Oct 1 (edited) • General
Let's talk about the thing that everyone's talking about
As you may have noticed, the freediving community is divided at the moment about a video posted by Vitomir Maricic.
You can see the video and post here: (*warning graphic content*) https://www.instagram.com/p/DOye-V1iF-N/
To put it simply:
One side believes the video gives the sport of freediving a bad image and normalizes squeezes, blackouts, DSC, accidents and dangerous practices.
If you read through some of the comments, many people state that it is reckless behavior, that's it's dangerous to dive with this mindset, it's disrespectful & dangerous for everyone around them, and it teaches a bad example to freediving students
William Trubridge wrote an article about this and some of the backstory here:
The other side believes the video shows the dangers of freediving, the risks and injuries involved like any other extreme sport. On Vitomir's subsequent post, he posted a gallery of athletes having injuries with a long post, here's an excerpt:
"Think about skiing accidents, climbing falls, surfing with sharks, cardiac incidents in football, not to mention combat sport, mtb, gymnastics, skating, motor sports. None of these tragedies has stopped those sports growing. Freediving is no different."
Certainly both sides have a point. What do you think? Let's talk about it!!
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Let's talk about the thing that everyone's talking about
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