The fourth edition of the French constant weight freediving championships will be held this weekend in the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer. For the occasion, Dive In! met Stéphane Tourreau in full preparation.On July 2, 33 freedivers will dive into the depths of the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer. Participants must choose one of the three descent disciplines (monofin, […]
From June 6 to June 12, 2016, the French freediving team was in Italy, where the world championships took place. With three gold medals, three silver medals, and most notably two world records, the French freedivers can be proud of their achievements. Dive in! revisits this competition with Olivier Elu, the new world champion in […]
Led by their coach, champion Stéphane Mifsud, the athletes will fly at the end of the month to Finland for the Aida indoor world championships. Dive in! attended one of their last training sessions.The pressure is slowly building in the Var pools for our four athletes. In less than two weeks, they’re heading to Finland […]
An extension of our column « Drop Anchor, » present in the magazine since issue 1, the Destinations section of the website lets you discover stays, tours, safaris, and expeditions offered by diving and freediving professionals.Looking for escape, warmth, and paradise islands? Head to the Maldives, which, with their 1200 islands scattered across the Indian Ocean, offer […]
As in previous editions, Festisub, the Neuchâtel Underwater Image Festival, was fully booked for the screenings that took place at the Aula des Jeunes-Rives of the University of Neuchâtel. Among the many guests, there was the Gombessa team led by the festival’s patron Laurent Ballesta or the leaders of the Under the Pole II expedition, […]
The meeting of sea and ocean lovers concluded on Monday, January 11 with more than satisfactory results: a record number of visitors and exhibitors, an increasingly marked international presence, activities followed with passion… A return in figures on the flagship annual event in France of the diving, freediving, and ocean world.410This is the number of […]
Alongside photographer Vincent Munier and filmmaker Jérôme Bouvier, underwater photographer and biologist Laurent Ballesta recently embarked on an unprecedented adventure in Antarctica: an artist residency to highlight the emperor penguin, a universal ambassador of this white continent. In mid-October, on the eve of his departure to join the French Dumont d’Urville base, he shared with […]
Franck GIRELLI was just 3 years old when his family moved to Marseille. It was under the sun of the Phocaean city that he experienced a fundamental encounter: the Mediterranean. From the sea to humorous drawing, it’s just a step… and naturally, from this alchemy, his first characters were born: small underwater beings, as colorful […]
Stephane Mifsud, world apnea record holder, and Nicolas Ziani, shark biology specialist, president and founder of the new Phocaean Shark Study Group, have decided to cooperate to help raise awareness about the sharks and rays of the Grande Bleue. A student of Prof. Christian Capapé, a pioneer in shark research in the Mediterranean and France […]
Dive with Jean-Michel Cousteau for an incredible adventure filled with personal stories and share his joy of swimming with orcas, our counterparts of the sea.Orcas, like sharks, have been treated as bloodthirsty monsters by fishermen, who called them killer whales. They were hunted, slaughtered, then captured to be sold to marine amusement parks to entertain […]
