The Freedive Cafe Podcast

Alenka Artnik is the deepest female freediver in the world. Originating from Slovenia, she transformed her life and broke free of her old bonds to pursue this amazing sport and its deeper dimensions.Alenka first appeared on Episode #57 of the show.In this episode we discuss:She was in Dahab for training at the time of the interview.What are the biggest changes Alenka has noticed in

Originally produced between 2019 and 2021, the Lost Episodes of The Freedive Cafe were originally released as exclusive content for Patreon subscribers, then lost to time. Recently unearthed in the Sinai desert, I can now deliver them for your listening pleasure!This episode with Davide was originally released on Patreon in October 2020.To become a supporter of the podcast through

Kateryna Sadurska is a world record holding freediving athlete from Ukraine. Kate joined me at The Little Blue in Dahab to discuss her amazing 2023, how she trained for those huge dives and how her philosophy of freediving is evolving.She first appeared on Episode #139 of the podcast.In this episode we discuss:This was the first Freedive Cafe interview filmed at The Little Blue | F

Frank Pernett is originally from Colombia. He has been freediving his whole life and been involved in the deep freediving and freediving competition scenes for many years. He is currently based in Sweden where he is working towards his PhD under the watchful eye of freediving scientist Erika SchagatayFrank is a wealth of knowledge about freediving science and physiology and today w

Davide Carrera was born in Turin in Italy and began freediving as a child during his summers spent in Leguria.He has was part of the World Championship winning teams of 1996 and 2001 and established a FIM world record shortly after when he dove to 91m. He moved away from the competitive sphere in the end and went on to study yoga extensively, and he integrates that into his freediv

Alexey Molchanov is a multi-world record holding and world record breaking freediving athlete and arguably the greatest and most consistent freediving athlete of all time.In this episode we discuss:This is the 150th episode of The Freedive Cafe!Alexey was in Cyprus at the time of recording, preparing for the AIDA World Championships.Alexey's thoughts on the doping accusations

Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Bevin Reynolds is a competitive pool freediver with multiple national and African continental records. Despite only coming into the sport 18 months before her first AIDA Indoor World Championships this year, she took home 3 medals and the title of Vice-World Champion.In this episode we discuss:Bevin is from the suburbs of Cape Town, South AfricaShe

Shadi Türk is a Syrian former fixer and journalist who worked through 10 years of the terrible war in his home country. After reaching his breaking point in this capacity he embarked on a journey of discovery which led him to Kaş, Türkiye, and the new adventure of deep freediving.In this episode we discuss:Shadi was born and raised in Syria and moved to Türkiye when he was 18,

Khaled ELGammal is Egypt's deepest diver and the first to reach the 100m mark. Today we hear about how Khaled left a corporate life working in oil and gas to dedicate himself to training for and teaching freediving.In this episode we discuss:Khaled was fresh back from Kuwait where he was acting as safety diver for the CMAS Indoor World Championships.Shout out to co-host Jordy

Gary McGrath is the deepest ever self-propelled freediver from the UK, claiming a national record of 112m in CWT at 2022's Vertical Blue competition. In this episode we catch up with Gary since last years amazing Vertical Blue performance and examine the dark places in our mental environments, open up about depression, anxiety and seeking help, and sincerely hope you benefit f