The Rules Have All Changed! A Scuba Instructor Learns to Teach Freediving

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Wondering what the process looks like for a scuba instructor to become a freediving instructor? Our Training Manager, Brian Shreve recently went through the whole process and is here to lay out the steps in detail. Consider this your first step to teaching freediving if you’ve been on the fence.

Vitamin Freediving Series

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Join us for a four part series on ‘Vitamin F (Freediving)’ with live guided and interactive at home exercises for everyone. Kirk Krack will host a different guest each week to talk about COVID19, the respiratory system, lung stretching exercise, hypoxic training exercises, training tables and so much more. This Live series is for non-divers just as much as it is for experienced divers to learn with world class freedivers.

Freediving and DCS

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Decompression sickness isn’t something to be scared of, but rather something that should be respected. The first step in doing so is understanding it. Let us walk you through the ins and outs of decompression sickness in freediving and how it relates to scuba diving as well. The best line of defense is education in minimizing risk.

PFI eLearning – Have you tried it yet?

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PFI has been a part of the International Training Family for almost a year now. Throughout the last year, our students and instructors have learned about the benefits of eLearning. In this article, we lay out some of the specific benefits of eLearning for students and instructors.

How can a breath-hold class help with scuba?

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Considering your next course? Have you thought about the Breath-Hold Survival course? There are many reasons to take this course but as a scuba diver there are even more reasons. Learn how to handle high-stress situations without the help of your regulator.

Scuba Divers Learning to Freedive: Three Different Perspectives

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Have you ever wondered how scuba diving courses compare to freediving courses? Aside from the obvious lack of tanks and other equipment scuba divers use, freediving courses follow some of the same structure scuba divers are used to. Read more about these three divers experience learning to freedive.

Learning to Freedive: 7 things to help you find the right course and Instructor

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Are you ready to take the plunge into your first freediving course? It is true that there are a limited number of PFI Instructors and that you may have to travel to complete your course. These two facts alone should leave you feeling choosy over which instructor’s course you sign up for.

You signed up for your first freediving course! Now what?

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So, you signed up for a freediving course and now you might be wondering how you can prepare ahead of time. There are a few things you should know before showing up to your first day in the pool. Learn more about what you should prepare for your first freediving course.

Welcoming the New Kid on the Block

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Recently an ERDI dive team and a few PFI freedivers found themselves working as a team. You might be wondering why these two groups who participate in very different types of diving needed each other’s help? The photos in this article speak for themselves.

Crossing Over to PFI

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Are you ready to teach freediving with PFI, but aren’t sure where to start? You’ve come to the right place. Becoming a PFI Freediver Instructor is a relatively straightforward process. Learn more about this process and crossing over from another agency now.

Best of PFI 2019

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It's that time of year again where we start looking back through the year and planning for the next. With PFI being so new to the International Training family you didn't have as many articles to read. However, that didn't stop you from reading these three time and time again.

Caribbean Cup and CMAS Outdoor World Championships

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Catch up with the PFI divers who recently competed in the Caribbean Cup and the CMAS Outdoor World Championships. See what it was like to spend a few weeks in Roatan competitive freediving... living with other competitors and pushing limits like never before.