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Santorini training camp
Between the 8th of June and the 2nd of July, I spent more than 3 weeks in Santorini to train at depth. It has become a tradition for me since 2008 to spend some time in Greece at the beginning of the summer. After 2 years in Crete, 1 year in Kalamata,...
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Mayotte
Julie and I have been invited by Jack Pass, the famous spearfisher, to visit the beautiful french tropical island to show our movie Free Fall to the Mayotte Underwater Film Festival. The trip was only 1 week long but very intense! Some conferences with...
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Winter training - episode 3
Dear friends, next week end, I am going to take part to the famous cross country skiing competition: TRANSJURASSIENNE. Because of lack of snow, the race that is supposed to be be 76km will be 42km. Not so me as it will be my first one!. Here is a TV programm...
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Winter training - episode 1
I am used to do cross country skiing for cardio-training during the cold season. First part of the winter was very snowy, but since 10 days, the temperature is going up and it's raining a lot. Snow is melting very quickly and there is no more snow in...
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Musique video shooting at Nemo 33
Raphael is a french famous singer. For his new song "Le Bar de l'Hotel", he wanted us (Julie and me) to be part of his video clip. You can see the result at the end of the article. After the shooting, we enjoyed the deepest swimming pool in the world,...
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7th AIDA Team World Championship - Okinawa / Japan
Hello everybody, A new adventure just ended. The 7th team world championship was organised for the first time in Asia, in Okinawa-Japan, from the 30th to the 11th july, day of my 28th birthday ! Woman French team was composed of Julie Gautier, Alice Modolo...
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Vertical Blue 2010 - part 1
photo by Julie Gautier - BLUENERY (c) It s been 17 days I have started my training in Long Island. I have tried to work mostly on the no fins (CNF) and on constant weight (CW). In constant, I have done 70, 80, 90, 95 and 100 meters so far. In CNF i have...
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World Championship Bahamas 2009 - CNF progression
After a succesfull and easy dive in constant weight at 95, the 2 last dives were dedicated to no fins. 2 days ago, I did 79m. It was a little hard, but ok. Today, I did 80m but in the way up, I felt it was going to be difficult. I didn't want to take...
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World Championship 2009 - Bahamas - chapter 1: the first dive
Welcome on my blog for the daily diary of my preparation here at Dean's Blue Hole, in Long Island - Bahamas for the upcoming Depth World Championship. I will try to share with you almost everyday my life here in Bahamas, with some videos, photos and comments....
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Ambassador of "Changing Oceans" expedition
The Changing Oceans Expedition is a ten-year adventure through the world's most important marine eco-regions to bring the world the latest update information on the state of our oceans. The expedition will develop new ways of exploring and studying the...
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NICE ABYSS CONTEST: depth freediving competition organised by CIPA
3 years after the last edition of the Nice Aida Open, a freediving competition is back in the french riviera: Nice Abyss Meeting, first freediving competition for a sustainable development. 35 athletes from France and some foreigners will compete in the...
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Day 5: happy ending
Sunday 5th of June: Yesterday was the last day of the competition. I wanted an easy dive with no pressure in Free Immersion. I dove at 80m in 3'11". It was of course very cool and very relaxed. I didn't want to push for the last dive in a discipline I...
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-68m no fins
Friday the 26th of June After a personal best yesterday, I didn’t know what to announce today. As the performance is shallower compare to what I did in constant weight, I felt it was possible to add some meters but only with a good rest. Just after the...
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Azores Freediving Training Camp
In 2008 on the island of Menorca in the Balerics, Oceancolors sucessfully organised the first Menorca freedive training camp . Last years event gave us six weeks of training, where atheletes came from eight differ ent countries and went on to set ten...
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Under ice diving - Orcières 1850
Samedi 3 et Dimanche 4 janvier 2009: Pour commencer la nouvelle année 2009, nous avons vécu un extraordinaire week end à la station Orcières 1850 dans les Hautes Alpes: l'aventure de la plongée sous glace ! Une grande équipe était présente pour participer...
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archive média 2007
2 émissions TV diffusées en 2007 lors desquelles j'interviens: - "Echappée belle" spécial Cote d'Azur, diffusée en mai 2007 sur France 5 - "Un autre monde" spécial Egypte, diffusé en juillet 2007 à 20h50 sur France 2, présenté par Stéphane Bern. Dans...
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4th Dutch Apnea Open / Eindhoven / Netherlands
Dimanche 23 novembre: La saison recommence avec des bonnes résolutions pour moi: progresser en piscine pour devenir un apneiste plus polyvalent. Me voila donc aux Pays-Bas sous la neige pour cette première compétition. La bassin olympique flambant neuf...
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Ball Watch Asian Tour 2008
Du 5 au 15 octobre 2008, Ball Watch a organisé une série d'interviews et de conférences de presse en Asie pour lancer le nouveau modèle Engineer Master II Diver GMT et pour feter cette formidable année 2008 marquée par les 2 titres: record du monde à...
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TEAM WC 2008 - épisode 3
Dimanche 31 août 2008 Hier jour de repos, alors on passe le temps comme on peut. Avec William, nous avons fait le remake de la scène de la piscine dans le Grand Bleu, sans champagne par contre ! Cette nuit, quasiment tout le reste de l’équipe est arrivé,...
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J-2: Retour sur la préparation de printemps
AVRIL - MAI: Après le retour des Bahamas, la préparation physique a repris de plus belle avec la nage avec palmes (voir précédent post) et la musculation spécifique. L'objectif est le développement de la puissance des muscles spécifiques de l'ondulation,...
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J-13: 108m beaucoup mieux.
Mardi 17 juin: On dirait bien qu'aujourd'hui, c'est le dernier jour du printemps: encore un peu frais, nuageux, et un orage énorme en fin de journée pour marquer la fin du mauvais temps. Après les quelques plongées moyennes des 10 derniers jours, et 4...
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J-19: TEAM, partie 1
Sans eux, je ne suis rien, je ne plonge pas. Alors je vais essayer de vous les présenter un par un, en photo et vidéo... Merci à Val Leferme pour toutes les photos prises lors des entrainements, des instantanés, des moments de vie sur le bateau qui traduisent...
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BAHAMAS épisode 3
Hello, à cause d'une tempete monumentale, la houle a ramené dans le Blue Hole toutes les saletés des Bahamas (cf photo) Donc hier, il était impossible d'imaginer plonger à plus de 20 m. Aujourd'hui, c'était moins pire (3 à 5 metres de visibilité), dont...
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BAHAMAS épisode 2
Hello, alors aujourd'hui, un autre jour de repos, car pour la première fois depuis 3 ans, il y avait du courant dans les 10 premiers metres de la descente tellement il y a de vagues en dehors. Mais cela reste quand meme vraiment plat dans le Blue Hole....
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2 awards for FREE FALL !!
FREE FALL, the short film we directed with Julie, won 2 awards in 2 prestigious film festival: * LES ICARES DU CINEMA: 28th International Free Flight Film Festival: Short Film Award We were very surprised to win an award at this Film Festival mostly dedicated...