NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 2015 AFA COMMITTEE
Nominations are now open for the Australian Freediving Association committee for 2015! If you are interested in nominating for a position, please contact us for more information. Nominations close at...
View ArticleBRISBANE BIDS FOR 2015 POOL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Brisbane Freedivers club, in conjunction with the Australian Freediving Association, has put in a bid for the 2015 AIDA Pool Freediving World Championships. If the bid is successful, the event would...
View ArticleCurtis Coast a success for third year running
The Curtis Coast Freedive Challenge once again proved to be a great success, with one national record and plenty of PB performances. 8 athletes, first-timers as well as Australia’s best, got together...
View ArticleAFA’s technical officer on committee for international rules update
The Technical Officer for the Australian Freediving Association, Jody Fisher, along with Chris Marshall (NZL) and Pavlina Prochazkova (CZE), is working with the AIDA International board to create and...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from the AFA!
The AFA wishes all of its members a merry Christmas and thanks them for their support in 2014. It’s been a great year for freediving in Australia, with highlights including our first ever pool National...
View Article2015 World Championships
This year AIDA is holding the Individual Pool World Championship (for the disciplines of STA, DNF, and DYN) in Belgrade, Serbia from 19-28 June and the Individual Depth World Championship (for the...
View ArticleAustralian Amber Bourke wins MDC PoolMaster Apnea Challenge
Australian freediver Amber Bourke has won the women’s division of the MDC PoolMaster Apnea Challenge held in Malaysia on 28 March. Over twenty athletes from eight countries contested the challenging...
View ArticleCall for judges-in-learning
The AFA has judge-in-learning (JIL) opportunities at two upcoming competitions, and are calling for applications. Applicants must have completed a judge course prior to the competition they wish to act...
View ArticleAustralian Pool National Championship a great success for the second year...
The second annual Australian Pool National Championships, held in Gladstone from May 29-31, was a great success with athletes from several east coast clubs and Adelaide attending. The event was held in...
View ArticleAdam Stern sets new Free Immersion National Records
Australian freediving welcomed its newest National Record holder on the 7th of May, 2015. Adam Stern dove to 85m in the discipline of Free Immersion, breaking the existing Australian record by 1m. The...
View ArticleAFA endorses Singapore Pool Freediving Open
If AIDA observer members in Oceania wish to run a competition, the AFA can help by registering competitions with AIDA. The Singapore Pool Freediving Open (6th September 2015), hosted by the Apnea...
View ArticleAustralian Depth Nationals training begins
Divers have arrived in Tulamben, Bali, and have been training hard in preparation for Australian Depth Nationals, which starts on Thursday this week. A large crop of talent includes current and former...
View ArticleAussie Depth Championships A Great Success
The inaugural Australian Depth National Championship has now finished, wildly with success. The event was the first depth based Freediving competition for Australian freedivers in recent times and...
View ArticlePan Pacific Freediving Championships Begin!
The Pan Pacific Freediving Championships have officially kicked off the afternoon of the 25.11.15 at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, in Queensland, Australia. The opening ceremony saw Freediving prowess...
View ArticlePan Pacs Statics Slow The Hearts Of All Involved
Pan Pacs moves along swimmingly… then stops, of course, for the official Static Championships. Ahh statics… you either love em’ or ya hate em’… Right? Two national records were set this morning. Azam...
View ArticleAustralian Freediving: what’s ahead in 2016
2016 looks to be another strong year for the AFA, with both depth and pool nationals details soon to be announced, board reelection results and an upcoming Trans-Tasman team event. November 2015 saw...
View ArticleTrans Tasman Team Challenge
The Australian Freediving Association (AFA) and Freediving New Zealand (FNZ) are very excited to announce the inaugural Trans Tasman Team Challenge in Auckland from 2-6 August. The Trans Tasman Team...
View ArticleNational titles for Walter Steyn and Nicole Keating at 2016 Pool Nationals
From the 6th- 8th of May Sydney freedivers hosted the 2016 Australian Pool National Championships at the Knox Aquatic Centre. The 2016 Pool National Champions were Nicole Keating and Walter Steyn....
View ArticleAustralian Trans-Tasman Team Selected
The 2016 Australian Trans-Tasman teams have been selected, featuring the following divers: Australia Leigh Wooley (Brisbane Freedivers) Brent Quilliam (South Australian Freedivers) Craig de Vos (South...
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