Lubomir Stefanoff | freediving and UW photography

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Freediving/having fun at Dianabad swimming pool

by on Jun.14, 2010, under Freediving

For the past two weeks we’ve been training at Dianabad outdoor pool in Sofia. Water is getting warmer (was 20-22 degrees last week), so I might try a longer dive with my new Blueseventy suit (thank you, Eric and Sanne!). Ivo made another UW video – check it out:

P.S The Orca wetusit isn’t mine, I just borrowed it from a friend for a test swim :)

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Finally some real freediving

by on May.12, 2010, under Freediving

Can’t really believe I started open water freediving in May…usually March is good month to open the season, especially if one has the opportunity to travel to ‘warmer’ destinations.

We chose Thassos again and spent 4 days freediving there, surprised by the low visibility (it was much better at the same time last year). I went without any expectations – my goal being just to have fun. Although I haven’t dived for a few months I felt really good in the water and increased the depth each day – just to see how far I can go comfortably. On the last day I did an easy 40m CWT dive, which felt fantastic. Honestly, I would have gone a bit further if I hadn’t hit the bottom at 40 meters – equalization was OK and  I had plenty of air left for coming up. Next time I’ll try 42-45 to see if my ears are fine and then proceed to greater depths – the season has just started, there is a lot of time for ‘deep’ diving…

Here is a short video from Thassos. Cameraman: Ivo Zagorchinov. Enjoy!

One more thing – my Greek friend Dimitrios reminded me today that ‘loving’ apnea is probably the most important factor – how simple and true…Thank you Dimitrios, sometimes we seem to forget the most obvious things!

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