
Champion Freedivers, Martin Stepanek And Niki Roderick, Partner With Oceana
August 3, 2007 @ 10:44 AM (EST)
Source: Transworldnews.com
World Champion breath-hold diver, Martin Stepanek, and teammate, Niki Roderick, are partnering with the ocean conservation group, Oceana, leading up to their World Record freediving attempts next week. "The SONY Free" event is organized by FIT (Freediving Instructors and Trainers) in partnership with SONY, and will run from August 5 -11 in Dahab, Egypt.
During the SONY Free event, Stepanek, with a single breath of air, will attempt to swim down to a depth of 112 meters and return to the surface using only his monofin, his strength and his endurance. Roderick will attempt to break one of free diving's longest-standing World Records in the Women's Variable Weight discipline by diving 123 meters feet first on a weighted sled that runs along a rope...
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