AIDA Canada is proud to introduce the following athletes as the members of Team Canada for the 2012 Team World Championships (Villefranche-sur-Mer, Nice, France – September 08 – 16). They are (in alphabetical order): Women: Jennifer Balfour Natalie Doduc Nathalie Hébert Jill Yoneda Men: Philippe Beauchamp Marc-André Tratch William Winram Coach selection will start [...]

The 2012 world championships will be held from September 8 – 16, 2012, in Villefrance-sur-Mer, Nice, France. For your opportunity to represent Canada, check out the national ranking page and read up on the selection criteria before your submit your application through this page. The deadline for application process is March 9, 2012. For more [...]

AIDA Canada extends its congratulations William Winram, recipient of the 2011 Best Instructor Award. For more information on the AIDA International 2011 awards, follow this link.

In November, you may have read a post about AIDA Canada’s commitment to freediving safety and education. The AIDA Canada board is hence proud to introduce its newest AIDA Instructors (in alphabetical order):   Philippe Beauchamp (Montreal) Started freediving in 2007, joined the Montreal Apnea Club (CASM) and has been a member ever since.  He [...]

AIDA Canada’s commitment to freediving safety and education True to its name* and mandate, AIDA Canada has always been committed to the safe development of breath-hold diving activities, whether recreational or competitive. Shortly after its incorporation, AIDA Canada set out to develop and implement a specific program dedicated to the training of safety freedivers. At [...]

Kalamata, Greece; update #2 – September 16, 2011 The Fourth Mediterranean World Cup wrapped up after three consecutive days of competition during which the athletes were free to choose the discipline in which they wished to compete. Relatively new comer Canadian competitor Natalie Doduc was right to take time off work (she is a software [...]

Kalamata, Greece; update #1 – September 12, 2011 – This year, two Canadians have travelled to Kalamata, in the Greek Peloponnese, to attend the Fourth Mediterranean Freediving World Cup – a championship targeting exclusively the depth disciplines – in which close to 100 athletes from over 30 countries are taking part. This international world-record status [...]

Cayman Islands, May 12, 2011 During his participation to the DejaBlue2 freediving competition in the Cayman Islands, Kelly Smith from Langley, BC broke the Static National Record, one of the longer-lasting records priorly set by Luc Gosselin of Port Coquitlam, BC, in July 2004. On May 12, 2011, Kelly put an additional 5 seconds to [...]

Toronto, Ontario, August 6-8, 2011 The 2011 Freediving Canadian Nationals wrapped up in the wee hours of the morning Tuesday as the athletes, safety divers, judges and volunteers celebrated a very well-run and exciting competition! Spanning three days, it offered the twenty or so athletes from Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and … Russia, the opportunity [...]

All pool disciplines from this week-end can be found on Freedive Central. Stay tuned for the update on the constant weight performances from today.