Freedive! [Hardcover]

Terry Maas (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 152 pages
• Publisher: BlueWater Freedivers (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964496615
• ISBN-13: 978-0964496613
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,088,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book Technically - bit maudlin, December 21, 2000

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Robin S. Slomkowski (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freedive! (Hardcover)

There is not much writing about free diving physiology or equipment. This book does an excellent job of explaining why you select certain equipment, what happens to you when freediving and what the real dangers are. The book has specialty sections on underwater hocky and mono-fin swimming.

The main complaint is the author tries to put too much excitment at times into his writing and it just turns out sappy, when what you really want is information about what happens to you.

The photography is excellent and it makes a nice table book. The book does have a nice section as a very brief introduction into underwater photography. It explains the basics and reccomends books to learn more.

The book has excellent discussion of technique such as lowering your pulse rate and how to do deep breathing without excessive hyperventelation. And a good explenation for how shallow water blackout occurs.

It explains why you want long fins, has an excellent explenation of how to weight yourself.

This review is a derivative work and is licenced under the OPL

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not just scuba, also apnea diving is wonderful, January 28, 2002

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vojteh mocnik (Kranj, SI Slovenia (EU)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freedive! (Hardcover)

When scuba diving is becoming just a modern trend all over the world, the apnea world is still more all less a virgin. There is not a lot of literature available about this theme, Freedive! is a good start from all aspects. You get a good overview of freedive world - history, techniques, equipment and some of the area where apnea diving is used. Maybe I missed a litle a background of apnea, but you can read that also in some other literature...A good source of information with nice photos.

4.0 out of 5 stars Freediving necessity, January 18, 2012

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Rob Winn - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freedive! (Hardcover)

This book was not overly scientific like the Manual of Freediving. I has the basics and it's pretty thourough. The sections on cameras and gear are somewhat dated, as there have been new developments in materials used for fins and more available good and cheap cameras and video equipment, but all of the basics are very sound. When this book was written it was all cutting edge.

If I were asked which book to give to a beginner freediver, this would be it.