AIDA — International Association for the Development of Apnea

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Teaches:

AIDA1, AIDA2 Pool, AIDA2, AIDA3 Pool, AIDA3, AIDA Monofin Freediver, AIDA Pool Competition Safety, AIDA Depth Competition Safety

Short Brief:

I teach mostly in Seattle and Victoria, BC.

I fell in love with freediving in 2008, after taking my first freediving course.

At my first course, I was encouraged to compete and attend the 2008 AIDA Team World Championship, as an alternate. I quickly learned that we are mostly limited by our minds and by what we choose to believe our limits are. I met all the top freedivers in the world. I was amazed to be surrounded by super humans! They were also generous and friendly. I had a curious mind and asked them, what are your personal bests and how do you train? I got 100 different answers, and some ideas for myself.

I came home and very soon after, broke the North American record by swimming a distance of 155 meters, followed by DYN 171m a few days later. In April 2009 I set a Pan American depth record by swimming to 51 meters, set DNF 116 m. Over the next year and a half I furthered DYN 181m, and beat my own depth
record twice, ending up at 54 meters. I also became a World Cup Champion in both individual and team disciplines, and was on
the 1st place team at the Triple Depth 2009 competition in Egypt.

I spent until 2011 living out of a suitcase, traveling, training, safetying, competing and teaching all over the world with top athletes
from every country. This experience exposed me to all freediving disciplines, many ways of training and having the lived experience
of safetying and rescuing divers in trouble. This is not a goal, but the experience is helpful when coaching others who are exploring
their limits. I talk in detail about these experiences when I teach AIDA 3.

Today, I still have the honor of being ranked in the top 50 female athletes in the world both in the Aida International ranking and in the combined ranking of AIDA and CMAS.

Instructor Activity Status: Active

Instructor Since: 03.11.2021

Citizenship: Canada

Address: Seattle, United States

AIDA1: 32

AIDA2: 15

AIDA2 Pool: 9

AIDA3: 8

AIDA3 Pool: 4