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Deep
Daan Verhoeven floating in Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island, Bahamas.. Deep. December 2014. STORY SUMMARY: Competitive Freediving is the sport of breath-hold diving - where athletes swim to depths with no breathing apparatus, just lungfuls of air. For the extreme athletes who pursue freediving, the daredevil sport gives life a deeper meaning. They push each other to descend over 20 stories, hundreds of feet below the surface and into the abyss, with no SCUBA tanks on their backs, just a lungful of air and the fearless drive to become some of the deepest humans in history.
THIS IMAGE: Relaxing after a freediving competition, Daan Verhoeven floats through a school of Unicorn Leatherjacket fish in Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island, Bahamas. Verhoeven at one time held 5 of the 6 Dutch freediving records. Many freedivers enjoy the practice outside of competing, as the lack of noise and bubbles from scuba gear allows a much closer approach to undersea animals and wildlife.