Competitive freediving – diving as deep as possible on a single breath – tests the limits of human ability in one of the most hostile environments on earth. The sport's top athletes regularly swim ...

The sport of freediving has seen a surge in popularity in Queensland in the past five years, but industry experts are concerned young people are diving in the ocean without understanding the ...

IT’S not supposed to be an extreme sport, but the risks and horror stories give freediving a fearsome reputation. Sam Brown did it anyway. Eighteen months ago, the 19-year-old took to Gumtree with a ...

One Breath: Freediving, Death, And The Quest To Shatter Human Limits by Adam Skolnick. Corsair, £16.99 (ebook £8.99). Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In 2013, Nick Mevoli, America’s greatest freediver, died while taking part in the Vertical Blue competition in the ...