To help ensure that the technical standards and competition guidelines are maintained, as well as bring more infrastructure to judging and event structures, the USFF has appointed Francesca Koe to the position of Technical Director for the calendar years of 2025-2026.

Rachel Novak was the voice and commentator on the DiveEye live stream from Belgrade, and she will return to Europe to take up the post for the Outdoor Worlds in Kalamata. It is great having someone so professional and with such knowledge around the sport to guide us through the competition.

The CMAS Indoor World Championships took place from July 6th, 2024 to July 10th, 2024, attracting all the indoor freediving top athletes from around the world. This year, we had the largest team in history representing the US at the Indoor World Championships with 6 members: Claire Paris, Natalie Bruce, Anastasia Tajik, Eric Cintra, Brady Bradshaw and Evan Walther.  Take a look here to learn how the team performed at the World Championships. We have some new World and National Records from the US Team!!

The 2024 US National Team comprises of athletes who will be representing the United States at both 2024 CMAS World Championships. The Indoor World Championships will be held from July 5th to the 10th in Belgrade, Serbia. The Outdoor World Championships will be held in the Mediterranean Sea in the month of October. Here is a list of the athletes that have been selected to represent the United States.

Over the last weeks, both Dr. Juani Valdivia (Medical Director for the USFF) and Lance Davis (Team Captain 2023) have met to organize the position of the USFF around incidences of blackouts/LMS/LS, how to grade them and when it could be safe to return to diving.

The CMAS World Championships took place this year in Roatan, Honduras with Esteban Darharnpe as the official organizer. This was the 2nd time the World Championship took place in Roatan as a break from Kas, Turkey. The US National Team was strong in numbers and performance and marks the largest team that the US Freediving Federation has ever sent to the CMAS World Championships.

Over the last two months, CMAS International has taken a lead position on this doping matter by suspending a few athletes who tested positive. While the suspensions given are provisional and subject to further investigation, it is a step forward to help keep freediving a clean sport.

The US Freediving Federation will not tolerate anything less than a clean sport and it expects its athletes, as well as those across the world, to hold themselves to the highest standards of sport to keep the game fair for all. Anything less than is unacceptable.

With the US Freediving Federation experiencing tremendous membership growth in the last two years, it is necessary to expand the leadership community to support that growth and help guide the evolution of freediving in the United States. “Based on the background of Rebekah and her pursuit in the sport, she was the obvious choice to bring onboard to the organization as the Technical Director”, said Jeremy Stephan, Founder/Executive Director of the USFF. “Rebekah has shown nothing but passion for freediving and has helped to nurture a number of freedivers in northern California.”

December 1 - 3, 2023 marks the dates for the 2023 “UNU” Tampa Bay Freediving Challenge event which is being organized by Jani Valdivia. The event is being held at the HIGH 5 Pool  located in Brandon, Florida, just outside Tampa.  This event will serve as the US Nationals for both the US Freediving Federation (CMAS) and USA Freediving (AIDA).