A Day in the Life of Professional Freediver Akim Ladhari
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Written by AmbassaDiver Akim Ladhari Most days I wake up at 6:30am and the sun is already strong, at the moment I’m living in Light House, one of the most popular areas of Dahab, Egypt. Somehow here in Dahab I don’t find it hard to wake up – I’m excited to get the day started. […]
Cover photo: Jonathan Sunnex Written by AmbassaDiver Akim Ladhari I can hear Renee signalling the countdown that she is giving right by my side. It’s in this last minute before the dive that I empty my mind and think about nothing else…10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… As I start my […]
You’re ready for your 2018 dive life to be even more awesome and inspiring than 2017 was, but you’re not sure how to make that happen. We’ve polled instructors, divers, non-profit founders and more to find out how they are resolving to make 2018 the most challenging and fun underwater year yet. Reach a new […]
Adam Stern is no longer a PADI AmbassaDiver, to view our current AmbassaDivers, click here. Photos supplied by Adam Stern Last month, more than 100 freedivers came together in Amed, Bali to take part in the largest PADI Freediver course in history! ‘Deep Week’ as it’s become known was organised and hosted by 5 x […]
If you’re training to become a PADI® Divemaster, you took the Rescue Diver course. And, if you took the Rescue course, you probably remember how intense the in-water unresponsive diver rescue was. I had to do it at least three times before I had it down. The Divemaster rescue scenario demonstration is really no different than […]
Zoona Naseem is only the second Maldivian to have attained the rank of PADI Course Director, and the country’s first female to do so. She is the owner of Moodhu Bulhaa Dive Centre in Villingili Island, just 10 minutes away from the capital, and is passionate about getting young people diving. Here she shares her […]