1992
AIDA (International Association for the Development of Apnea)
Lausanne, Switzerland
From the vision of building a strong community of freedivers, AIDA was founded in 1992 by Loïc Leferme to create a stable and safe set of rules and guidelines for competitions and record attempts. AIDA is an organisation all about freediving and about helping its development. A big part of this work is demonstrating to the world that freediving is safe, fun, challenging and a fantastic blend of inner peace, concentration, technique, training, friends and teamwork. Freediving is sometimes misunderstood as an extreme and dangerous sport for thrill seekers. Nothing could be further from the truth! Today AIDA is the bond that unites freedivers across the planet. “By freedivers for freedivers” really sums up well what AIDA is. By maintaining its independence, AIDA protects the interests of freedivers while at the same time maintaining ongoing dialogue and a growing cooperation with both national and international diving federations.
Locations in Asia: Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan (PRC)
“Be a solid freediver. Find the things that
you really like.”
– Pepe Arcos