𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗜𝗠 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘂𝘀𝘇 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮

On August 11th, the last day of Vertical Blue 2022, 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘂𝘀𝘇 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 (𝗣𝗢𝗟) dived to 127m (417ft) by pulling himself down and up the dive line. It is a new AIDA World Record in FIM and an absolute world record.

It is 2m (7ft) deeper than the previous AIDA World Record in FIM set by 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗲𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃 (𝗥𝗨𝗦) at Vertical Blue 2018 and also 1m (3ft) deeper than the current CMAS World Record in this discipline also set by Alexey Molchanov at Vertical Blue 2021. This means that Mateusz became the first man in the world who ever dived to this depth. Congratulations, Mateusz!

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Introduction

While talking with experienced divers or through interviews, I often notice a certain “reluctance” to teach mouthfill. We often hear sentences like “you don’t need the mouthfill to go to XXm”, or “it’s too early to learn the mouthfill”. Some instructors even refuse to teach it in detail during an AIDA4, considering that it is more “penalizing” than anything else… If I can somehow “understand” this kind of reflections, I find that they are often awkwardly stated with an almost laughable effect reminding us of those “grandmasters” full of mystery who, facing the hero at the beginning of the movie, would say “he is not ready” without any further explanation.

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