Free Descent – Details, episodes & analysis

Spring has sprung with this inspiring interview to start off your Wednesday. Walter and Colton sit down with Josiah Mackin "Juicy", manager and course director at Utila Dive Center in Utila, Honduras. Juicy has been a diver since 2001 and never really looked back after getting his PADI Open Water certification. In the past 24 years, he has traveled the world and climbed the professional ranks of dive instruction along the way. He is now firmly planted in Utila, Honduras and loves the community that he has been instrumental in building on the island. Listen in to be inspired by how a simple Open Water scuba diving certification can change the trajectory of your life!

Find your passion at Scuba Diving in Utila | Get Scuba Certified in the Caribbean

~Reminder~ Free Descent is intended as entertainment only and should not replace formal dive instruction. Always follow the direction of your divemasters and instructors and remember to dive within the limits of your training and experience. Stay safe and have fun out there!

Happy Saturday Free Descent Community! Join us this week as we chat with a very unique dive pro, Annick Den Harder. Annick started her dive career in the warm waters of the Caribbean but has graduated from "cocktail diving" to the cold waters of Europe and even Antarctica! In this episode, Annick tells Walter all about her journey to becoming a master instructor, what it's like to train divers in the cold lakes of Switzerland, and all about her cold water discoveries around the world. Want to train with Annick? Find her at TSK, the largest dive operation in Switzerland. TSK - Tauchschule, Tauchshop & Tauchreisen in Zürich und Bern

After listening to the episode, reach out to Walter, Myles, and Colton on the Instagram @freedescentpodcast and tell us if you're a:

1. Cocktail diver who believes in the 80-80-80 rule

2. Cold water adventurer

~Reminder~ Free Descent is intended as entertainment only and should not replace formal dive instruction. Always follow the direction of your divemasters and instructors and remember to dive within the limits of your training and experience. Stay safe and have fun out there!

Have you ever tried pigeon pose in yoga? Next goal: try it underwater! In this episode, we hear from Taylor, @the.wanderingblonde, on how she brings her two passions together through Scuba+Yoga retreats. She tells all about her mental health journey and the role the scuba diving and yoga played for her in her teens and 20s. The health benefits of both of these activities are immense, and more interconnected than some might think. Want to learn more about Taylor, and join one of her retreats? Check out her new page and website: @the.mindfulmvmnt // The Mindful Mvmnt

~Reminder~ Free Descent is intended as entertainment only and should not replace formal dive instruction. Always follow the direction of your divemasters and instructors and remember to dive within the limits of your training and experience. Stay safe and have fun out there!

Have you ever wondered about scuba diving in the Aegean Sea? Most people turn their nose up to the European dive scene, but we've brought Kelsey McDonald from @souldivers_ to prove them all wrong! Kelsey tells our community all about her time diving in Gallipoli, Turkey (Türkiye) with @goturkiye and @go_canakkale. Listen in to hear all about her advice for diving the Aegean Sea and exploring Turkey on land. Wrecks, nudibranchs, massive meals, and so much more!

~Reminder~ Free Descent is intended as entertainment only and should not replace formal dive instruction. Always follow the direction of your divemasters and instructors and remember to dive within the limits of your training and experience. Stay safe and have fun out there!

Walt is back! Grab a coffee, tea, and a banana (if you're not on a boat) and join Myles and Walt for a deep dive into diving habits, superstitions, and teaching PADI Open Water courses around the world. Walt tells all about the differences and similarities between his time in Hawaii, Florida, Thailand, and Honduras, while Myles compares this to her work in Southern California. Listen in to the conversation, and share your thoughts on Instagram at @FreeDescentPodcast and @Sweendogscuba

~Reminder~ Free Descent is intended as entertainment only and should not replace formal dive instruction. Always follow the direction of your divemasters and instructors and remember to dive within the limits of your training and experience. Stay safe and have fun out there!

Myles and Jake do a dive into a topic that's been top of mind for the podcast for a while, how to keep diving while balancing a 9-5 job, travel, and teaching! Listen in to the conversation, and share your thoughts on Instagram at @FreeDescentPodcast

~Reminder~ Free Descent is intended as entertainment only, and should not replace formal dive instruction. Always follow the direction of your divemasters and instructors, and remember to dive within the limits of your training and experience. Stay safe, and have fun out there!

Myles is back from Europe and not only brought home memories, but new friends! In this interview we catch up with Rannvá Jørmundsson, head of sales at Fourth Element and co-founder of Nixie Expeditions. Rannvá is an experienced tech diver and avid adventurer, and she's only seeking to move forward from here. Listen in as we discuss how she got to where she is now, where she's going from here, and her purpose in diving. 

~Reminder~

Free Descent is intended as entertainment, and should not replace formal dive instruction. Always listen to your instructors and divemasters, and dive within the limits of your training and experience. Stay safe, and have fun out there!

Welcome back from summer break Free Descent Community! We're kicking things off "therapeutically" with Tom Sloan, the mastermind behind the newly launched Blue Therapy Project. We chat all things dive marketing, chasing an ocean dream, introducing the next generation to the water, and how diving changes lives. This brand aims to get people "in, under, and around the water"...JUST BREATHE!

~Reminder~

Free Descent is intended as entertainment, and should not replace formal dive instruction. Always listen to your instructors and divemasters, and dive within the limits of your training and experience. Stay safe, and have fun out there!

Myles and Jake go "deeper" than ever before in this tell-all interview with Stephan Whelan, founder and CEO of Deeper Blue, the world's largest community for freediving and scuba diving media. Stephan gives us all the details of how he got into diving, how he started Deeper Blue, when he knew it was getting big, and what projects they're currently working on. You don't want to miss this episode!

~Reminder~ Free Descent is intended as entertainment, and not to replace formal dive instruction. Remember to listen to the advice of your instructors and divemasters, and dive within the limits of your training and experience!

We are gearing up for another incredible PADI Women's Dive Day here at Free Descent! In the spirit of uplifting female voices, we have kicked Jake out for the week and invited two very special female divers: April (@aprilweickert) and Olivia (@fullysubmergedscuba). Join us as we get real about how to celebrate women in the dive community, as well as divers that identify as LGBTQ+ and people of color. You don't want to miss this exclusive #girltalk with some of the best in the business!

~Reminder~ Free Descent is intended as entertainment, and not to replace formal dive instruction. Remember to listen to the advice of your instructors and divemasters, and dive within the limits of your training and experience!