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For all those are traveling in Indonesia don't miss freediving with mantas at Gili Trawangan. There is Mike, Apnea Total Instructor teaching freediving courses at Manta Dive.

 www.manta-dive.com/dive-courses-padi-ssi.php?cmsFld=90

Our 2nd Instructor course will be in February on Koh Tao. Will post more information in few days.

Apnea Total is going to held the first Instructor Course. Location: Koh Tao, Thailand. Date: 3rd to 14th October'08 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS • DIVE 50 METRES CW OR FI • DIVE 30 METRES CNF • STATIC MINIMUM 5 MINUTES • RESCUE FROM 20 METRES

- The competition will take place around Ko Haa Islands out of Ko Lanta. - Max depth depending on sea conditions. From 40 to 50 meters. - Three disciplines : Constant no Fins - Free Immersion - Constant Weight - AIDA rules with slight changes ( download them here : www.aida-international.org ) - Two judges Schedule : Wednesday February 8th 19.00 - Event comitee at funky fish 20.00 - Annoucements Saturday February 9th 08.00 - Boat leaves from Ko Lanta 09.30 - Arriving at Ko Haa 10.00 - First warm up 10.30 - First official top in Constant Weight No Fins 12.10 - End of Constant Weight No Fins 12.30 - First official top in Free Immersion 14.10 - End of Free Immersion 14.30 - First official top in Constant Weight 16.10 - End of Constant Weight 16.30 - Boat leaves from Ko Haa 18.00 - Arriving at Ko Lanta 20.00 - Diner all together at Funky Fish FEES : 1500 baths For further information please contact : Sebastian Naslund at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Francisco Gautier at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Last October Eusebio and I went to Dahab to dive in the Blue Hole and to see our friends right before the international competition “The Triple Depht Dahab Freediving Challenge” organised by Lotta Ericson. Eusebio was going to participate in the competition while I filmed the whole event.
The disciplines were Free Immersion (FI), Constant Weight (CW) and Unassisted Constant Weight (CNF).
With a dive to 70m in Free Immersion and 2 new national records in the CW and CNF, Eusebio finished second.  Among some other national records achieved during the competition, 2 new world records in the women’s category were set.

The Overall winners were:
Men
1st Ryuso Shinomiya,
2nd Eusebio Saenz De Santamaria,
3rd Andy Gueldner.
Women
1st Lotta Ericson,
2nd Linda Paganelli,
3rd Natalia Molchanova.

The atmosphere was great, we met very nice people and we spent most of the time with our dearest friends.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MONICA AND EUSEBIO !!

Monica Ganame (Argentina) and Eusebio Saenz de Santamaria (Spain) have been recognized by FREE as Instructors of the Year for the period between July 2004 - July 2005.

Upon completing their instructor course on June 2004 with Instructor Trainer Rudi Castineyra in Turkey, Ganame and Saenz de Santamaria wasted no time in openning a freediving center in Koh Tao, Thailand.

This center, "Apnea Total" (www.apnea-total.com), has quickly become one of the busiest and most popular FREE centers in the world, with their instructors certifying hundreds of Freediver and Advanced Freediver students since its creation.
Not only have Monica and Eusebio excelled in quantities, but also in the quality of their courses, with a commitment to safety and performance second to none. It is instructors like these who have helped FREE earn its reputation as the worldwide leader in freediving education.