Katie Pentz 🇺🇸 (📹 Kurt Chambers)

Oda Mayumi

Ancient Sea, Spider Conch

Contemporary 1986

Surfacing

Swim underwater with me for a minute

SHOW YOUR PRIDE! (ft. Geoff, my blahaj) 🦈

This was finished at the back end of this year's pride month! I wanted to make something out of everything I'm proud about: the sea, diving and my trans journey. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

I've never made an underwater piece before, but it was alot of fun to make so expect to see more like it in the future :)

an old YT video that got deleted. Rebreathing on heart monitor

In modern times, the appeal of extreme sports can be attributed to twin factors: social media allowing for easy transmission of eye-catching escapades to a global audience, and new technology making even the most challenging of pursuits considerably safer. Bungee jumping, for example, has its origins in the 1980s, when New Zealander Henry van Asch and a fellow Kiwi friend came up with the novel idea of hurling yourself off a bridge attached to an elastic rope. Back then, such an endeavor appealed to a small group of adrenaline-chasers willing to risk their lives for the thrill. Nowadays, bungee jumping is statistically as safe as skydiving and is widely viewed as a relatively low-risk activity for any pleasure seeker.  

Not everything is purely a matter of proper safety measures. Ultra-endurance races, combat sports, and other activities earn their “extreme” moniker through the sheer danger that can befall an untrained attempt. Yet, the popularity of extreme sports continues to rise. Whether that’s a reaction to COVID-induced inactivity, a rebellion against the mundanity of desk jobs, or something else entirely can’t be answered, but these articles go some way toward exploring what leads us as a species to seek out our own physical and mental limits.

Chris Wheatley’s latest reading list is for all the daredevils out there … and the would-be daredevils! Dive in!

After a day in the water

I ended up using this as the underlayer of my 3mm shorty wetsuit, both for the extra insulation and so I wouldn't look awkwardly femme in public. It provided a surprising amount of extra core isolation, but the thermocline was ludicrously aggressive today, moreso than even yesterday. What this meant was a wild drop in temperature between the surface and even just 15 ft of depth, I would guess 10F or more. Today's water temperature was around 67F, but the bottom felt ~55. Yikes.

3mm of a shorty wetsuit plus the extra underlayer kept me adequately insulated, but still somewhat cold. I think it might be time to hang up the shorty for the season and move to my full freediving suit. Summer was nice while it lasted lol

Also I know I'm really hairy, the light washes a lot of it out but a lot is still clearly visible, pay it no mind lol

Korok Fatima, free immersion, 102m világcsúcs. ❤️2:50- nél a merülés, interjú 3:27.

Carmella Rose 🇺🇸

freediver

I got a little sick. I had to run to the doctors yesterday, and a funny story happened in the hospital. I’ll tell it when I feel better. Now my throat hurts, and my whole body aches - this is clearly not my best form for writing.

I really regret that due to poor health I can’t craft anything or train. I hope I feel better soon. First of all, I'll go to the pool: the feeling of being under water is one of the best physical sensations for me - a feeling of peaceful detachment and at the same time close contact with space around.

That’s why Watts’ Rifter book series captivated me so much.

Video from one of the training sessions.

sometimes I go down deep :)

beneath the surface

There's a lot going on in my life lately that although I said I wanted to take a break from diving I'd rather spend my day diving deep. I just want to calm my thoughts down and release any anxieties that I've been holding on to.

I know that it's no one's responsibility to do the healing for myself but I've got a lot of work to do and I am truly working on it myself. I just hope the universe can be a bit gentler towards me.x

screengrabs from a uk BBC tv science programme. A bunch of freedivers are wired to an ECG and asked to hold their breath for as long as possible while medics see what happens to their hearts.