Back in the water!
by Yasemin Dalkilic on February 1st, 2012 in Blog & News, News, Use Your Energy Wisely, Yasemin's Blog | No Comments »Hello all, it has been over a year since I posted on this website. A long time indeed. As many of you know, our daughter Lara was born on February 12th, 2011, and now, her first birthday is approaching. During this past year, Rudi and I have enjoyed tremendously our new roles as parents, and despite the sleepless nights, the loud crying, and the demise of our social lives, it has been magical every step of the way. Compared to all the records, the travels around the world and all the marvelous adventures we have lived through, Lara is our brightest accomplishment by far. But we miss diving. A lot. We feel the ocean pulling at every fiber of our bodies, calling us in, and now that Lara is old enough to spend reasonably long periods of time away from us, we are ready to start venturing out into that blue dimension we love so much. Stay tuned, we have some very exciting projects planned for the next couple of years, and we will announce the first one very soon. Finally, we are getting back in the water! more
Meet Lara!
by Yasemin Dalkilic on September 10th, 2010 in Blog & News, News | 2 Comments »I'm happy to let all of our friends know that Rudi and I are working on the most important project of our lives. For the past 4 months, we have carefully nurtured it, watched it grow, taken care of it, and now that it looks safely underway, we want to let you know about it. "it" has become a "she": this is our daughter Lara, all of 16 weeks old and expected to be born on February 2011! more
Project “Return to the depths”: Completed
by Yasemin Dalkilic on May 16th, 2010 in Return to the Depths, Yasemin's Blog, by Yasemin | 4 Comments »
The "Return to the Depths" project is now completed. After a long, 6 year absence from freediving, I came back determined to reset the world record in the Limited Variable Ballast category, which I consider the most challenging and spectacular of the sport. I both, succeeded and failed, in this endeavor. more
Brief overview of our harness safety system
by Rudi Castineyra on May 11th, 2010 in Articles (diving), Blog & News, Diving, Return to the Depths, Safety, by Rudi (trainer, organizer) | 5 Comments »Note: this article was written on April 19th and meant for publication around April 21st. Due to time constraints, we postponed its publication until after our 125 meter attempt, but given the outcome, it was only now that we had the chance to publish it. There are several safety systems out there when it comes to keeping freediving competitions and record events safe. We are still using the traditional system where we position safety divers at 15-20 meter intervals along Yasemin's descent line, but we have also started testing and using our new retrieval system. more
Happy Birthday Yasemin!
by Rudi Castineyra on May 2nd, 2010 in Blog & News, Return to the Depths, by Rudi (trainer, organizer) | 1 Comment »Yasemin is 31 years old today and I want to share my joy with all of you about the fact that we're celebrating her birthday just days after a potentially fatal accident. Yas and I met in 1999 and during all these years she has been my partner, in life, diving and everything else. She is the best partner I could have ever hoped for, my inspiration, my light on dark times (and we've had some of those) and the reason I look forward to every new day. She is also the best example I could think of when it comes to dedication, hard work, integrity and commitment to the highest standards as an athlete, and that's why she is respected by so many. Then again, she makes liking her very easy. Happy Birthday Love! Rudi Castineyra more
Yasemin’s record attempt series ends with a dive to 106m
by Yasemin Dalkilic on April 29th, 2010 in Blog & News, News, Return to the Depths, Yasemin's Blog, by Yasemin | 36 Comments »8-time freediving world champion Yasemin Dalkilic, who was in Kas, Antalya preparing for a world record attempt to 125 meters in the Limited Variable Ballast category, has canceled her official record date of May 2nd. After a 6 year absence from freediving, Yasemin had come back with the help of the main sponsor Turkcell, host location Kas, Hera Hotel, Linde Gases and Aquaclub Dive School. more
Final thoughts about the FREE-AIDA joint verification issue.
by Rudi Castineyra on April 16th, 2010 in Blog & News, Return to the Depths, by Rudi (trainer, organizer) | 7 Comments »We have started training for Yasemin's attempt in the Limited Variable Ballast category to 125 meters. If successful, she will break the old FREE record of 105 meters (held by herself) and better the AIDA mark of 122 meters held by Tanya Streeter for some years now. more
FREE and Liquivision team up to verify World Records!
by Rudi Castineyra on April 1st, 2010 in Blog & News, News, Return to the Depths | 5 Comments »FREE (Freediving Regulations & Education Entity) one of the premier training and verification freediving agencies in the world, and Liquivision, the maker of the Liquivision X1 diving computer have finalized an agreement that will see the X1 become the Official Gauge of all freediving events verified by FREE. This means that, from now on, for every competition or record attempt verified by FREE, all competing freedivers will be required to wear several X1 computers to verify the depths achieved. more
Freediving Courses coming up, get them while they’re hot!
by Rudi Castineyra on April 1st, 2010 in Blog & News, News, Return to the Depths, by Rudi (trainer, organizer) | No Comments »It has been a while since we last taught a freediving course. I myself have remained active in freediving instruction all these years, but it has been more on consultant, specialist basis. I have helped a few well known freedivers improve their already excellent techniques through private training, I've helped several non freediving athletes implement out breathing system into their training as a way to prepare for important races and events (including one very famous sprinter whose name I'm not at liberty to divulge), more
The End of the Road is really here!
by Rudi Castineyra on April 1st, 2010 in Blog & News, News, Return to the Depths, by Rudi (trainer, organizer) | 4 Comments »Well, that's it, today, we are officially only 2 weeks away from our trip to Turkey, to start the training dives that should culminate, hopefully, with a successful record attempt on May 2nd. It has been a long, long road since we decided to come back to competitive freediving and attempt this record. Yasemin basically had an agreement with the Turkish Prime Minister on January 2009, after he requested her to come back to record setting diving as a way to promote the country and stimulate female achievements. more
.jpg "Celebrating the 86 meter dive in honor of the Turkish Republic's 86th Aniversary")
