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Waterman Survival Course
Any experienced waterman, from surfers, high-divers, and whitewater kayakers to ocean rescue teams will easily recall at least one moment in their lives when the power of mother natures ultimate force has pushed them to their limits. Gasping for breath, you reached the surface feeling there was nothing else to give…or, maybe there is? During this course, we will dispel some common misconceptions and get to the bottom of the true urge to breathe. We’ll dig even deeper and show you how you can retrain the urge to breathe, allowing your body to work with you in times of need. You will also learn key safety protocols on how to handle Black-out victims and other breathhold related incidents.
This course is for experienced waterman with a high level of health and fitness. This course is an academic and confined-water based training.
Extended Version - The extended version of the Waterman Survival Course incorporates the FII Level 1 Freediver certification course, training you to comfortably and safely freedive to a maximum depth of 66 feet/20 meters. The Waterman Survival extended version takes the waterman survival training into a more realistic, open-water environment, from high stress, whitewater drills that suck you to depth, to underwater disorientation training this version is not for the faint hearted.
This is the ultimate waterman course and is guaranteed to challenge you to your limits.
Introduction to Monofin
Our unique compressed training program is your introduction to mastering the correct monofin training techniques. Beginning with the correct equipment selection, this course takes you through the bio-mechanics of monofin technique and targeted stretching, before hitting the pool for in-water technique development. With the unique combination of dry land exercises, pool development skills and video technique review, this rewarding program is recommended for everyone interested in learning the correct technique development drills.
This is a specialized program developed by competitive finswimmer and World Record Freediver, Martin Stepanek.
Basic Freediving Safety Course
The information in this course may save your buddy, husband, son, or daughter’s life.
What is the first and most significant sign of a freediver encountering latent hypoxia during freediving or also known as shallow water blackout? What would you do if this happens to your buddy? How can you minimize the chances of this happening? What are the correct safety procedures? When handled incorrectly Latent Hypoxia during freediving can lead to death. The Basic Freediving Safety course will not teach you how to freedive, but it is designed to familiarize students with the proper freediving supervision and basic safety and rescue procedures used in recreational freediving. This essential basic information is paramount learning for everyone involved in spearfishing and freediving activities. Whether as a spearfisherman without any formal freediving education, spouse of a spearfisherman or freediver, or newbie interested in getting into breathhold activities such as spearfishing but not yet ready to dedicate the time and money to one of our freediving courses. This course has proved popular in Spearfishing Clubs around the United States as minimum certification for club membership. This course has a lowered minimum age requirement of 12 years old with parental consent making it accessible to the younger generations developing a keen interest in spearfishing or freediving activities.
This course should be looked upon as a minimum requirement for everyone participating in any form of freediving activities.
Advanced Freediving Safety Course
The advanced freediving safety course takes freediving safety training to the next level. This course prepares students for advanced freediving safety set-ups such as counter-ballast system operations for deep diving, safety freediver positions and training in official freediving competitions and spearfishing events, managing variable ballast training, operating in two-man deep safety diver team and more. The course consists of academic and practical open water training.
Entry pre-requisites: certified Level 1 or Level 2 Freediver.
This course is a mandatory pre-requisite for entry into all F.I.I. Professional Certification courses.
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Not only is the monofin an energy efficient tool for freediving, but more and more people are selecting it for fitness! This is one of the most effective ways to tone up the torso and lower body, all the while doing something enjoyable!
