About 6 months ago I decided that my passion for spearfishing and the ocean was becoming more than just a hobby. I was working week on week off out at the mines and no matter how much I dived on my breaks either in Cairns or Overseas it was never enough. I found myself getting majorly depressed on my week out at work especially when you are working in 45 degree heat loading explosives for 12 hours a day. The money was good but I just...

Here is the last of my blogs about Freediving Courses. I was fortunate enough to have Rune Hullam there to capture the whole dive on video, my first 100fter. The marker ball on the rope where I turned was at 35m however my watch only registered a dive of 33.8m. After watching this video I can see that my technique has improved a hell of a lot compared to when I first started diving and the only thing stopping me from getting deeper now is...

Did you all read my last blog about the Freediving courses I did in Cairns and also the Gili Islands, Indonesia? At the completion of this course I had done multiple dives to 30m as well as my first 100ft (33.8m) dive. I now have the photos ready too, and thought I’d share them too, because they really tell the whole story: from the breath hold and other preparation, to the actual dive and pool training. Bookmark on Delicious Digg...

Two months ago I realised I had hit a point in my freediving where the progression of depth had reached a limit and I was having difficulty getting deeper or longer bottom times. I decided that the only way to progress further safely was to do the Stage A Freediving Course run by Apnea Australia. I was lucky enough that a good mate of mine who I dive with quite often, Quinn Smith is an Apnea Australia freediving instructor. The first day...

I have recently shot my first Yellowlip Emperor (Lethrinus xanthochilus) and thought I would share with you some information about this species of emperor. Yellowlip are found throughout the Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa and the central Indian Ocean to the Marquesas Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands. Their body is yellowish gray with scattered irregular dark spots; lips yellowish, the upper lip more intense; a red spot at upper base...