The flavors of Trinidad are undoubtedly garlic, shadow benny (Trinidadian cilantro) and pimento pepper. Almost every dish I’ve ever had at Mustaq Mohammed’s house, which is many, include some variation of these three ingredients. These are used to enhance the freshest foods such as fish just caught by our host […]
When to taper? Tapering down during training to peak for a specific event is tried and true. It also works for freediving. Those of us don’t live near deep water, are competing a few times a year (or even less) and need to maximize every stage of training have to […]
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. I wish I could tell you that I’ve tried it all but one of the things that really gets my goat are diet fads. All manner of freedivers-at various levels of experience-have imparted their dietary ‘wisdom’ to me at one time or another. […]
In the twelve years since PFI’s [Performance Freediving International] inception and the seventeen years since its first concept was developed, we continue to be the industry leader in the sport and recreation of Freediving. Not only have we in all our iterations worked with seven athletes to 22 world records, […]
Dr. John Shedd is a spearo out of Palm Beach, Florida, PFI safety diver and friend of ours. We met him through the PFI competition, Deja Blue where he provides the advanced medical support for the event. He is also soft spoken, loves coffee, is in great shape and is […]
Comic Relief. A humorous break by Grant Hogan. All bad language by Grant Hogan has been replaced by this: *Evolve* I was going through my computer deleting stuff and I found this. I guess I wrote it after that night at Jai Alai. I thought you might enjoy it. Please […]
Although this news isn’t new hot off the press anymore I am just now in a position to present it to you on this forum as travel has gotten in the way of my USFA blog obligations. As you may have heard the 2013 Suunto Individual Pool World Championships in […]
The Actual Press Release: Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras. United States Freediving Association (USFA) is pleased to announce that Nick Mevoli of Brooklyn, NY set a new United States Men’s Freediving National Record in the Constant Weight discipline, swimming with just one breath of air down to a depth of 100 […]
