HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Kona man shattered a pair of North American freediving records earlier this month during a contest in the Philippines. Now, he’s back on the Big Island training to ...

The target depth was 125 meters — and in the past, Lozano had made it to 122 and 123 meters. Yet Lozano has realized he's lucky to be alive after this particular attempt in Roatan, Honduras, in May ...

Free-diver David Vencl is the new holder of a world record after plunging 170 feet below the icy surface of Switzerland's Lake Sills. The 40-year-old Czech athlete set the record in water that hovers ...

Amber Bourke stands on the ocean floor, facing away from a black abyss while holding her breath. Slowly, she crouches down and pushes off, arching her back gracefully and spinning down into the ...

Moments before setting a national freediving record in April, Lt. Col. Laurence Paik checked to make sure his nose clip was fastened, his flashlight was beaming, and his lanyard -- attached to a line ...

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KAILUA-KONA — Imagine holding your breath for nearly three minutes, all while diving to ocean depths that force the body to battle increased lactic acid buildup, hypoxia and nearly nine atmospheres of ...

KAILUA-KONA — Deep freediving can sound like a horror movie in the making. To someone not familiar with deep freediving, it may seem that holding a breath for so long would be the hardest part of the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) The timer called out the seconds: “Plus 7, plus 8, plus 9, plus 10 ...

Aaron Fisher’s mental health, like that of many people around the world, suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic. “I started ...

David Vencl reportedly spat out blood and popped open a bottle of champagne after spending nearly two minutes under the icy water with no wetsuit Free-diver David Vencl is the new holder of a world ...

The timer called out the seconds: “Plus 7, plus 8, plus 9, plus 10. … Plus 20.” Shelby Eisenberg had just 10 seconds to let go of the gray tube bobbing off the coast of Grand Cayman and plunge into ...