descending and coming back up, all on his own, and on one breath! that is the most bad ass of feats in diving. all that other free diving (with weights / sled, etc..) can't hold a candle to what this guy can do.
God, the music makes this movie a real piece of art. I love watching (and re-watching) this. The grace of the extra freedivers joining in at the ascent, the way the sun starts to filter through the deep waters while ascending and the knowledge of how much this is a thing of pure willpower. I love it. What kind of music is this?
Totally amazing. This is as much about mental control as it is physical training. I used to do free diving on and off. Not at this level of course and my main thing was underwater hockey, but I still love the underwater world. It's a place of such peace and tranquility.
@@stwatertown Awesome. It's a great sport. I played a bit in the U.S, mostly in Connecticut and went to a comp in Montreal. Most of my playing experience was growing up in the U.K and then playing all over Australia. I played for the U.K and Australia at one time. To this day, I still do breath-hold training in the local swimming pool, but usually without fins. I have not played regularly for about 10 years now. Mainly because I live in an area where there are no teams. I do sometimes miss the sport though. It was my life for 20 years. I began at 16.
@@Justyburger - Canadian boys are very good, and I believe the UWH "game" was originated as a training project for "seals" and gradually popular among civilians late on. I love this game because it's a gentle game no body touch or rough play allowed
@@stwatertown Yeah I love the game for that same reason. It's a game that older people can also play well. No heavy impact. Yeah I was always told that the British Navy started the game in the 1950's to keep their divers fit in the winter. Also there was another version of thegame started in South Africa, using longer sticks (more like grass hockey sticks). As time passed, the South African version, adopted the British stick standard and from there the games were merged. That's about as much as I know. I've never heard anything about a Russian, but it's interesting. My old coach Dave Simpson might know the story? I don't even know if he is still with us? He was quite an old guy when I was training under him. My last worlds was 2000 in Tasmania, so it's been a long time out of high level competition. I did get asked to play in 2006 for the U.K in Sheffield, but opted for a big European trip with my new Wife. I had a few games a couple of years back and it felt good. I was training well, so was fit enough, but my skills and teamplay was a bit rusty.
This is the best Freediving video of all time! I remember watching this video 10 years ago when i was 12 years old and being incredibly inspired! And I still feel the same way 🙂💙
flexor212000 Actually, they have to maintain consciousness for the record to stand. If the judges determine that he's lost consciousness after he resurfaces, he does not get the record holder title.
+Deez Nuts It is. But then you're trained, fit, and know your mind and body inside out, and you know you have the capacity to make it back up. Still it's a very mental sport; because there is no instant bail out option.
Dude came up, breathed again for like 2 seconds, and still had the oxygen and energy to celebrate like crazy. Assumed he would've needed to be carried out of the water in a stretcher. Even crazier that he increased his distance later on by 25%. One of the greatest physical feats in human history.
in the beginning of january 2012 i was able to old my breath only for 1minute, since i started scuba diving i wanted to try freediving, with some technique i learnt from these video, i can now hold my breath for 3,30 min, and i still upgrade my personal time every week , if you really want to do like this guy, it is possible, but you need motivation and training!
This music, so inspiring just like this video and I think they fit together perfectly. With determination and ambition like shown in this video you can achieve anything. The music is like the success after many weeks or months or even years of hard work.
I dived about 3m and my eardrums were in agony!! I tried to equalise but I started panicking and hauled ass back up to the surface lol wish I lived somewhere like this so I could practice - I think free diving is amazing
+My Fair Laydee You should never feel pain in your ears.. go down slower and equalize constantly while going down :) Practice helps. But if you really wanna learn it i'd recommend doing a course where you learn all the right techniques and risks (!). Stay safe and have fun :)
I love scuba diving, now tell me about free scuba diving, My totally respect for William Trudbridge, What a fantastic way to show nothing is impossible in this life ! totally amazed by this.
The _ Far _ Cry I used to swim around the perimeter of the local indoor pool underwater no fins. Here Trubridge totals 202 meters :) In the ocean with fins I dived to about 15 meters depth then along the bottom collecting scallops then back up. Unfortunately I eventually moved away from the ocean and no longer have that option.
@@dannygjk - with fins no air-tank I bottomed to 33feet, that was cold and scary without sunshine(ray) and I roughly seeing string rays swimming by. at USVI area.
he is equalizing, he's most likely using the hands free method either using his muscle power to push air through his eaustachian tubes from his diaphragm up to his ears while keeping the tubes open, or using the Frenzel technique (the one you're used to seeing) but letting the nose clip do the work of pinching his nose instead of his fingers.
He's packing air at the beginning, to force more air into the lungs. Donut is to aid in having as much relaxation as possible. What's most incredible about this is that he's holding his breath for ~4 minutes while going through continuous exercise similar to a breaststroke. Naturally, his swim technique is developed to make his kick/pull extremely efficient, thereby using as little energy/O2 as possible. At the bottom where he's sinking, he needs some major kick/pull power to move upward.
This is just a hold your breath contest. A weight dragged him down, he pulled himself up. There's no diving or swimming involved. Respect to trubridge!
the gravity isn't necessarily stronger, but there is a massive amount of weight in water above him being also effected by gravity. After a certain depth, the weight of the water overcomes the buoyancy of the air in a human body (even after inhalation).
New Zealanders are an legendary breed. We were the first to reach the heights of the planet scaling Everest. Now we hold the record for free dive into the deepest darkest depths. Amazing. All the best with your 102metre record attempt tommorow William.
+Israels watchman no disrespect meant, i used to play semi-pro rugby league and i have a huge amount of respect for your countrymen, but ive always thought mallory made it to the summit of everest back in the 1920's.
decompression sickness occurs when breath air whilst the body is under pressure and decreasing the surrounding pressure to quickly (for example on a SCUBA dive, coming up to quickly or not doing safety / deco stops). This forces the nitrogen that was absorbed by the body to form bubbles. Free divers do not breath air under water and hence don't have the need for any safety or decompression stops.
This guy reached his limits with this dive.I'm not refering only to his physical.Stamina,good condition and training is required, no doubt.But when you 're down there, without air,ALONE,only dark blue and a rope you must have "steal" nerves and ultimate calmness in order to swim back to the top.3 years ago i reached my limits and i can understand the excitement in the end of the video!Difference lies that i won cancer while this tremendous guy dived,if we can say it is dive, in 101 m!Amazing!
I agree its relatively safe if you have the correct training, follow the rules and have a buddy with experience but the point I was trying to make was, people would be trying it out at their local swimming pool and learning about the dangers the hard way!
Regulating the ascent must have been so hard. My father was a competition spearfisher way back when, and perforated his eardrum ascending too fast. He taught me to free dive at age 16. I'm now 37 and living in Indonesia.. but I am way way off any kind of competition standard. The corals out here are incredible, however. =)
gives me goose bumps..i was scared for the first time i was -50m..zero vis..at least i had my surface supplied air n kirby ..this is way beyond my imagination ..o rather beyond godlike ..what mental preparation and determination ..!!!!!
@iiiixxivxviii the pressure in his lungs and body is from the surface, so coming back up to the surface there is no problem (I may be wrong, I have limited knowledge of diving)
@probrood Holding your breath is only part of it, the difficult part is minimizing the use of oxygen. Absolutely amazing that he could swim 100m vertically and not deplete his body of oxygen within 30 seconds let alone go into convulsions. Amazing feat & beautiful what the human body can do...
At the end.. he didn't really say the "i'm okay" sentence that (afaik) is required for the record to count. I only heard "i'm..." and then he seemed unable to speak. Was that a point of discussion? Not that it matters in my opinion.. he went down there, got back up and didn't pass out.. in my eyes he totally deserves the record. But i just wonder if that was an issue somehow and raised questions.
This is a bit of a late reply - but I pretty sure this is a video splice of two attempts from subsequent days. The first time, you are correct - he doesn't quite say it and start passing out (so it didn't count). Then he came back and did it successfully - you can see how much more composed he is the second time, and also that the weather is less sunny etc
and just as another evidence - in the first part of the surfacing, he is holding the line above a red strip. However, when he throws the tag in celebration, he is holding the line below the red strip. So yeah, it is compilation from two attempts
@kikerbil333 it is the case for scuba divers but not free divers. they go with air from the surface, so as they go deeper the pressure squeezes the air in their lungs. at some point (-40 m on the video) you are just falling.
This has to be the most impressive thing I have ever seen a human being accomplish
Agreed. Wondering why this video ain't more popular. I can only think of the movie "Free Solo" as something equally astonishing.
descending and coming back up, all on his own, and on one breath! that is the most bad ass of feats in diving. all that other free diving (with weights / sled, etc..) can't hold a candle to what this guy can do.
s g -Truest form of freediving right here... just awesome.
@@jadatoav - speechless stunning！！
This was beautiful. This made me realize freediving is an activity that is both meditative/relaxing and at the same time exhilarating.
God, the music makes this movie a real piece of art. I love watching (and re-watching) this. The grace of the extra freedivers joining in at the ascent, the way the sun starts to filter through the deep waters while ascending and the knowledge of how much this is a thing of pure willpower. I love it. What kind of music is this?
Totally amazing. This is as much about mental control as it is physical training. I used to do free diving on and off. Not at this level of course and my main thing was underwater hockey, but I still love the underwater world. It's a place of such peace and tranquility.
I started UWH in 2007 along with Minnesota (US) Loon team。
@@stwatertown Awesome. It's a great sport. I played a bit in the U.S, mostly in Connecticut and went to a comp in Montreal. Most of my playing experience was growing up in the U.K and then playing all over Australia. I played for the U.K and Australia at one time.
To this day, I still do breath-hold training in the local swimming pool, but usually without fins. I have not played regularly for about 10 years now. Mainly because I live in an area where there are no teams. I do sometimes miss the sport though. It was my life for 20 years. I began at 16.
@@Justyburger - Canadian boys are very good, and I believe the UWH "game" was originated as a training project for "seals" and gradually popular among civilians late on. I love this game because it's a gentle game no body touch or rough play allowed
this UWH game may trace back to the UK, and some 'crazy' Russian guy did under-ice-hockey years ago.
@@stwatertown Yeah I love the game for that same reason. It's a game that older people can also play well. No heavy impact.
Yeah I was always told that the British Navy started the game in the 1950's to keep their divers fit in the winter.
Also there was another version of thegame started in South Africa, using longer sticks (more like grass hockey sticks). As time passed, the South African version, adopted the British stick standard and from there the games were merged. That's about as much as I know. I've never heard anything about a Russian, but it's interesting. My old coach Dave Simpson might know the story? I don't even know if he is still with us? He was quite an old guy when I was training under him.
My last worlds was 2000 in Tasmania, so it's been a long time out of high level competition. I did get asked to play in 2006 for the U.K in Sheffield, but opted for a big European trip with my new Wife. I had a few games a couple of years back and it felt good. I was training well, so was fit enough, but my skills and teamplay was a bit rusty.
I could feel my adrenalin pumping just watching; beautiful music; an excellent accompaniment
so i guess he is not a smoker..?
This is the best Freediving video of all time! I remember watching this video 10 years ago when i was 12 years old and being incredibly inspired! And I still feel the same way 🙂💙
flexor212000 Actually, they have to maintain consciousness for the record to stand. If the judges determine that he's lost consciousness after he resurfaces, he does not get the record holder title.
Congratulation William Such a beautiful Dive! Amazing
Great video, thumbs up from us and cheers from sunny IGY Simpson Bay Marina, Sint Maarten in the Caribbean.
I found myself holding my breath after the free fall. Chilling stuff.
Once you get about 30 foot down, its got to be super scary swimming through darkness like that...
+Deez Nuts And suddenly, a barracuda appears
+Deez Nuts
It is.
But then you're trained, fit, and know your mind and body inside out, and you know you have the capacity to make it back up. Still it's a very mental sport; because there is no instant bail out option.
Amazing! I like the background music!
onore e rispetto per questo grande sportivo....super william
absolutní dokonalostttt.. jde mi z toho mráz po zádech.. the besttt
What one can achieve with hard work determination and the right mind set an achievement that totally deserved.
This guy has my respect.
I remember watching recording when Pellizary went on 88m with FINS! and that was amazing... now I am just speechless
Saw this on snapchat. Had to look this guy up. He’s awesome
One of the most amazing human beings alive to date.
Dude came up, breathed again for like 2 seconds, and still had the oxygen and energy to celebrate like crazy. Assumed he would've needed to be carried out of the water in a stretcher. Even crazier that he increased his distance later on by 25%. One of the greatest physical feats in human history.
I can't seem to watch this enough times. Great job, incredible feat etc. just doesn't cut it.. You're outta this world my friend.. :)
in the beginning of january 2012 i was able to old my breath only for 1minute, since i started scuba diving i wanted to try freediving, with some technique i learnt from these video, i can now hold my breath for 3,30 min, and i still upgrade my personal time every week , if you really want to do like this guy, it is possible, but you need motivation and training!
This music, so inspiring just like this video and I think they fit together perfectly. With determination and ambition like shown in this video you can achieve anything. The music is like the success after many weeks or months or even years of hard work.
I dived about 3m and my eardrums were in agony!! I tried to equalise but I started panicking and hauled ass back up to the surface lol wish I lived somewhere like this so I could practice - I think free diving is amazing
+My Fair Laydee You should never feel pain in your ears.. go down slower and equalize constantly while going down :) Practice helps. But if you really wanna learn it i'd recommend doing a course where you learn all the right techniques and risks (!). Stay safe and have fun :)
This dude still gives me chills!!! a beast of a human
I love scuba diving, now tell me about free scuba diving, My totally respect for William Trudbridge, What a fantastic way to show nothing is impossible in this life ! totally amazed by this.
+Angela Torres
SCUBA is describing diving using a breathing apparatus.
William is doing breath-hold diving, also known as Freediving.
Angela Torres There is no free scuba diving. Only scuba diving or free diving. ;)
Wow. Seriously amazing stuff Mr Trubridge!
These men are the real superheros of our world. Sincere congratulations, you have my deepest respect !!
Man...That's insane. Good job.
Seriously epic! Nice work
breathtaking literally! It takes a lot courage and practice to do this!
Holy shit! I was proud diving 7.8 meters with no air.......
The _ Far _ Cry I used to swim around the perimeter of the local indoor pool underwater no fins. Here Trubridge totals 202 meters :) In the ocean with fins I dived to about 15 meters depth then along the bottom collecting scallops then back up. Unfortunately I eventually moved away from the ocean and no longer have that option.
@@dannygjk - with fins no air-tank I bottomed to 33feet, that was cold and scary without sunshine(ray) and I roughly seeing string rays swimming by.
at USVI area.
Chuck: 12 000 m
Zlatan: 3 000 m
Remi (from France): 1 000 m
William: 101 m
Great video.
he is equalizing, he's most likely using the hands free method either using his muscle power to push air through his eaustachian tubes from his diaphragm up to his ears while keeping the tubes open, or using the Frenzel technique (the one you're used to seeing) but letting the nose clip do the work of pinching his nose instead of his fingers.
what is the name of the song?
muy formidable...genial!!!...respetos y admiración para usted william...un héroe del apnea, su nombre ya ha hecho historia..waw
This just might be the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed a human being do.
Awesome ,he is very calm.
Respect for this man from Poland !
He's packing air at the beginning, to force more air into the lungs. Donut is to aid in having as much relaxation as possible. What's most incredible about this is that he's holding his breath for ~4 minutes while going through continuous exercise similar to a breaststroke. Naturally, his swim technique is developed to make his kick/pull extremely efficient, thereby using as little energy/O2 as possible. At the bottom where he's sinking, he needs some major kick/pull power to move upward.
What do you say - WOW WOW WOW chills me to the bone in the best way, William you are INCREDIBLE !!!!
AMAZING-FANTASTIC-UNBELIEVABLE!
outclass really near to impossible
congratulations
Magnificent...truly great.....
That was beautiful.
Doesn't he pull himself down by holding on to the wire right before he hits the 101 meter mark at 2:55 ?
This guys the king. I get down to about 280 feet and had to turnaround !so respect to this dude
This is just a hold your breath contest. A weight dragged him down, he pulled himself up. There's no diving or swimming involved. Respect to trubridge!
no weight dragged him down: scuba.about.com/od/Freedivers/fl/Buoyancy-and-Freediving.htm and he didn't touch the rope when SWIMMING back up...
Sonny Obhan Nope, that category is constant weight, unassisted, no fins.
Sonny Obhan I strongly doubt you watched this video
the gravity isn't necessarily stronger, but there is a massive amount of weight in water above him being also effected by gravity. After a certain depth, the weight of the water overcomes the buoyancy of the air in a human body (even after inhalation).
Your the master of the univers! The champion of the sun!
Incredibile ... fantastico.
Amazing. Just absolutely amazing! Like a double rainbow across the sky!
New Zealanders are an legendary breed. We were the first to reach the heights of the planet scaling Everest. Now we hold the record for free dive into the deepest darkest depths. Amazing. All the best with your 102metre record attempt tommorow William.
No, y'all just crazy white people lol.
our brown people are even crazier
+Israels watchman no disrespect meant, i used to play semi-pro rugby league and i have a huge amount of respect for your countrymen, but ive always thought mallory made it to the summit of everest back in the 1920's.
Darkness Destroyer but do any of you have world breaking records in sports? No
This is incredible :) great video!
Very Good bro .
wonderful!!! hats off for him
decompression sickness occurs when breath air whilst the body is under pressure and decreasing the surrounding pressure to quickly (for example on a SCUBA dive, coming up to quickly or not doing safety / deco stops). This forces the nitrogen that was absorbed by the body to form bubbles. Free divers do not breath air under water and hence don't have the need for any safety or decompression stops.
Fantastic, wonderful!!
congratulation.....
Truly incredible!
This guy reached his limits with this dive.I'm not refering only to his physical.Stamina,good condition and training is required, no doubt.But when you 're down there, without air,ALONE,only dark blue and a rope you must have "steal" nerves and ultimate calmness in order to swim back to the top.3 years ago i reached my limits and i can understand the excitement in the end of the video!Difference lies that i won cancer while this tremendous guy dived,if we can say it is dive, in 101 m!Amazing!
Bez plutiev...fakt je frajer!!! Super...
Нет слов...Это было просто великолепно!
YOWSER!!!!! That is truly an awesome feat!
BIG Respect!!
I agree its relatively safe if you have the correct training, follow the rules and have a buddy with experience but the point I was trying to make was, people would be trying it out at their local swimming pool and learning about the dangers the hard way!
Regulating the ascent must have been so hard. My father was a competition spearfisher way back when, and perforated his eardrum ascending too fast. He taught me to free dive at age 16. I'm now 37 and living in Indonesia.. but I am way way off any kind of competition standard. The corals out here are incredible, however. =)
Amazing accomplishment.
simply amazing
Amazing! What is the music, please?
Nico Nick That's exactly what I'm going thru this thread for too! Pls do you know what music it is yet?
hay gente para todo impresionante
Real glory
very awesome! fantastic!
Sorry for the stupid question but who films at 331 ft? Or is there a camera already or what..
Scuba divers with special tanks.
Well done
Wow wow wow...congrats
I can hold my breath and not move while under water for about 4min but this is truly super-human!!
I am reading one breath by Adam Skonik. it is incredible what these divers can do.
great free diver
Muy bien ! Excelente y pulmones y manejo de mente
gives me goose bumps..i was scared for the first time i was -50m..zero vis..at least i had my surface supplied air n kirby ..this is way beyond my imagination ..o rather beyond godlike ..what mental preparation and determination ..!!!!!
Humans are amazing!! This guy proves impossible is nothing. He leaves you breathless!!
@iiiixxivxviii the pressure in his lungs and body is from the surface, so coming back up to the surface there is no problem (I may be wrong, I have limited knowledge of diving)
Stunning...
how in the world do u know that!!
awesome...you r great.....
@probrood Holding your breath is only part of it, the difficult part is minimizing the use of oxygen. Absolutely amazing that he could swim 100m vertically and not deplete his body of oxygen within 30 seconds let alone go into convulsions. Amazing feat & beautiful what the human body can do...
At the end.. he didn't really say the "i'm okay" sentence that (afaik) is required for the record to count. I only heard "i'm..." and then he seemed unable to speak. Was that a point of discussion? Not that it matters in my opinion.. he went down there, got back up and didn't pass out.. in my eyes he totally deserves the record. But i just wonder if that was an issue somehow and raised questions.
EarlGrey listen again, you can clearly hear him say I'm okay
This is a bit of a late reply - but I pretty sure this is a video splice of two attempts from subsequent days. The first time, you are correct - he doesn't quite say it and start passing out (so it didn't count). Then he came back and did it successfully - you can see how much more composed he is the second time, and also that the weather is less sunny etc
and just as another evidence - in the first part of the surfacing, he is holding the line above a red strip. However, when he throws the tag in celebration, he is holding the line below the red strip. So yeah, it is compilation from two attempts
Amazing...
great video, i wanna know how much more effort is needed to swim at that depth, seeing as the sea wants you at the bottom.
has anyone yet figured out which Song this is?
really great,,,from Bangladesh
Plain amazing!
@kikerbil333 it is the case for scuba divers but not free divers. they go with air from the surface, so as they go deeper the pressure squeezes the air in their lungs. at some point (-40 m on the video) you are just falling.
bonkers, well done
Это действительно Потрясающе!!!
magical...
Is that part of the ocean bottom less?
Hey, guys where is the same video with other music! It was here! Thanks