African Diver really is a labour of love. We’ve just published our third issue and we’re really pleased with it. This issue is a little more serious than previous ones and tackles some of the subjects that we find fascinating and interesting. There’s stuff on freediving, sharks, whales, diving in Benin and much more. Have [...]
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African Diver mag Issue 3
Posted in African Diver, apnea, freediving, Underwater images, underwater photography on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Free-diving, day 3. Failure or success?
Posted in African Diver, apnea, freediving, Underwater images, underwater photography on January 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Day 3 of my free diving course. Today we headed out to Miracle Waters for some deep dives. We were five students; 3 open water and 2 advanced. Miracle Waters is a great location for free diving, as visibility is quite good, generally. Today it was around 5 metres. For the open water students there [...]
Free diving; elegance and beauty
Posted in African Diver, apnea, freediving, Underwater images, underwater photography on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Day 2 of my free-diving course; more pool work, more training and more boundaries to push. My body was tired today, my lungs and chest muscles stiff and inflexible. It took me ages to kit up, to slip into the water and to find a rhythm. Today ‘s training took place in an 8 metre [...]
Apnea sets you free
Posted in apnea, freediving, Underwater images, underwater photography on January 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Today I drove to Prest-ige dive school with my heart in my throat and my stomach in a knot. The drive took 40 minutes and all the while I was driving I wished it would take double that time. My mind was filled with thoughts of all the other things I should and could be [...]
