FREEDIVING – The Beginning
Allie had been working as a professional underwater camera operator for four years when she began freediving. She knew one day she would come face to face with a whale and scuba equipment is often alien and intrusive to whales. So she began preparing for the opportunity that would inevitably come and began to train five evenings a week. Within a year of learning to freedive, she was sent to South Africa to film the Sardine Run where she filmed her first Humpback Whale and Southern Right Whale whilst freediving.
SPONSORSHIP
Allie began freediving competitively, training 7 days a week after the completion of The Sardine Run film. To enable her to participate in the World Freediving Championships in 2013, Allie will need sponsorship to cover the costs incurred to send her to compete.
Advertisement space will be available on all equipment and also in credits of the documentary Allie is making about the championships.
ALLIES PERSONAL BESTS
Dynamic: 100m
Static: 4 minute
Constant Weight: 30 Metres
Free Immersion: 27 Metres
FREEDIVING DISCIPLINES
Dynamic:
The freediver travels in a horizontal position under water attempting to cover the greatest possible distance. Any propulsion aids other than fins or a monofin and swimming movements with the arms are prohibited Dynamic with fins is the most typical of both disciplines measuring the distance in freediving, because of the specific means of propulsion : long fins or monofin. Performances could only be recognized in swimming-pools with a minimum length of 25 meters, and are sometimes considered in national or indoor’s ‘combiné’, with the Static apnea.
Static:
The freediver holds his breath for as long as possible with his respiratory tracts immerged, his body either in the water or at the surface. Static apnea is the only discipline measuring the duration, and one of the three disciplines considered for the international competitions by team, with Constant weight and Dynamic with fins. Performances could be done and recognized in both pool or open water (sea, lake, river, etc).
Constant Weight:
The freediver descends and ascends using his fins/monofin and/or with the use of his arms without pulling on the rope or changing his ballast; only a single hold of the rope to stop the descent and start the ascent is allowed. Constant weight is the common sportive depth discipline of freediving, because of the specific fins or monofins used in it. Constant weight is one of the three disciplines considered for the international competitions by team, with Static apnea and Dynamic with fins.
Free Immersion:
The freediver dives under water without the use of propulsion equipment, but only by pulling on the rope during descent and ascent. Free immersion is the sportive depth discipline with the purest sensations, because of the speed of the water in the body, and the power of each pull on the rope as only mean of propulsion. Performances could be done the head first during the descent, or the feet first, depending equalization facilities of each freedivers… Some of them also even use mixed solutions.
Freediving
FREEDIVING – The Beginning
Allie had been working as a professional underwater camera operator for four years when she began freediving. She knew one day she would come face to face with a whale and scuba equipment is often alien and intrusive to whales. So she began preparing for the opportunity that would inevitably come and began to train five evenings a week. Within a year of learning to freedive, she was sent to South Africa to film the Sardine Run where she filmed her first Humpback Whale and Southern Right Whale whilst freediving.
SPONSORSHIP
Allie began freediving competitively, training 7 days a week after the completion of The Sardine Run film. To enable her to participate in the World Freediving Championships in 2013, Allie will need sponsorship to cover the costs incurred to send her to compete.
Advertisement space will be available on all equipment and also in credits of the documentary Allie is making about the championships.
ALLIES PERSONAL BESTS
Dynamic: 100m
Static: 4 minute
Constant Weight: 30 Metres
Free Immersion: 27 Metres
FREEDIVING DISCIPLINES
Dynamic:
The freediver travels in a horizontal position under water attempting to cover the greatest possible distance. Any propulsion aids other than fins or a monofin and swimming movements with the arms are prohibited Dynamic with fins is the most typical of both disciplines measuring the distance in freediving, because of the specific means of propulsion : long fins or monofin. Performances could only be recognized in swimming-pools with a minimum length of 25 meters, and are sometimes considered in national or indoor’s ‘combiné’, with the Static apnea.
Static:
The freediver holds his breath for as long as possible with his respiratory tracts immerged, his body either in the water or at the surface. Static apnea is the only discipline measuring the duration, and one of the three disciplines considered for the international competitions by team, with Constant weight and Dynamic with fins. Performances could be done and recognized in both pool or open water (sea, lake, river, etc).
Constant Weight:
The freediver descends and ascends using his fins/monofin and/or with the use of his arms without pulling on the rope or changing his ballast; only a single hold of the rope to stop the descent and start the ascent is allowed. Constant weight is the common sportive depth discipline of freediving, because of the specific fins or monofins used in it. Constant weight is one of the three disciplines considered for the international competitions by team, with Static apnea and Dynamic with fins.
Free Immersion:
The freediver dives under water without the use of propulsion equipment, but only by pulling on the rope during descent and ascent. Free immersion is the sportive depth discipline with the purest sensations, because of the speed of the water in the body, and the power of each pull on the rope as only mean of propulsion. Performances could be done the head first during the descent, or the feet first, depending equalization facilities of each freedivers… Some of them also even use mixed solutions.
Image by Sandy Greenway Photography