Sydney Freedivers, Australia's first fully insured Freediving Club opened its doors for membership in the later part of 2007.
Sponsored into existance by North Shore Underwater Club and supported by some of the old freedivers from the area this club is "Freediving" only.
Meetings: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month the club meets to coordinate its activities. At these meetings you will regularly get:
- A training session on diver safety, freediving technique, equipment training, and even fitness and strength coaching for diving.
- demonstrations of diving equipment
- a report on the clubs training achievenments over the last month. Last month there were over 6 new PBs set.
- videos of dives or training
- Dynamic and static max nights announcements
Weekly Training: So far the club members are training 3 nights a week at different venues around Sydney. At training you will be shown the pools safety protocol and coached on how to handle all situations. You will introduced to training methods and coached on your technique.
Future events: This summer there will be freediving trips to dive on various wrecks around Sydney. There will also be dives for the less experienced introducing them to diving deeper. There are competitions planned including ones with official AIDA judges where all divers will get a world and Australian ranking.
Here are some pics from a recent training night:
Adrian coaches new guys on surface protocol:
Nathan and Phil were studying the differences between their fins:
Andrea a guest diver from Hawaii joined the ladies for this pic:
Junior Beau singnals OK after his swim:
It was a fun night training...
That only became more fun: 