http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/ Freediving and Apnea deep down in the sea... and in the soul ! fr Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:44:59 +0100 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:44:59 +0100 Over-blog.com RSS 2.0 Engine Copyright 2012 christianmaldame.over-blog.com Sport http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification/ http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-a-dive-to-101m-100323890.html
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This week-end, 14th & 15th of January 2012, I will be at the Salon de la Plongée, in Paris. Come to join me on the AIDA booth. A special poster signing session will be organised with all the AIDA 2011 french national team.]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:39:00 +0100 4172ac4c220662cc862b99c7cf4f543f http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-salon-de-la-plongee-paris-97021856-comments.html#anchorComment http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championships-6-101m-bronze-medal-84938091.html
Constant Weight Day. After some discussion with my coach, Cyril Paulet, I decided to announce 101m in CWT... I have been to 100 & 101m 4 times in training, and think that I can do it again, even with the competition stress... On the start list I am the 7th announcement. No stress. My start is[...]]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:44:00 +0200 812099b54e1ba8340cb60e08caa5fa0b competition http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championships-6-101m-bronze-medal-84938091-comments.html#anchorComment http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championships-part-5-opening-and-constant-no-fins-84862551.html
Here we are, the World championships are now open On the 19th of September the first competition day was for the No Fins specialist : Constant No Fins -CNF- Disciplin. In my particular case, I had decided, this year, not to participate to focus my trainings on depth with CWT and FIM. Within the[...]]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:12:00 +0200 fef8dbbe7d32c325e88059ec225b940a competition http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championships-part-5-opening-and-constant-no-fins-84862551-comments.html#anchorComment http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championships-part-4-mediterranean-world-cup-84492780.html
Before the official start of the world championships, we were training within the organization of the mediterranean world cup. After 10 days of training days we had the opportunity to perform 'official' dives. 3 days of competition in a row to test ourselves. It is really a good opportunity to[...]]]> Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:04:00 +0200 b06c274252c15a819f82d6f3e2814d67 competition http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championships-part-4-mediterranean-world-cup-84492780-comments.html#anchorComment http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championships-part-3-reaching-new-depths-83886247.html
After these first days of acclimatation, it is time to try to dive deeper and increase performance. Increasing depth performances is an important challenge. It is highly demanding in terms of physical and mental ressources. If you are physically fit and think that your apnea is strong, then you[...]]]> Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:22:00 +0200 451ff935aebbcdb87b1f4f78e28948af competition http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championships-part-3-reaching-new-depths-83886247-comments.html#anchorComment http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championship-part-2-first-dives-in-kalamata-83341089.html
The Messinian bay is a wide bay, protected from most winds, where Kalamata takes place. The freediving dive spot is only a few 100 meters offshore from the hotel. A boat comes to pick us up at the hotel pier, and brings us in 5 minutes at the spot. Conditions here, are very good : 27°c water[...]]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:57:00 +0200 485fb1660999ca8481a1022956c9f798 apnea training http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championship-part-2-first-dives-in-kalamata-83341089-comments.html#anchorComment http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championship-part-1-summer-training-83339557.html
I am now In Kalamata – Greece, in the exact location where the World Championships will take place from the 15th till the 25th of September. My goal is to train and be, as much prepared as I can, for these 6th year in a row that I am selected to attend to the AIDA Freediving World[...]]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:42:00 +0200 fa2a5da65a6c95284df3b616b648016b apnea training http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-world-depth-championship-part-1-summer-training-83339557-comments.html#anchorComment http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-selected-for-aida-depth-world-championships-77289629.html Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:26:00 +0200 dee02a59c7ed5d9593ab25c376abb963 competition http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-selected-for-aida-depth-world-championships-77289629-comments.html#anchorComment http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-dahab-mini-comp-and-the-arch-73422919.html
Organized by Freedive International, this initially ‘Mini competition’ is growing up each year, and was an important Rendez-vous for the depth freedivers. Limited to 20 athletes and 90m depth, my goal for this competition was to test myself in real ‘competition environment’ and to record[...]]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 14:52:00 +0200 983ef6194fa9245705dfb205c6a25f1b competition http://christianmaldame.over-blog.com/article-dahab-mini-comp-and-the-arch-73422919-comments.html#anchorComment