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A different approach to learning freediving
IntroductionNoTanx is a freediving club based in London that started in 1999, with over 100 active members, 500 pool sessions a year with multiple UK...
04 November 2022
Features
Silence in the Tower of Babel: a brief story about hand signals
When landlubbers ask divers the reason why they are attracted to such a hostile world, the most common answer is that beyond the discovery of...
By Audrey Cudel
26 October 2022
Decoder: Key Definitions
Gas Planning 101: How To Calculate Your RMV
Respiratory minute volume or RMV, also referred to as SAC rate (for Surface Air Consumption) or SRC (Surface Consumption Rate) is the volume of breathing...
By Tim Blömeke
23 September 2022
Safety
Let’s talk about… Gas Planning
Gas planning is an aspect of diving that many of us are confused about. Depending on your training agency and how long ago it was...
By Tim Blömeke
23 September 2022
Dive stories
Adaptations we experience in freediving – Part II
Previously we started looking at the adaptations that we experience when we freedive. I asked experts in freediving Nathan Vinski, Carlos Diezel, and Lily Crespy...
22 September 2022
Safety
Boat ladder safety
Most divers who have dived from boats know that before they enter the water, they need to check that nobody is below them. Also while...
By Guy Thomas
09 September 2022
DAN Europe Internship
Dive into physiology and medicine: the DAN Europe Internship
Every diver has been exposed to the fascinating concepts of diving physiology and medicine, through their training. In this regard, DAN Europe is advancing our...
08 September 2022
Medical line
Could optimising a diver’s hydration and temperature improve their decompression safety?
Over the last two decades, hyperbaric researchers, and subsequently divers, have come to understand that proper hydration is important in reducing the risk of decompression...
29 August 2022
Dive stories
Adaptations we experience in freediving
How our bodies adapt in freediving is fascinating and intriguing.The more an athlete trains, the more adapted the body can become. A top level freediver...
23 August 2022
DAN Europe Internship
The DAN Internship through the eyes of a Finn
When I first arrived in Qala, a tiny village on the island of Gozo, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The internship program looked intensive...
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11 August 2022
Medical Questions
Nutrition for scuba diving: practical advice to enjoy your dives!
A lot of research explores the relationship between scuba diving and health, and mainly focuses on strategies to prevent gas bubble formation, cardiovascular dysfunction and...
03 August 2022
DAN Education
Equaleasy – equalisation techniques
Divers know it all too well: barotrauma epidemics occurring on a liveaboard or on long dive trips are not due to the interference of some...
01 August 2022
