For most of us humans, the aquatic dance is the same. We dive into a pool or a lake or an ocean, perhaps hold our breath for a few seconds as we swim underwater, and then surface to blessed oxygen.

Amber Bourke stands on the ocean floor, facing away from a black abyss while holding her breath. Slowly, she crouches down and pushes off, arching her back gracefully and spinning down into the ...

As it sounds, the sport doesn’t come without some large degree of danger, and “The Deepest Breath” tells the story of two individuals — Italian champion freediver Alessia Zecchini and Irish safety ...

In many sports, there is an inherent risk. That’s part of the allure. We often are perfectly content to watch people attempt feats we would never try ourselves. We marvel and applaud those who put ...

In Bunaken, freediving is not about pushing limits. It is about slowing down, relaxing, and discovering how natural the ocean can feel.

The extreme sport of freediving is growing in popularity and interest. A new Netflix documentary called “The Deepest Breath” goes inside the high-risk sport, following freedivers Alessia Zecchini and ...

"Think about the Mammalian Diving Reflex and what it does for you." Netflix released a 7-min featurette looking at "The Science of Freediving," considered one of the most dangerous sports on Earth. It ...

Aaron Fisher’s mental health, like that of many people around the world, suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic. “I started ...

Laura McGann's doc about champion freediver Alessia Zecchini will make you hold your breath, and then question the film's tactics. There are several key differences between “The Deepest Breath” and ...

The threat of imminent death gives a trite and morbid focus to “The Deepest Breath,” an otherwise moving documentary tribute to the record-setting Italian freediver Alessia Zecchini and her close ...

Until a few years ago, not many people paid much attention to the extreme sport of free diving. That's where a swimmer packs as much air as they can into their lungs and plunges as deep as they ...