Freedive Panglao athletes

We have three athletes currently teaching at Freedive Panglao signed up for Asian Freediving Cup: Tom, Jurgen, and Martin. We’re quite sure the home sea advantage can play a big role in freediving. They have also have had access to excellent training conditions for many months leading up to the competition, so we’re hoping for some…

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Where to stay during Asian Freediving Cup

Here are some advice for freedivers that need help in deciding where to stay in Panglao during Asian Freediving Cup. There are plenty of hotels and resorts in Panglao, but we advice our athletes to stay within one of three specific areas: Danao, Doljo, or Alona. The Asian Freediving Cup will be hosted on Doljo beach. This…

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Closer look at Team Philippines

In the months leading up to Asian Freediving Cup 2018, we will present some of the athletes participating. A natural place to start is the host country: Philippines. After having no locals for two years running in our main competition, we’re happy to welcome six local athletes this year. The Filipino delegation is lead by…

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Asian Freediving Cup 2018: Fully booked

We had an overwhelming response, and all 60 spots was taken within 8 minutes, and after 18 hours we had enough people on the waiting list to fill another competition. Thank you to everyone that showed interest, and we’re sorry we’re not able to accommodate more divers. Update 2018-28-02: This list is not currently up…

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Asian Freediving Cup 2018: 8-10th of June

Get ready for the Asian Freediving Cup 2018! We have set a date, and this time we will have the competition from 8th to 10th of June 2018. Registration will start on December 8th 2017 at 8pm Philippine Time (GMT +8) through a registration link on this website.

Asian Freediving Cup 2017

With growing popularity the annual competition received a makeover in 2017. As the largest annual Depth Competition, the “AFC – Asian Freediving Cup” serves to reflect the development of the sport in the Asian Region. With over 40 athletes signed up, the organizers, safety divers, judges and helping hands were kept very busy over the…

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Depth Challenge 2016

With 37 registered athletes the Depth Challenge 2016 became the biggest Depth Competition ever held in the Philippines. Valuable additions to our Set Up like Deep Safety on DPV (Scooter) and an improved Counterweight System made the event even safer. Agata Bogusz from Poland took home gold for the women and would later become a…

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Depth Challenge 2015

The 2015 edition of the Depth Challenge came with a brand new set up and a lot more divers. Over 30 participants took the plunge to win one of the top Prizes. Suunto Diving Computers, Elios Wetsuits and Alchemy Carbon fins were up for grabs for the top 3 divers in male and female categories….

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Depth Challenge 2014

The first edition of the annual event in 2014 was a full success. With over 20 athletes from around the world the first AIDA Freediving Competition in Bohol put Panglao on the map as a prime location for Freediving. With Austrian Top Freediver Markus Helm taking first place the first Depth Challenge set the bar…

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