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by william trubridge

1 year ago

1. Freediving World Record - 88m without fins

by william trubridge

2 years ago

William Trubridge breaks the freediving world record without fins with a dive to 88m (288 feet) in 3:30 in Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas.
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Łukasz Klimczak 2 years ago

Great achievemnt!
casaucao 2 years ago

awesome!!! great job!
Matt McDaniel 2 years ago

amazing
fakeCompany 2 years ago

so calming!
Waldasso 2 years ago

amazing absolutely relaxing and amazing :)
Marc M 2 years ago

You are amazing !
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Memo Arikok 2 years ago

Bravo William! Keep up the great work please.
Jason 2 years ago

Great!!! Really great!!!
Soxiam 2 years ago

this is an amazing video. thanks for sharing this on vimeo.
william trubridge 2 years ago

Thanks Soxiam, and thanks for adding the video to the Staff Picks! To answer your other question, I obviously wasn't shooting the video, but I did edit it with FCP.
Cheers, William.
jose luis 2 years ago

Hi William, just had to log on to this webpage....it´s absolutely incredible what you did...just needed to write something about the feelings it made me watch it. thanks for it. and congrats!
advanced 2 years ago

aaaaaaaaaaaAAMAZING woooowwwwoow
Murderbird Media 2 years ago

Shit man...totally awesome.
Zack Gietek 2 years ago

speechless.....unreal
Daniel Hayek 2 years ago

Wow, this is great! One technical question though, how did he do that with goggles? The incredible pressure build up on masks is typically equalized with a burst of air from the nose but in this case that's not possible b/c these are goggles. So how does he keep his eyes from bruising?
william trubridge 2 years ago

I am using fluid goggles: they have lenses mounted that compensate for the defraction of light, and allow you to fill the goggles with water.
That way there is no airspace to equalise.
W.
Daniel Hayek 2 years ago

Whoa! I've never heard of those very cool! Do you have brand name or a link to their manufacturer's website?

One more tech question, how thick is your wetsuit? It looks really thin and you don't appear to be wearing any weights. Just wondering.
Daniel Hayek 2 years ago

Oh never mind found these- liquivision.com/fluidgoggles.php
william trubridge 2 years ago

I used a 1.5mm Orca Free wetsuit, the only one-piece wetsuit specifically developed for the sport. This is still a prototype, but will be released January 2010.
william trubridge 2 years ago

The brand I use for fluid goggles is:
monofins.co.nz/
Alex 2 years ago

Amazing dive! Great video! Who is the music by?
Andrzej Hulimka 2 years ago

It's John Murphy track, called "Surface oF The Sun", from Danny Boyle's movie "Sunshine"

Wonderful achievement and so peaceful video.
oren krimchansky 2 years ago

double amazing!
Andrea Allen 2 years ago

Congratulations! That's an awesome achievement.
Gregor Zupanc 2 years ago

Amazing achievement and really beautiful, meditative video! Great music as well! Respect!

What do you feel when you are down there? And how did you feel when you came back to the surface?
dagbert 2 years ago

Mesmerizing video. What an athlete!
Fabio Varesano 2 years ago

Simply wonderful.. thanks for sharing
w.pasman 2 years ago

Wow 88 meters and 3.5 minutes, amazing !
How do you equalize your ears?
Counterbugs 2 years ago

288 feet? Thats insane. Unbelievable it takes effort to swim to the bottom of an 8 foot deep pool for most unskilled folk.

Cool brother....great work.
Flavio Chan 2 years ago

Wow! Congratulations!
Daniel Lofredo Rota 2 years ago

i can;t even imagine how high you'd feel after a plunge like that!
Frederic Vercammen 2 years ago

And breathe out ... ;-)
Congratulations man !
Jack Nelson 2 years ago

im a former distance swimmer . . . there's a whole lot of conditioning/pain in getting your body to accept that kind of oxygen debt . . . not to mention atmospheres of pressure on the body . .. my ears started to bled after about 30 meters . . . phenomenal.
Mouli Cohen 2 years ago

astounding. congratulations, what a feat!
Emrys Roberts 2 years ago

That was unbelievably kickass!!!
VNZKEE 2 years ago

wow, william! i am truly inspired.
Aaron Greene 2 years ago

So amazing what the human mind and body can achieve. Well done!! Thank you for sharing!!!
OfcaPL 2 years ago

amazing! and down there it was scaredy dark.. respect!! :D
/srry4my eng/
Matthew Buchanan 2 years ago

Superhuman. For anyone interested, here's a radio interview William did for 95bFM following his 86m world record in 2008: mattbu.ch/31417414
william trubridge 2 years ago

Hi Matt, I never listened to that interview, and I'm a big fan of Mikey Havoc. Your site's down for maintenance, but please let me know when I can download the audio file!
Matthew Buchanan 2 years ago

Sorry, Tumblr went down about 30 seconds after I posted that. It's back up now, or alternatively the original page with a link to the MP3 file is here: 95bfm.com/default,187147.sm
william trubridge 2 years ago

thanks for that!
Cavin Brothers 2 years ago

I'm speechless... Do you let the air out of your lungs before you begin the dive? It looked like you were basically sinking while going down and that swimming up was the hard part. Thanks!
william trubridge 2 years ago

I take in as much air as possible, but the pressure, which increases with depth, compresses the lungs, meaning at a certain depth I lose all my buoyancy and can sink, in what we call the 'freefall' phase.
James Schipper 2 years ago

Thanks for that explanation. I was trying to figure out why you were able to continue further down when you stopped the swim strokes. You obviously weren't being towed. I did not know that occurs.
jimmac 2 years ago

You make all the pain look so peaceful and relaxing :)
JOSE LOJO 2 years ago

Bravo,buen trabajo.
artsaddicted 2 years ago

totally strestful(for me) but at the same time just amazing!
John Duthie 2 years ago

wow, i can't even hold my breath that long while sitting in a chair
joshua bermudez 2 years ago

crazzyyy
Sarkey One 2 years ago

Wow! Lost for words, well done.

Respectfully Sarkey One
3v4nGray 2 years ago

Ive always though freediving was awesome, but It wasnt until watching this that I understand WHY people do it.
Marijane Miracle 2 years ago

WAOUHHHHHHH ! Life can be great sometime ! What a second birth ! He's great !
Centurion 2 years ago

Woaw amazing !!!
_Syed (Khurram) 2 years ago

real courage !!! absolutely amazing.. i love it.
Juan Paez 2 years ago

WOW...I can dive 12 ft lol. Truly amazing
Mihnea de Vries 2 years ago

great! no weights, no lift back too surface! amazing, no fins!!! what about pressure in the ears? do you use some special in-ear cover ?
klemens gann 2 years ago

I got goosebumps watching this. beautiful
Andrey Gayvoronsky 2 years ago

damn.....my personal record 10m :))) but i'm not diver. can't understand how it's possible - ears pressure, for example. Congrats, man! u'r the one who shows that we don't really know limitation of human.

p.s.: what music is playing at background?
Ishtarani 2 years ago

so graceful as you dive down to the deep unknown... and rise up to the familiar Light.. This film reminded me of the whales I met last year in the clear endless Atlantic waters of the wild Azores.. u must qualify as an honorary merman!
Alex Hager 2 years ago

How did you manage to not breath for that long? I saw you did some sort of exercise before hand.

And congrats!
freeboarder 2 years ago

Wow thats amazing! Such concentration, I would want to go faster but he focused the whole time and kept it together. Incredible!
Sören Danielsson 2 years ago

OMG! goosebumps
Anthony Meadows 2 years ago

'sunshine' soundtrack FTW!
elhombreorquesta 2 years ago

the blue...
Cielosurf 2 years ago

super man status
Ron Hansen 2 years ago

that gave me chills. amazing.
Themoodymann 2 years ago

Totally SUUUUPERB !!! You make it look so easy !!

Can't put into words really ....
Steffan Schulz 2 years ago

Phenomenal! The Big Blue.
Remy Disch 2 years ago

fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lukasz Cacko 2 years ago

I've watched this clip probably a hundred times now. This totally amazes me! Thanks William for sharing your talent with us! I DO have a question. If your lungs are 1/20th the normal size at depth, how do you not run out of oxygen? I tried to research this myself with no luck though. BTW, I live west coast of FL and am going to try this sport out! Thanks again for sharing, and CONGRATS!
NIco A. 2 years ago

wow! that's really hapening... when i was a kid i saw the movie "deep blue" and i was fascinated geting deeper and deeper under water, until one summer i had a ears problem and the next summer the same and now i can't get deeper than 3 meters... :S
Marcin Bankok 2 years ago

Wwwwooooow !
iwantback 2 years ago

mis felicitaciones en español woooow!!!
Fredrik Jeppsson 2 years ago

Amazing.
Mike Boyd 2 years ago

I love diving but that would scare the sh*t out of me. Amazing feat. Well done.
jake blake 2 years ago

i like it
Rafael M. 2 years ago

wow. i was at the edge of my seat since it began.

congrats, that was amazing!
willyballsam 2 years ago

way to go!
citreæ 2 years ago

Amazing display of a (trained) body and mind is capable of. The music was the extra to give me goose bumps all over.
VeloSwimmer 2 years ago

Congratulations William. The Big Blue is one of my favorite movies. Have you seen it? What you do is unbelievable. I enjoy watching it. I keep my swimming near the surface.
Eric Demibee 2 years ago

Inspiring. I will try to remember this video any time a task seems too difficult to attempt.
Deichgraf 1 2 years ago

That was amazing ! Great job . Thank you for sharing .
George Yiannibas 2 years ago

Words are not enough to describe my feelings when watching your video William. A true testament to the incredible abilities of man! I dare say that of all the competitive styles of freediving yours is the purest one because you don't use any aids to propel you. Of course I say this with the greatest respect to the legends like Jacques Mayol or Umberto Pelizzari who held records in the No Limits category. Thank you so much for sharing this video, a true inspiration for a beginner swimmer like me.
Vagelis Apostolos 2 years ago

William you made me cry seeing your achievement..you are the most characteristic evidence of will..when mind says to do it then body just follows..but it's so difficult to control the mind...welldone William!!
Iain Hannay 2 years ago

Amazing, its been said before, but this was amazing.
Robert W Preiss 2 years ago

Oh sure! Amazing, but let me see you do it eating an apple!

LoL
Mustaine 2 years ago

Amazing.what I can not understand: how can you dive down with no weights in salty water?
ayudha 2 years ago

coool man!
Free and Real 2 years ago

amazing!
Grant 2 years ago

Mate,

So glad you hold the record. There is a fluidity and belonging in the way you do it that is so beautiful to see. Wishing you well for you future endeavors.

What nose clip is that?
zakdumaroc 2 years ago

unbelivebale
tomás perez 2 years ago

es impresionante!, es como un sueño,un sueño que algunos afortunados pueden hacer realidad
Mohsin K. 2 years ago

Does anybody know the name of the background song? I've heard it somewhere before and I'm dying to get it. Thanks! Great video. Really exhibits the strength of the human body pushed to it's limits. It's almost like art.
Guilherme Manaças 2 years ago

Post the "The Arch" video! Everyone's gonna love it!
Dustin Turin 2 years ago

Wow, I just have to say... that's freakin amazing.
estada 2 years ago

unbelieveable
Andrew Mlot 1 year ago

Unreal Amazing Congratulations
from Australia
Lucia Franco 1 year ago

Parabéns! Congratulations! Hope to visit your school one of these days, in order to improve my freediving habilities. I have the level 2 of the Aida freediver course and feel the need for more learning. stay cool! Lúcia
Hector Beristain 1 year ago

Increible, demasiado azul profundo.