#151 | Davide Carrera | Become Free
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Davide Carrera was born in Turin in Italy and began freediving as a child during his summers spent in Leguria. He has was part of the World Championship winning teams of 1996 and 2001 and established a FIM world record shortly after when he dove to 91m.  He moved away from the competitive sphere in the end and went on to study yoga extensively, and he integrates that into his freediving, and it was his tale of solitary wandering across the mediterranean in his 28 foot trimaran that inspired my first interest in Davide. We first spoke 5 years ago on episode 22 of the freedive cafe podcast, now we meet, face t face in Dahab, to discuss his recent return to the very top tier of the freediving competitive scene and what it takes to dive 130m deep. In this episode we discuss: Thanks to Dahab Freedivers and Carlos Diezel for letting us use the Dahab Freedivers space. A possibly lost episode of TFC with Davide?! What brings Davide to Dahab after so long? Thoughts on changes in Dahab and seeing the positive before the negative. Thoughts on the recent doping scandal in the freediving world. A philosophical and spiritual approach to freediving. Why social media conversations are so flawed. What invigorated Davide to perform a 130m dive at this point in his career, what has changed over the years? About continuing to train through the winter in thicker wetsuits. New top-secret 8mm wetsuit material on the way? Training hard to dive easy. Davide's technique has grace and beauty, should that be a focus of freedivers? A question from Rodrigo about his beautiful monofin technique. About cakras. Why does Davide remove the nose clip so deep? Can Davide retrieve air at 100m+? Back when packing and mouthfill were cheating! Davide has only had one squeeze! Davide's experience with narcosis. Static at 110m! Davide calls Spain home now. Will his son, Nero, become a deep freediver? How Davide meditates, 3 or 4 times a day. What are 'Hurt Salutations'? Join me in Dahab, Egypt for premium freediving courses, training and workshops. Visit www.freediveandthrive.com to find out more.
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