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Freediving with the ORCA Dive Club Freediving Academy
Apnea or freediving is the oldest and most original form of diving. For example, apnea divers have collected shells, sponges and pearls back in the Stone Age. The underwater hunt for fish with spears – the spearfishing – is still operated today and represents the world's largest distribution form of apnea diving.
In addition, freediving is operated as a leisure activity and as a diving sport to extreme sports. In the leisure sector, it is mainly about the exploration of the underwater world and the general conditioning for scuba diving. In competitive sports, on the other hand, targeted training always strives for longer apnea times or distance and depth performances.
Freediving at ORCA in the Freedive Academy Nik Linder is primarily about recreational activity, experiencing the freedom of the underwater world without technical aids and the peace of the underwater world. More and more divers and non-divers are discovering the benefits of freediving.
In addition, freediving is operated as a leisure activity and as a diving sport to extreme sports. In the leisure sector, it is mainly about the exploration of the underwater world and the general conditioning for scuba diving. In competitive sports, on the other hand, targeted training always strives for longer apnea times or distance and depth performances.
Freediving at ORCA in the Freedive Academy Nik Linder is primarily about recreational activity, experiencing the freedom of the underwater world without technical aids and the peace of the underwater world. More and more divers and non-divers are discovering the benefits of freediving.
Freediving Disciplines
Pool Diving
- Diving (Static / STA)
- Diving with fins (Dynamic with fins / DYN)
- Diving without fins (Dynamic without fins / DNF)
- Trail diving by time (Speed Endurance Apnoea)
Deep Diving
- Deep dive with constant weight without fins (Constant weight without fins / CNF)
- Deep dive with constant weight with fins (Constant weight / CWT)
- Free Immersion / Immersion Libre (FIM)
- Deep diving with variable weight (Variable weight / VWT)
- No Limit (NLT)
Freediving Courses
They used to be known as the strange ones: Freedivers who – without aids – dive into depths that are normally reserved to scuba divers. Yet, given the right training, it is actually not that hard to dive 10 or 20 metres deep just with the strength of your own lung.
Nik Linder
Our Instructor - World Record Holder & Freediving Expert
My name is Nikolay "Nik" Linder and together with my family I live in beautiful Freiburg, where I helped shape the fascination of diving for years as co-owner of the Freiburg Diving Center. In the meantime, I concentrate fully on freediving and travel worldwide as a freediving expert. My passion for diving without equipment takes me to the most beautiful places on planets. On my travels, I meet the most interesting people and have the opportunity to interact with the best divers in the world.
Both diving and the many great encounters have contributed significantly to the fact that the topic of breathing has become more and more important for me in my private life. When I'm not diving, I practice pranayama and meditation, try my hand at world records, train aspiring divers, organize trips, write books and give lectures.
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Both diving and the many great encounters have contributed significantly to the fact that the topic of breathing has become more and more important for me in my private life. When I'm not diving, I practice pranayama and meditation, try my hand at world records, train aspiring divers, organize trips, write books and give lectures.
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