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 [...]

Montreal, Quebec, & Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, April 16, 2011 – It is a sign of the times: Canadian Freediving is on fire. Indeed, there are currently twentysomething AIDA Canada members spread over three freediving competitions around the world: The Regional AIDA Canada Championships a.k.a. ’7th Cup of Montreal’, ‘Vertical Blue’ (Bahamas) and ‘Sweet & [...]

Long Island, Bahamas, April 12, 2011 – AIDA Canada is proud to announce that freediver Eric Fattah took the Canadian and North American Constant Weight record to a new depth of 104 meters today in the invitational Vertical Blue competition held in Dean’s Blue Hole, Long Island, Bahamas. At the same event last year, he [...]

If you take the time to peruse the AIDA Canada blog you will read plenty of stories about two categories of freedivers: those who dive for the fun of being underwater without being encumbered of scuba equipment and those who dive to achieve competitive goals. So, what sort of world is there beyond freediving? Meet [...]

Vancouver Freediving Fest – Day 2-7 – August 15-20, 2010 Following the infamous Night of Apnea, the Vancouver Freediving Fest carried on over a full week. Matt Townsend reports: Day 2 – Ansell Point The next day was a check out dive day at the Vancouver’s crew local hang out, Ansell Point. We packed lunch [...]

Vancouver Freediving Fest – Day 1: Whytecliffe Park, British Columbia – Saturday August 14, 2010 The AIDA Canada member clubs in Toronto and Montreal are so large and active, they naturally do the lion’s share of organizing the many national events that AIDA Canada supports. CASM in Montreal has hosted the last couple of year’s [...]

Quebec Hosts First Ever Freediving Depth National Championships Montreal, August 10th, 2009 – The first ever freediving depth competition ever held in Quebec wrapped up on the weekend of August 1-2, 2009 in Thetford Mines, Quebec. A dozen freedivers from Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia challenged each other in three freediving depth disciplines with only [...]

Montreal, May 5, 2009 – Two new Canadian records and several Provincial records were broken during the Indoor Canadian National Freediving Championships / 5th Coupe d’Apnée Sportive de Montréal, which took place on April 25-26, 2009, in picturesque Old Montreal. Organized by the Club d’Apnée Sportive de Montréal (CASM), the event was held at the [...]