I haven't done any freediving before. I don't know how to swim either. I like your explanation. Simple and plain English to understand. Straight to the point, no fancy and time-wasting phrases. Good job bro. Gert. Greetings from North Borneo.
Hey man! A small tip for studio setup. Put your backlight lower, at least below the shoulder line and then direct it to the same spot behind the head. This'll give you similar effect but nothing will pop up on the back once you move on the sides a bit :-)
I'm a beginner appealing to all other beginners: DO NOT DIVE ALONE!!! Today I suffered mild middle ear barotrauma (water penetrating *behind* the eardrum) at 3m(!). I managed to ascend but fell over again due to complete loss of balance. Luckily I was with two friends, one of them an advanced freediver. He caught me and dragged me the shore (we weren't far out). I don't even want to think of what could've happened if I was alone.. We are not fish, we are not made for the water. Freediving requires lots of practice and constant attention. Serious issues can arise at benign depths such as 3m. Don't become over-confident thinking you need no buddy. Don't dive alone!
@@gertleroy Thank you! Went to the doc today..ruptured ear drum :( no swimming for 3 months :( ahhh.. what can you do..could've been worse. Guess I'll be binge watching your vids during my forced 'retirement'^^.
Didn't need a buddy skydiving, didn't need a buddy riding a hypersport bike at 310kmh, definitely not needing a buddy diving to a depth of a few meters. Let's all bubblewrap each other and be very very safe... while the life passes us by.
Great tips! Explained simply but concisely. Thank you so much. I am guilty of mistake number 5. I get too excited to say everything to my coach once I surfaced and my coach will always say "recovery breaths."
@@gertleroy Hahaha you keep popping in my head "Mistake number 5" hahaha this last weekend I reminded myself to do the recovery breaths before talking. Thanks a ton :)
yep that was me. Every time i make a new video i tell myself to spend less time on editing, and every time it turns out to be way more. It's a decision i'm struggeling with: make more videos in less time, or make less videos with higher editing profile. Merci :-)
Very helpful information. My son and I did almost all of these today while snorkeling and diving in the springs. Should have come here first...I probably wouldn't have drank so much spring water or passed out. Lol
Cool video, very useful! I'm belgian as well, but I'm learning scuba diving 😀 Nevertheless I'm interested in other underwater sports. Keep up the good work !
Hi gertz ! Nice vidz After all this videos, you still give good advices about basics... You’re wondeful ! Looking cool is good too ! (My first coach said to me : during your duck dive, try to be elegant and smart...)
Anny suggestions how to equalize the weights prior free dive? May be naturally, but never used weights for free diving, so max 30 sec at the bottom (10 sad meters - not sure if I am qualified for such conversation) while kicking fins to observe, unfortunately no "buddy" to observe mean time. what can be done to optimise/balance experience from safety prospective? Diving with a stone give solution on the descend, but i do not want to leave it there, CO2 pull safety life jacket can compensate in means of emergency swim up though again limiting repeatedness. Is there a way how to balance safety/ free dive at shallow depths?
Im a beginner and i can dive 25m today i was diving over 2 mins alone deep underwater i came back up totally chilled and comfortable (i had a snorkel in my mouth) and i blew the water out and kinda fell asleep i dont really know what happend but i think that snorkel safed me
problem is, i don't have much friends and the few i do have don't dive. my family is always busy and don't know how to dive either. how do i go about finding a diving buddy, is there facebook groups for that?
Hey Gert! I have problems with my left ear, whenever I'm going down it's impossible for me not to look to the bottom because if I look to the front the position of my head allows water to come into my ear, which is pretty uncomfortable and does not allow me to be relaxed. Do you think I could use plugs in my ears to avoid this?
Technique...I dont feel lead weights going up nor down nor when snorkeling. I keep snorkel on. My head rarely breaches the water for many hours. Going vertical and paddle is energy wasted. I always keep a little air when ascending so to blow out snorkel. Snorkel stays on. Buoys and leads are a hassle. Buyos are for spearfishing where you want to dangle your dead fish on the buoy far away from your body because of sharks and for visibility in crowded waterways.
in spearfishing people seem to keep the snorkel in all the time. most accidents happen in spearfishing. 1+1 = 2 Please learn from freediving. There is a reason why we recommend certain things. A buoy is a safety precaution. Cheers
@@gertleroy A buoy is a fish storage device and keeps the Tigers at a distance. Spearfishing is very dangerous. Opihi picking is very dangerous. Snorkel stays on at all times. Head stays underwater. You want to be aware at all times. Its a very old technique rather than dogmatic freediving where environmental awareness is of little concern and narcistic self experience is the goal and measured in seconds. Freedive mostly with my dolphin pod. They know me for a long time and we play down at 100f. Its fun beeing appreciated by spinners.
Oooh no snorkle in mouth? Damn, I logged like 30-35hrs in water last vaycay time, 100% snorkle. Eehmm, sooo, I'm not freediving, I'm just snorkeling instead 😅 at 3-12m depth. Need to rebuild my equipment. I have a hard short line holding snorkle, it is hugging my face tight so it won't flap... However I'd drop it if I wasn't stuffed in my mouth. It was built for UW-rugby. (I'm not that interested in breaking any depth barriers, all about having fun and watching the UW beauty. Oh, and tagging along / surprise scuba divers is also kind of fun, I did confirm I was at 23m one time by peeking at scuba diver's meter)
You are so uneducated on hypoxia. It would he obvious for a safety diver to know the person is going into cardiac arrest then it leads into hypoxia. You don't have hypoxia without being unconscious first . So what the safety diver would be looking for is a down man or someone not moving.
incorrect. hypoxia means extreme low levels of oxygen and this happens before a black out, but not necessarily. you can be hypoxic but still maintain consciousness of you start breathing right away.
There's always a 1st time😅 I unconsciously forgot to take off my snorkel during line training beacuse too conscious in my equalisation 🤣 my friend was so nervous that I already swallowed alot of water😅
Okay, this guy is talking extreme freediving - very different from freediving. I spent a lotta yrs freediving on Hawai'i and never considered going up and down a rope . . .
hi Old Gregg Boosh! using a rope is the way we do it in modern freediving. there is nothing extreme about this. it's a safety precaution. It's the fastest and safest way to learn to freedive. When you don't use a rope, like you do, we call this "fundiving" (or spearfishing) 🙏
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I haven't done any freediving before.
I don't know how to swim either.
I like your explanation.
Simple and plain English to understand.
Straight to the point, no fancy and time-wasting phrases.
Good job bro. Gert.
Greetings from North Borneo.
thanks Frankie🙏
Been practising breatholding for a coupple of months, but after watching this video my max breathold went from 1,45 min to 3,05 min! Thank you!
Great 👍👍
Im about to start. I did 1m25sec as my base starting point. how long it take you to 3min?
@@dnegel9546 don't worry about that. Go with the feeling
@@gertleroy im binge watching all your videos. 😅 thanks for the comment. Really appreciate it.
@@dnegel9546 welcome 🙏
Hey man! A small tip for studio setup. Put your backlight lower, at least below the shoulder line and then direct it to the same spot behind the head. This'll give you similar effect but nothing will pop up on the back once you move on the sides a bit :-)
great! will try that out on the next shoot! Peace ✌
Hi Gert, I just discovered your channel and I want to thank you for producing amazing content! I hope to become a freediver one day like you!
Thank you Jordan! All the best 🙏
I'm a beginner appealing to all other beginners: DO NOT DIVE ALONE!!!
Today I suffered mild middle ear barotrauma (water penetrating *behind* the eardrum) at 3m(!). I managed to ascend but fell over again due to complete loss of balance. Luckily I was with two friends, one of them an advanced freediver. He caught me and dragged me the shore (we weren't far out). I don't even want to think of what could've happened if I was alone..
We are not fish, we are not made for the water. Freediving requires lots of practice and constant attention. Serious issues can arise at benign depths such as 3m. Don't become over-confident thinking you need no buddy. Don't dive alone!
absolutely! good pointing this out again. take care and recover soon 🙏
@@gertleroy Thank you! Went to the doc today..ruptured ear drum :( no swimming for 3 months :( ahhh.. what can you do..could've been worse. Guess I'll be binge watching your vids during my forced 'retirement'^^.
Didn't need a buddy skydiving, didn't need a buddy riding a hypersport bike at 310kmh, definitely not needing a buddy diving to a depth of a few meters. Let's all bubblewrap each other and be very very safe... while the life passes us by.
@@PP-ed9cf I shiver in awe Mr Badass.
Very helpful content! Thank you so much! I’m just a beginner swimmer but I do like to learn how to dive because I love it!
Great. But learn to swim first 🙏😁
Absolutely LOVE the random clips 😂❤ Saw so many comments not understanding this style but it’s so Cool 😎 😜
haha thanks. things need to be fun for me as well 😁😁
Great tips! Explained simply but concisely. Thank you so much. I am guilty of mistake number 5. I get too excited to say everything to my coach once I surfaced and my coach will always say "recovery breaths."
Haha yeah.. Happens all the time. And all we coaches can do I talk over you guys RECOVERYYYYY 😂
@@gertleroy Hahaha you keep popping in my head "Mistake number 5" hahaha this last weekend I reminded myself to do the recovery breaths before talking. Thanks a ton :)
@@diannerodriguez4626 i can hear myself saying it "mistake nr 5!" haha
Many thanks for your tips. I will travel to the Maldives in 3 days and can therefore implement your recommendations in the best possible way
You're welcome! All the best 🙏
What a great point about not talking upon surfacing
only instructors can come up with this point cause they see it happening every single session with students ! ✌
Excellent overview
thanks!
Brilliant, There are so many things I love in this video ;). Did you do the little anime about safety?
yep that was me. Every time i make a new video i tell myself to spend less time on editing, and every time it turns out to be way more. It's a decision i'm struggeling with: make more videos in less time, or make less videos with higher editing profile. Merci :-)
Thanks for this very informative video! ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful information. My son and I did almost all of these today while snorkeling and diving in the springs. Should have come here first...I probably wouldn't have drank so much spring water or passed out. Lol
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks such a good video for new Freedivers. 👌👌
Thanks man ✌️
8:16 another way to find upwards is if you let out some air follow where the bubbles go since they always rise uo
true. but be careful with this. you dont wanna loose precious oxygen
Basic important advises .. Thanks
Welcome 🙏
Cool video, very useful! I'm belgian as well, but I'm learning scuba diving 😀 Nevertheless I'm interested in other underwater sports. Keep up the good work !
thanks. freediving can help you in breathing more economically when scuba diving
Oh wow this is so good to know
great 🙏
TY
Thanks
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Hi gertz !
Nice vidz
After all this videos, you still give good advices about basics...
You’re wondeful !
Looking cool is good too !
(My first coach said to me : during your duck dive, try to be elegant and smart...)
Tanya's husband said her : "Just hold your breath and be pretty, baby".
Haha thanks. Let's face it, you might dive a 100m but if you look like a dork no one gonna watch you haha
@@aa1aopla solid advice! 🙏
Thanks very usefull amazing
Thanks you Mhamed 🙏
Anny suggestions how to equalize the weights prior free dive?
May be naturally, but never used weights for free diving, so max 30 sec at the bottom (10 sad meters - not sure if I am qualified for such conversation) while kicking fins to observe, unfortunately no "buddy" to observe mean time. what can be done to optimise/balance experience from safety prospective? Diving with a stone give solution on the descend, but i do not want to leave it there, CO2 pull safety life jacket can compensate in means of emergency swim up though again limiting repeatedness. Is there a way how to balance safety/ free dive at shallow depths?
always dive with a buddy. period.
About weights: I've made a video about this. search for GERT LEROY FREEDIVING HOW MUCH WEIGHT
Thanks.this help me
Good to hear ✌️
Hey sir come to Maldives 🇲🇻
Im a freediver here in Maldives
Working in live fish exporting business 🌊🐠
hello 🙏
great vid fam :)
Thanks Ali 🙏
Im a beginner and i can dive 25m
today i was diving over 2 mins alone deep underwater i came back up totally chilled and comfortable (i had a snorkel in my mouth) and i blew the water out and kinda fell asleep i dont really know what happend but i think that snorkel safed me
problem is, i don't have much friends and the few i do have don't dive. my family is always busy and don't know how to dive either. how do i go about finding a diving buddy, is there facebook groups for that?
yes, search freediving + name place in Facebook groups.
Easy simple not complicated
exactly!
3:06 you couldn’t have waited ten seconds for that tractor go by to record that lol
I thought it was cool 😁😁
Where were these street scenes filmed?
a village in the north east of Brazil 🇧🇷🙏
No weight! Guilty of solo diving in the past 😬
🙏
Guilty of mistake number 1! Not one in my friends know how to freedive 😔
you caaaaaaan't 😶
Hey Gert! I have problems with my left ear, whenever I'm going down it's impossible for me not to look to the bottom because if I look to the front the position of my head allows water to come into my ear, which is pretty uncomfortable and does not allow me to be relaxed. Do you think I could use plugs in my ears to avoid this?
I think you should become comfortable with water coming in your ears. If there's a medical problem then go see a doctor first. Peace ✌️
@@gertleroy Thanks man!
@@mauroalves7116 🙏
Technique...I dont feel lead weights going up nor down nor when snorkeling. I keep snorkel on. My head rarely breaches the water for many hours. Going vertical and paddle is energy wasted. I always keep a little air when ascending so to blow out snorkel. Snorkel stays on. Buoys and leads are a hassle. Buyos are for spearfishing where you want to dangle your dead fish on the buoy far away from your body because of sharks and for visibility in crowded waterways.
in spearfishing people seem to keep the snorkel in all the time. most accidents happen in spearfishing. 1+1 = 2 Please learn from freediving. There is a reason why we recommend certain things. A buoy is a safety precaution. Cheers
@@gertleroy A buoy is a fish storage device and keeps the Tigers at a distance. Spearfishing is very dangerous. Opihi picking is very dangerous. Snorkel stays on at all times. Head stays underwater. You want to be aware at all times. Its a very old technique rather than dogmatic freediving where environmental awareness is of little concern and narcistic self experience is the goal and measured in seconds. Freedive mostly with my dolphin pod. They know me for a long time and we play down at 100f. Its fun beeing appreciated by spinners.
In the beginning, I made the mistake to put the snorkel in my mouth all time, very bad if you go down in the water.
We all make mistakes ✌️ All the best 😊
Do divers ever have a deep water blackout?
yes it happens. please watch this video : ruclips.net/video/TpUycK-2_lI/видео.html
@@gertleroy
Very informative video! Thank u!
@@Kdubsurf14 🙏
Oooh no snorkle in mouth? Damn, I logged like 30-35hrs in water last vaycay time, 100% snorkle. Eehmm, sooo, I'm not freediving, I'm just snorkeling instead 😅 at 3-12m depth.
Need to rebuild my equipment. I have a hard short line holding snorkle, it is hugging my face tight so it won't flap... However I'd drop it if I wasn't stuffed in my mouth. It was built for UW-rugby.
(I'm not that interested in breaking any depth barriers, all about having fun and watching the UW beauty. Oh, and tagging along / surprise scuba divers is also kind of fun, I did confirm I was at 23m one time by peeking at scuba diver's meter)
Im get black out In the swiming pool why try to dynamic Up to 50m alone .. Lucky some kids see me In the pool
Always dive with a buddy! That's rule nr 1 in freediivng. You're very lucky to be alive🙏🙏
You are so uneducated on hypoxia. It would he obvious for a safety diver to know the person is going into cardiac arrest then it leads into hypoxia. You don't have hypoxia without being unconscious first . So what the safety diver would be looking for is a down man or someone not moving.
incorrect. hypoxia means extreme low levels of oxygen and this happens before a black out, but not necessarily. you can be hypoxic but still maintain consciousness of you start breathing right away.
I don’t want to dive alone but no-one wants to dive with me 😢
find new freinds ✌️✌️
Me: "Yay diving"
Gert: NEVER DIVE ALONE
Me, a autistic single woman in California: WELP so my choices are never dive or die.
haha. find diving buddies. Better: travel to a school
I am planning on taking a school but after that is going to be hard finding someone. Maybe I'll just dive where there's life guards on the cliffs.
@@glassycreek1991 never freedive alone. a lifeguard will find you only when it's too late. respect the rules.
hold my breath for 5 minutes in the shallow end of a pool
that's great
Remember, this info is for apnea divers, not regular freediving.
euh.. it is for regular freediving yes. what do you mean with apnea diving. Both are the same...
That is me fucking up the duck divee 🤗 also very guilty talking before recovery
Haah when you take a course with me chances are you end up in one of my videos haha. Cheers Inez 🙏
There's always a 1st time😅 I unconsciously forgot to take off my snorkel during line training beacuse too conscious in my equalisation 🤣 my friend was so nervous that I already swallowed alot of water😅
Oh nooooooooooo 😁😁 😉 yes we all make mistakes that's how we learn 👍🙏🙏
im guilty of number 5 hhahaha
I still have to find a way to politely ask a student to shut up haha
I have to dive alone no one knows how to go so deep
Never dive alone
@@gertleroy I’m trying to find a partner
baby no
@@gertleroy never? not even shallow diving with a spear gun ?
0:45 😂😂😂😂😂
i knew one day i would feature freediving stockings in my videos haha
all freedivers are funny like you
@@elprofesor622 it's because of the hypoxia!
i dont use weight because im scuba diver
scuba usually use more weights than freedivers
I don't have a wet suit but it's fine because I'm from the Philippines😁
all the best!
Okay, this guy is talking extreme freediving - very different from freediving. I spent a lotta yrs freediving on Hawai'i and never considered going up and down a rope . . .
hi Old Gregg Boosh! using a rope is the way we do it in modern freediving. there is nothing extreme about this. it's a safety precaution. It's the fastest and safest way to learn to freedive. When you don't use a rope, like you do, we call this "fundiving" (or spearfishing) 🙏