrill of free diving in the open sea.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2023
But free-soloing is a walk in the park compared with free diving, an utterly senseless pursuit that involves following a cable down into the blackest depths of the ocean, without oxygen.
—The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2023
As a competitive sport, free diving has the death-defying lunacy of big-wave surfing and the cosmopolitan appeal of Formula One (gorgeous people, competitions in exotic locations).
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 July 2023
According to the Coast Guard, Proulx was last seen wearing a green top and red fins while free diving at the Bimini barge wreck.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 19 June 2023
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“Free diving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20diving. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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