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About Antti Akonniemi

Entrepreneur, Freediver

Breathless – Herbert Nitsch @TEDxVienna

Posted on February 25, 2011

I’ve been a but busy, but competition preparations are going great and I’m about to break some PRs. I’ll post more info soon, but before that enjoy Herbert’s Ted Talk:

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Breathe Teaser Trailer #1

Posted on January 24, 2011
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Real oldschool freediving

Posted on January 10, 2011

I found this video few days ago, but sian also point me to it in the comments. Current freediving is nothing compared to this:

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Decided to compete

Posted on January 9, 2011

We have national competition coming up on 21st of May and they have category for beginners. I thought that this could be something to motivate me, so I’m going to do DYN, DNF and STA at the competition. My goal … Continue reading →

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Technique Review May 2010

Posted on January 1, 2011

An old technique review from Stig’s seminar which I promised to post here

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Technique Review December 2010

Posted on December 18, 2010

I decided that I should start posting technique reviews every month or so. To start of I’ll post the videos from last weekend, but I’m also going to find the videos from Stig’s camp – since I think I’ve made … Continue reading →

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Freediving in Hvar, Croatia

Posted on December 16, 2010

We visited Hvar last August. Trip was spectacular! Great food, warm weather and amazing views! Downside was that there was only one dive shop on the island and they didn’t really want freedivers on their boat which was a shame. … Continue reading →

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Midsummer festivities

Posted on December 15, 2010

Above is a picture from our midsummer festivities last summer The lake is at our cottage. Visibility with the flash light was about 40 centimeters. You basically just saw the rope when going down and the plate light about 1 … Continue reading →

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Homo Delphinus – The Dolphin within Man

Posted on August 23, 2010

I just finished reading this magnificent book by legendary Jacques Mayol. The writing is bad and Mayol seems to to ramble every now and then, but the book is still amazing. Mayol goes through his own history and the history … Continue reading →

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Stig Severinsen Course

Posted on June 26, 2010

Few months ago I attended Stig’s course in Finland. Attendees were basically Finnish top-10 freedivers plus me Course was really good and I was almost able to do all the exercises. Most valuable things for me were: breathing exercises lung … Continue reading →

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