FII Founder and Director of Education and Development, Martin Stepanek has annouced a New World Record Attempt!!

VISIT THE OFFICIAL EVENT WEBSITE  www.stepanek2011.com

Martin Štěpánek has remained at the top of competitive freediving for the past 10 years setting the pace for the new generation of athletes. Running from October 03 until October 09, 2011 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Martin will attempt to reset all current freediving depth World Records. The first discipline will be Constant Weight, also his specialty. With one breath and using only a monofin and mask, Martin will descend to the depth of 125 meters attempting to reclaim his title from Austrian, Herbert Nitch. He will follow this attempt with Constant weight no-fins and Free Immersion as he endeavor's to reclaim the world supremacy as the deepest man on earth.

Current World Records related to these disciplines are Constant Weight - 124m, Constant Weight no fins -101 meter and Free Immersion -120 meters.

Martin Stepanek's final preparation is to be conducted in the Red Sea in late September, 2011. Upon acclimatization, he will start tuning up for the final intended World Record depths. An integral part of the preparation phase and World Record attempts is maintaining the athlete's maximum safety underwater. For the whole duration of the event, the world's most elite technical divers will ensure the highest level of deep safety.  Lighthouse Dive Center, Egypt will be managing all SCUBA support logistics. The event will be   ratified by AIDA International official judges. The World Record Challenge is generously sponsored by XTB Online Trading and is under the aegis of F.I.I. (Freediving Instructors International). All information, photos and videos from the event and Martin's World Record attempts can be found exclusively on the special event website: www.stepanek2011.com.

Freediving, also known as breathhold diving or skin diving is when the athlete descends underwater on one breath of air without artificial assistance. Freediving roots are 2.500 years old having first been developed by pearl fishers and divers in the Southern Pacific.

The Freediving Disciplines :

Constant Weight - The freediver descends and ascends using his fins/monofin and/or with the use of his arms without pulling on the rope or changing his ballast; only a single grab of the rope to stop the descent is allowed. Constant weight is viewed as the holy grail of sportive freediving.

Free Immersion - The freediver dives without fins by utilizing the competition line during descent and ascent. Free immersion is the sportive depth discipline with the purest sensations, because of the speed of the water in the body, and the power of each pull on the rope as only means of propulsion. Performances could be done the head first during the descent, or feet first.

Constant weight no fins - The freediver descends and ascends underwater without the use of fins and without pulling on the rope. Constant weight without fins is the most difficult sportive depth discipline, because the divr is purely self propelled using only his muscle strength. This category needs a perfect coordination between propulsion movements, equalization, technique and buoyancy.

For more information:

David Čani

Freediving Instructors International

European Director

World Record Challenge Attempt Organizer

Tel.+420 777 250 714

Pavlouskova 4431, Ostrava 70800

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Website: www.freedivinginstructors.com

Event Website: www.stepanek2011.com