These are the instructors I recommend.Wherever you are, train with them.
Benoit travelled the world for twelve years. Freediving, which he found on a trip to Thailand in 2019, is what made him settle down.
He practises breath-hold and yoga together, and each one feeds the other.
On his days off he trains static, his favourite discipline.
@burgon_underwater·Nama Freediving
Court studied zoology and moved to Phuket in 2017 to work in the water. More than a thousand hours as a scuba and freediving instructor have taught Court the local reef inside out.
Court teaches freediving, scuba and swimming to adults and kids, in relaxed and safe sessions.
@barefootblondiephuket·ScubaNicks
Victoria started diving in 2015 and went pro in 2018. She is now Senior Instructor at ScubaNicks in Rawai, teaching every level up to dive professional.
She switches easily between freediving, scuba and mermaiding. She is patient with kids and first-timers and stays right beside them in the water.
@tones.of.blue·Nama Freediving
Thirteen years underwater, camera in hand. Tony taught freediving on Koh Tao for seven years before moving to Phuket in 2022.
His photographer’s eye shows in his coaching: body position, movement, wasted effort. He works with divers of every level.
Ploy trained as a mechanical engineer, swims in open water and surfs.
@elinebythesea·Reef People Freediving
Eline taught herself to freedive at eight and grew up sailing and scuba diving. She holds an MSc in marine biology and has worked in marine conservation in the Netherlands, the Maldives and Thailand.
She heads Reef People Freediving in Pattaya and teaches in English, Dutch and Thai.
Bali Freedivers·@balifreedivers.amed·Amed
Yan is Ukrainian and has been in the water since he was five. He moved to Indonesia in 2013 and has since taught more than five hundred students across five countries.
He runs Bali Freedivers in Amed and works mostly with beginners. He shapes each course around what you do in the water, spearfishing or surfing, and teaches the breathing and safety skills that hold up when things get tight.
@roman_gara·Molchanova Freediving School
Roman grew up in the water and swam competitively for his city team before freediving took over.
He still competes and keeps refining his own diving while he coaches. He is certified to teach adults (Wave 3) and kids (L1 & L2) in the Molchanovs system, and he is an experienced safety diver.
He organises the amateur I Love Freediving competitions and is sports manager at the Natalia Molchanova Freediving School.
Elie comes from Réunion and now coaches in Dahab: depth, open water and safety, through courses and one-to-one training.
Elie teaches every AIDA course from AIDA 1 to AIDA 4, in the pool and at depth, plus AIDA Monofin.
@artur_tichonov·Molchanova Freediving School
Artur is a competitive finswimmer turned freediving instructor, with national titles in both bi-fins and monofin.
Personal bests: 248 m bi-fins, 227 m monofin, 161 m breaststroke and a 7:24 static. He teaches Wave 1 and Wave 2 in the pool and is a certified freediving rescue and first-aid specialist.
@kidsfreediving·Molchanovs profile
Olga trains freediving instructors in Moscow. She also founded Aqua Show Academy and dances underwater.
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