Dive Brief
PADI FREEDIVER TO BE LAUNCHED AT THIS YEAR'S DEMA SHOW
With its 50th Anniversary just around the corner in 2016, PADI is continuing to expand its training programs, this time into the fast growing world of freediving. The PADI Freediver program will debut at this years DEMA show held in November, in Orlando, Florida. The course is thought to follow a
similar style to that of its scuba cousin, with student materials and instructional tools that follow the PADI educational philosophy, addressing
the issues of
freeiving through an in-depth and well -crafted curriculum. The course
will PADI instruct Advanced Freediver and students
on proper technique, form and safety, starting at PADI Freediver, then to
ultimately onto PADI Master Freediver. PADI will also be offering Freediver Instructor Trainer rating. As with other PADI courses, tablet- based training materials will be available, with demos of the Freedive Touch app available at the DEMA Show. The course was developed with help from an advisory group including Jay Huang of Taiwan, Myoungho Noh of South Korea, Liz Parkinson of the Bahamas
and Alejandro Lemus of
Mexico, all working closely with PADI to establish a reputable training course. "Many PADI Professionals are avid freedivers and enjoy sharing passion others,”
for breath hold says
diving with James Morgan, PADI their America's vice president
and customer service. of
self-authored PADI of training
“The number Distinctive
Specialty courses involving freediving has grown over the past few years and the popularity of the PADI Free Diving Distinctive Specialty course released in 2014 is further evidence of this rapidly expanding market.
As is unclear mainstream
interest in the sport swells, freediving is a natural extension for dive education and the industry as a whole.” It
if PADI will continue
to offer their Distinctive Specialty Free Diver course.
Freediving appears to be a fast growing Coming to a
PADI dive centre near you!
sector of the dive industry, with an increase in public exposure and training opportunities. organizations
such
Freediving International are seeing an increase in popularity. Even Tom Cruise has become a freediver, and featured it in a key action sequence in this year's Mission Impossible movie. It
is expected that unveil other SCUBA
training agencies may follow suit, with some currently pursuing alternatives to PADI's course. PADI will
the program at
DEMA Show from 4-7 November 2015. We'll be there to learn more.
DEMA LOBSTER SEASON PSA An Odyssey begins
October 3rd sees the start of California's Spiny Lobster season, and with less than two months to go, DEMA, the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association, have released their latest public service announcement video,
DEMAOrg YouTube channel. The
30-second announcement
found on their features
2015 Miss Scuba International and TV reporter Tabitha Lipkin, encouraging divers to ensure proper training is undertaken, with adequate equipment and, of course, a dive buddy. DEMA have also produced a small poster available for download at
www.dema.org
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Production has begun on L'Odyssee, a French language biopic about Jacques Cousteau. According to Coustea's granddaughter Alexandra, the movie features "wonderful actors and a fantastic screenplay by Jérôme Salle". Starring Audrey Tautou (Amelie,
Da Vinci Code) as Simone Cousteau, and Lambert Wilson (The Matrix Reloaded) as Jacques Coustea. An October 2016 release date has been pencilled in.
Freediving training as
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