Sunday, April 25, 2010


  Deepest free immersion dive - world record set by William Trubridge

 Dean’s Blue Hole, Bahamas -- During the Vertical Blue 2010 freediving competition new Zealander free diver William Trubridge , 29, dived to 116m below the surface and completed the dive in 4min 9sec - setting the new world record for the Deepest free immersion dive (FIM).

 Photo: Will Trubridge (NZL) during his world record-breaking dive 116m in the free immersion discpline, at the Vertical Blue freediving competition/ Image by DeeDee Flores ( enlarge photo )

   Trubridge spent 4 minutes, 9 seconds under water without the aid of oxygen, using a form of breast stroke to propel himself and claim the world record for the Deepest free immersion dive .

    In the free immersion (FIM), divers must retrieve a Velcro tag from a metal plate, which is lowered by rope to the announced depth. They are not permitted propulsion equipment such as fins but can use the rope to pull themselves down.

Wearing a specially designed silicon-coated wetsuit, William Trubridge dived to 116m below the surface and, despite taking a few extra seconds to pull the Velcro tag from the plate, completed the dive in 4min 9sec.

   The depth was verified by a Suunto D4 dive computer. This is Trubridge’s tenth world record and his first in FIM since 2008.

   “It was hard to get the tag from the bottom as I struggled with some narcosis,” said Trubridge. “But it’s great to have the free immersion record again.”

   Earlier this week William Trubridge set another world record in the "constant weight" discipline. Trubridge became the first person to dive on one breath without fins to a depth of over 300 feet.

   Trubridge’s new record puts him ahead in the Suunto Dive-Off, a competition held during Vertical Blue to find the best all-round freediver. Divers score points based on the ratio of their dives in three freediving disciplines to current world records.

William Trubridge trains and teaches free-diving at Dean's Blue Hole in Long Island, Bahamas from November to May. He is an instructor for the Apnea Academy presided over by Umberto Pelizzari.

   American Carla-Sue Hanson leads the women’s table.

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Sunday, April 25, 2010


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