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Gear Comparison: Molchanovs Pro Hyper Bifins vs Molchanovs Competition Bifins 2x

Looking to level up your performance in the water? Let’s compare two popular options: the Molchanovs CB2x and the Pro Hyper bifins. Here are the key points to consider: 1️⃣ Foot Pocket: The immed...

What does it take to coexist with nature? (by Kathleen)

Some may know this, but many have forgotten - in Singapore, we live in the remnants of a Big Cat era. Tigers and leopards once roamed lush forest that covered our island. But with habitat loss from...

Outside the Pool - Talk about Plastic Ocean with Marine Scientist Dr Kathy Townsend (by Christine)

At Zen Freediving we think outside the pool. While teaching and training freediving build the core elements of our organization, we also aim to learn more about the environment we love to spend so ...

Hope for the future, one clean up at a time (by Kathleen)

Hope runs scarce as an environmental advocate. The changes I seek within political, economic and social systems happen slowly and imperceptibly, always with great resistance. At the beginning, the...

Ten Thousand Kicks (by Christine)

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. – Bruce Lee   I have to admit, I never enjoyed DNF. I like practising statics, f...

Maintaining Your Freediving Fitness At Home

Photo by Karl Solano from Pexels                                         As Covid-19 spreads around the world and in our local communities, we should do everything we can to...

Working on Equalisation (by Germaine)

I started attending the weekly pool trainings with Zen Freediving after a failed attempt to get my open water certification in Nusa Penida. After a decade of scuba diving, I knew I was comfortable...

Pink dolphins at Lazarus Island (by Michelle)

It was just another normal open water training day, or so we thought. Conditions were looking good as we pulled up to our usual spot between Lazarus and St John’s Island on 16 February, 2020. Ther...

From Freediving to Underwater Hockey (and Hopefully Back to Freediving Soon)!

After nine years in tropical Singapore and a love for freediving under my belt, my family and I relocated to cold Ottawa, Canada. Saying goodbye was hard and I miss SG and the freediving community ...

Returning to Amed, Bali (by Michelle)

Amed, Bali, has got to be one of our favourite places for a freediving trip. This was our 3rd Zenners trip there, and here’s why:Being just a half a day of travel away, it's easy enough to get to ...