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Profile: Ashleigh Baird, 2018 Team America
With the upcoming 2018 CMAS World Championships in October, we will be profiling each of the members of Team America. Enjoy their stories. Get to know them, and we hope that you find a nugget of inspiration from their story. First profile, Ashleigh Baird.
Competition Surface Protocols
Recently, while out with a few freedivers, during a conversation about CMAS competitions, the most common question that arises is one about surface protocols.
“What is the CMAS surface protocol?”
CMAS Sees Freediving As Its Best Bet To Reach The Olympics
Freediving is the underwater sport most likely to win acceptance as an Olympic sport, according to Anna Arzhanova, head of World Underwater Federation (CMAS).
U.S. FREEDIVING FEDERATION ANNOUNCES LAUNCH; OPEN REGISTRATION FOR NEW MEMBERS
Venice, CA, April 17, 2018- Freediver and tech entrepreneur Jeremy Stephan will announce the formation of the U.S. Freediving Federation (USFF) at the CMAS General Assembly Meeting in Phuket Thailand this week.
Inside The Perilous, Marvelous World of Competitive Free Diving
With a foam noodle supporting his neck and another beneath his knees, his wife, Brittany, towed him into position while one of three judges decked out in bright yellow rash guards clipped him onto a rope that disappeared into the deep darkness below.
My Legacy
Since the USFF is my creation, I decided it would be important to communicate how I started in freediving and what led to establishing this organization. It’s been an interesting journey and one that I hope will inspire you in some way.
When the United States Freediving Federation was founded in 2018, I wasn't entirely sure what form it would ultimately take. What has impressed me most over the years is how the U.S. freediving community has embraced the Federation and leveraged it as a platform to create opportunities for athletes to perform on the international stage.