Welcome to the
Canadian Association of Freediving and Apnea (CAFA).
Freediving or breath-hold diving is a fantastic
sport that is gaining global popularity and momentum.
As the first non-profit freediving association in Canada, we aim
to further the promotion and development of the sport of freediving
both recreationally and competitively within Canada and abroad.
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| Vancouver Apneist / CAFA booth at the 2010 BC Diver's Weekend at the Vancouver Aquarium |
Cold Turkey Competition is on this weekend!
CAFA's first competition of 2010 is taking place this weekend at the UBC Aquatic Centre. Look here for schedule information and here for results as they come in.
Two National Records and Medals at Worlds!
It was quite a day at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas on December 3rd. It was the day of the finals in Constant Weight without Fins for both men and women and just about every performance was a national record.
In the women's event, Canada's Jana Strain earned a bronze medal with a 54m dive that beat her 53m record that she set in September. Niki Roderick of New Zealand won Silver with a 55m dive and Natalia Molchanova of Russia earned gold with a world record dive to 62m.
In the men's event, Will Winram earned silver with an 86m national record dive. William Trubridge of New Zealand hit 90m, giving him gold and a new world record.
For more info and results, see verticalblue.net. Jana's press release is posted here.
Congratulations Jana and Will!
Jana Strain Makes Pan-American and National Record at Triple Depth
Congratulations once again to Jana Strain for breaking the National and Pan-American record in Constant Ballast without Fins. Jana's latest record was a 53 metre dive at the Triple Depth Competition in Dahab, Egypt on September 7th. This is the third time the record has changed hands this year.
Jana's press release can be found here.
Jana Strain Makes Pan-American and National Record at Worlds
Congratulations to Jana Strain who bested her own Pan-American and Canadian record in Dynamic Apnea with Fins at the AIDA World Indoor Freediving Championships weekend in Aarhus, Denmark. Jana made a 181 metre underwater swim on one breath in the preliminaries and was the top qualifier going into the finals.
Jana's press release can be found here.
Two National Records in Cayman!
Congratulations to Mandy-Rae Cruickshank and Julie Bisaillon for breaking a national record each at the ongoing PFI Cayman Competition. Mandy-Rae reached 52m in Constant Ballast without Fins, breaking Jana Strain's recent record while Julie held her breath for 6 minutes and 53 seconds in Static Apnea, smashing Mandy-Rae's long-standing record from 2004.
Full results from this competition can be found here and on the PFI site.
Vancouver Apneist Spring Fling!
Final results are now posted for the Vancouver Apneist Spring Fling competition. Congratulations to all competitors who took part, especially to the rookies, who in most cases out-performed the veterans and showed us all how it's done. Special congratulations to Kevin Busscher, the overall winner who made a personal best competiton result in Dynamic Apnea without fins at 129 metres.
Two More National Records!
Congratulations again to William Winram and Jana Strain for breaking two more national records in Dynamic Apnea without Fins. William set broke his own record, swimming a distance of 154 metres and Jana set a new national and continental record at 116m. Both records were set at the National Indoor Championships in Montreal. Full results are posted here and here.
Two National Records!
Huge congratulations go to Jana Strain and William Winram for setting two national records at the Vertical Blue competiton in Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas. On April 4th Jana set a new national and continental record in Constant Ballast without Fins, achieving a depth of 51m.
For more information, see Jana's press release and William's press release.
On April 11th, the last day of the competition, William set a new national and continental record in Free Immersion with a depth of 90m.
AIDA National Status
After eight years as Canada's main representative to AIDA International, the AIDA board voted to give that status to a new organization called AIDA Canada for 2009. CAFA will therefore not be selecting Team Canada for this year's World Championships. However, we will still be very active this year.
- Sanctioning competitions for the AIDA ranking list
- Promoting competitive and recreational freediving
- Helping new freediving clubs to get started
- Helping existing clubs to promote themselves
- Re-applying for AIDA National status for 2010 and beyond
CAFA's proposal to retain its status as AIDA National can be found here.
Join CAFA for Free
CAFA has added a new class of membership! Recreational members can now join for free and participate in the freedivecanada egroup. You still need a $25 full membership in order to register for competitons or vote at the AGM. Either way, there nas never been a better time to join. Sign up here.
National Freediving Championships
Final results are now posted for the National Freediving Championships, May 30 to June 1 in Vancouver. This was a very successful event with 12 competitors and one new national record.
Congratulations to Jill Yoneda on her new record of 150 metres in Dynamic Apnea with Fins! This smashes her previous record of 137 metres set in February.
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