Being trained to hold your breath...

.. by one of the best instructors in the world was an incredible project that Sally Fitz, Maya, Myself and Andy Walshe were fortunate to experience in Hawaii earlier this year.
Red Bull's aim was to give their athletes the extra confidence in solid surf, through techniques they can apply to breath holding situations.
There psychology behind it all, and the way the body and mind work together to enable people to "free" dive to crazy depths is fascinating.
Being down on the ocean floor at 110ft on just a single breath was kind of freaky but soo peaceful at the same time. We would use weight belts to get down to depth and it was taking roughly 1 minute to get back to the surface!
Sally and Myself have trained with Nam Baldwin from www.equalize.com which teaches the ability to control yourself under stressful situations, and also recovery.
It was fun to take it to another level here at Kona.
Everyone held for over 3 mins in the pool! - 5.20 was the longest .. relaxxxxx :)






This one is crazy ....!