Shark Freediving

News has just been released about the famous Apnoe Happening event in Hemmoor, Germany. The big German freediving festival will take place from June 25 till June 27 and a lot of activities are already planned.

Stuff to do:

• New attractions along the underwater parcours!
• Learn to freedive while towing a buoy with Werner Moritzen
• Early Morning Dive with Dennis Niermeier
• Freediving for kids with Roy Bungert
• Night Freediving Friday with Curt Teichgräber
• Yoga with Mansur Helwany
• Specialized breathing techniques with Babette Hilke
• Massage and deep diving preparation with Sonja Zinke
• “Atemlos“ the 1st Live Photography Competition of the TLN
• Static apnea in onsite pool & dynamic apnea in the lake
• Apnea *,**,*** theoretical instruction

More information on their website.

Yesterday it was time for the 12th (!) Berlin Masters Cup, which took place in Berlin, Germany. 28 freedivers from 4 countries competed against each other in the disciplines static and dynamic with or without fins.

Clear winner with the women was Elisabeth Kristoffersen from Norway. She did a 6:14 breath-hold and a 136 meters underwater swim with fins. Total of 130,8 points. 2nd place was for Barbara Jeschke from Germany with 119,5 points. She did a 4:35 and a 129 meter performance.

Robert Cetler from Poland was the winner wiith the men. With a strong 7:28 min static and a 189 meter dynamic with fins, he got 184,1 points. Rune Hallum became a close 2nd with 182,1 points. With a 6:53 min static and a 199 meter dynamic with fins, he was close, but not close enough. With 56 performances in the competition there were 3  blackouts and 6 penalties.

Last Saturday it was time for the 12th version of the Long Night of Apnea which takes place every year in Berlin, Germany. There were 17 freedivers from 7 countries, 3 women and 14 men, which made for enough people to have a fun competition.

Winner with the women was Christina Kummel from Denmark with 158.8 points. She did a 5:07 static, 100 meter dynamic without fins and a total time of 19:04 minutes in the famous 16×50 dynamic event.

The winner with the men was Robert Cetler from Poland with 249,8 points which was made up from a 7:01 static, 180 meter dynamic and a 13:13 min 16×50. Strong performance.

Daan Verhoeven from the Netherlands set a new national record in the dynamic with fins discipline with his 169 meter dive. See the video below.

Complete results can be found here.