Surf Apnea Survival

A breath holding workshop designed for surfers and water people. During the workshop you will learn simple effective exercises and training methods to develop adaptations in order to better deal with “Intense Situations”. Potentially saving your life in the water.

Breath Holding for water people

The Surf Apnea course has been developed with years of rigorous research, development and knowledge gathered from freedivers and surfers around the world. As a result we have been able to cut away the fluff and focus on expanding the depth of what is essential to the development of holding your breath and functioning during critical high stress situations like surfing hold downs. Our drills and content are constantly being reviewed and updated based on our research, experimentation and feedback our team and clients share with us.

This is a full day course (approx 6hrs) that provides indepth information essential for dealing with sudden and intense situations such as surfing hold downs. The Survival Apnea course uses freediving and surfing insights to provide specific knowledge of what the human body and mind go through when stressed (particularly when underwater on a single breath). The course uses the surfing hold down to teach a suite of tools that can be used to manage stress in any scenario. Although it is a very popular course among surfers the skills learned on this course are applicable to anyone at any level who wishes to develop more skillful breathing, lung vitality, improve performance, recovery, stress management, self awareness, self control and of course their breath hold.

SAVE YOUR PLACE

The course is suitable for all levels from absolute beginners to kamakazie chargers and pros and has many takeaways for non surfers that are applicable across all facets of life, health and performance. In a nutshell we are teaching you self awerensess and self control tools that enhance your ability to manage stress and enable you to make better decisions when under the pump. You will learn about the breath hold journey and improve your survivability when exposed to intense situations such as surfing hold downs and how you can enhance these skills by using very simple but effective training methods.

WHAT TO
expect

Topics covered include: Breath hold physiology and the breath hold journey, nervous system function, managing stress / fear / threat responses, relaxation techniques, self awareness and self control. Static and Dynamic training methods and safety systems.

Gear required – swim goggles and surf wetsuit.

Prerequisite – Ability to swim 100m unassisted ( you can use rubber swim fins if required).

Minimum age – 15 years ( 12 years if accompanied by a responsible adult)

The Surf Apnea course sets you up with the practical experience and fundamental knowledge required to commence your own training practice. All the water based drills can be practiced post the course enabling you to become a better version of yourself and ultimately making you harder to kill!