WATCH as Alessia Zecchini of Italy glides like an arrow to a new World Record 107m CWT

On the very last day of #VB2018 Alessia Zecchini cements her position as the winner among the female athletes and the absolute overall points winner for the entire competition (including beating the men!)
-Diveye Cinematography & Technology: Michal Biskup, Grzegorz Furga, Wiktor Grzeskowiak, and Mariusz Sobczak
-Editor: Mariusz Sobczak
-Media Producer: Francesca Koe
-Platform Coordinator: Sam Trubridge
-Event Organizer: William Trubridge
-Photography: Daan Verhoeven & Alex St. Jean
-Safety Team: Marco Cosentino (CoS), Louisa Collins, Roberto Berto, Sayaka Itagaki, Alex Llinas, Gianfranco Montanti, Lily Crespi, Chris McKay
-Medical Team: Leigh and Bill Baker, Ryan Baugh

[@gutmorgensurfen]

Who was the clever one who decided "That's it, the perfect music for this diving video"

[@ByKareem]

Hahaha

[@declanske9062]

@@dirkjensen969 because they arent breathing compressed air (nitrogen), thats what the bends are

[@gr8sword97]

Donald Trump thanks for the input donald

[@alanrose5959]

Who was the idiot that couldn't find the volume buttons.

[@michaeltaylors2456]

Painful crap

[@roypatterson9910]

For those who don't know just how deep 107 meters is in feet, it's 351 ft. - 0.59 in., which is just plain ridiculous! Scuba Divers with tanks can barely go that deep, and they have to use mixed gases of nitrogen & oxygen, which is called "helix", which is a mixture of helium and oxygen and is a form of trimix. Outstanding dive Alessia! 😎👍💯🔥

[@evanwoods4774]

How can a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, also be a mixture of oxygen helium? And then after that it’s called something else?

[@wyattelam4151]

Scuba divers can go much deeper with the proper equipment and training

[@Bad666Moon]

They use helium and oxygen, we already breathe oxygen and nitrogen lol.

[@deanlaffan2390]

Slight correction. Blending a mixture of Helium and Oxygen is called Heliox. It only has those two gasses and is not trimix. Heliox is relatively uncommon in advanced public deep diving, more common in Commercial and Military. It is only needed when diving very deep. 200m+ This is usually commercial saturation diving. Trimix, as the name implies uses three gasses Oxygen, Helium and Nitrogen. In both cases the Helium is needed because Nitrogen when breathed under pressure becomes narcotic, you get disoriented and lose mental acuity. Helium has barely any narcotic effect and like nitrogen is an 'inert' gas i.e. not metabolised by the body. On deeper dives oxygen levels need to be lowered in the breathing gas because at deeper depths oxygen becomes toxic and can cause a seizure (which usually results in depth by drowning) So whilst regular divers air in a single tank at 30m is 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen (rounding up) A trimix for 100m (people arrive at slightly different % for various reasons) might be something like 10/70 10% oxygen, 70% helium, 20% nitrogen. Such a mix gives you a good partial pressure of oxygen (at depth) very little nitrogen (no narcosis) so a safe mix to dive. Note that a gas like 10/70 on the surface is hypoxic. If you breathed that for even a few minutes you would pass out. Most people start passing out from hypoxia once O2 levels get below about 14% but it varies. Since out bodies metabolise oxygen, it is only the inerts of Nitrogen and Helium that cause bubbles which need to be off gassed. So when you hear of divers getting bent (suffering Decompression Sickness) it is the inert gas/gasses causing the problem. Most freedivers do not suffer from DCS, but it has happened. Conversely many freedivers going to around 100m are routinely reporting they are affected ny Nitrogen Narcosis. This will only be more more common as depths are pushed deeper and deeper Hard to believe that it was only the 1960s when Jacque Mayol broke 50m and doctors predicted any deep would kill a human because of lung collapse, now there are dozens if not a hundred divers who have been to 100m. Alessia is a machine !

[@Berkcam]

You need to work on your facts. The gas generally used for deep diving is a simple mix of oxygen and helium and is known as 'Heliox'. As it contains only those two gases it is NOT a trimix. Nitrogen is removed for most deep-diving mixes but is sometimes added to reduce the helium % and then it becomes a 'Trimix' (O2/He/N2).

[@brianlam257]

The music makes it sound easy and fun while it's dangerous and hard

[@jeanjacque9887]

no shit

[@jakelawrenceespinosa]

hard? explain how hard is it then? 1 year of training and you can do it already.

[@invest_with_etoro8205]

DZEE TM a year of training? Bruh, literal scientists have thought that the human body shouldn’t be able to go past 100 meters. Have you even tried freediving before? It takes a fucking decade to dome close to that.

[@invest_with_etoro8205]

And because of nytrogen narcosis (nytrogen builds up in ur head) basicaly become high. At 40 meters u can alredy feel it well let alone 100.

[@lachlanoneil8938]

@@jakelawrenceespinosa lol have you even tried to do 10 meters yet

[@seannyninetyseven5863]

It was like: hey Alessia can you dive without oxygen? Alessia: Hold my BEEReath!

[@machariamuragori9587]

boooo! 🍅💨

[@brendasanderson7538]

And turn that shitty music off

[@exclusivekairee]

😅😅😅😅

[@RosielynBermudez-b2i]

Who's here after watching the deepest breathe in netflix? 🙋‍♀️

[@LearningFast]

I need to make a video about how to use the “mute button”. It looks like it would get 10 million views according to the comments on this video.

[@silverismybitchbackupthetr6812]

mpgxsvcd thats your only comment...what an a hole you are💩

[@lockecole6220]

Nah. Why would people mute the video, the music ruined the video

[@12Burton24]

People dont want to mute it people want a nice sound.

[@survival_of_the_sickest4448]

Sooo I must have gotten here after the so called terrible music was removed xD amazing dive ugh I can barely go down 10 ft without my head wanting to explode from pressure haha amazing work n dedication

[@wishinglash3520]

Ikr I’ve been swimming down to 7ft and the pressure be like-

[@jannikgothe371]

You have to equalize the preesure

[@borisnoone]

So many world records this year, unbelievable! This one is an excellent performance! Extremely well done!

[@Nayz13]

I’m so glad that she kept going, bravo!

[@AKmacintosh]

Really cool seeing the light disappear at depth, particularly dramatic from around 75-90 meters.

[@Berkcam]

That part where she becomes negative buoyant and drops like a stone is scary... as you know that you will need to swim hard to get back up.

[@jovangiovanni5772]

its not that hard actually to get back up but holding your breath while go 107m its hard you must train at least 4 times a week for more than 3 years depend on the person lol

[@Berkcam]

Samuel Iam thank you for confirming that...its been some years since I did any dives where I became 'negative' buoyant but I still remember the burning legs on the way up.

[@jesusito4321]

What is this negative buoyant?

[@jesusito4321]

Samuel Iam thank you for the info, and I am sorry to hear about your friend. I recently started spearfishing with a friend so this is all very new and interesting to me.

[@Berkcam]

Samuel Iam its the increase in CO2 which stimulates the need to breath and the sudden lack of O2 to the brain which causes SW Black-out. At depth the partial pressure of O2 is increased (Dalton's Law) however the 10 meter to surface range is where that O2 partial pressure will suddenly be halved (the greatest pressure change is 0 to 10m depth) so what may be enough to sustain consciousness at -10m depth may not do so when rising shallower. If you reach 10m with an O2 partial pressure of 0.18 bar you will only have 0.6 bar at 5m and 0.4 bar on reaching the surface - so somewhere in that range its lights out!

[@kryss5719]

Watch this in the bathroom, I try to hold my breath as soon as she dive. I died btw

[@demerara2]

KRYSS 😂

[@internettroll7497]

RIP

[@brianonesmus5418]

He! he!

[@carolvause1796]

Yeah..she makes it look so easy even when you know it's not.

[@mrgreen9388]

Am I really the only person with volume control.🤔

[@18matts]

@Never Gonnatell shut up

[@radjalomas8854]

guess those answers are a lesson for all who dare criticize criticism 😁

[@itssaraisworld]

Beautifully said

[@rachelg9873]

But I like hearing them call out the meters. :(

[@ookiemand]

Perfect style! A few years ago I've heard that speed was going to be 'the next frontier' in the quest for deeper depths. Alessia and Alexey demonstrated this on this competition. Bravo!

[@poteisara5890]

Well done Alessia that was a very beautiful dive👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@replatablet4849]

congrats to her.. good luck for next challenges but i don't understand why the person who made this video hates Alessia so much, no one deserves that music

[@brendasanderson7538]

😁

[@kamilaktulu9045]

Maybe because it was her first VB after Steve Keenan death. Alessia is incredible.

[@dbt5110]

Imagine going so deep that LIGHT is to afraid to go down there......

[@YuliaGrushevskaya-bi6he]

Absolutely amazing she is living her dream she deserves so much respect bravo😅

[@pknfpknf8308]

WOW! Alessia Zecchini, you are amazing! 💖 to you&crew. Down to 107meters and come up with a smile..Your mind&body are strong, to endure that! Johanna, sweden

[@techstuff7568]

I could beat this, I just wouldn't be able to return to the surface

[@KareBear-th6vq]

But you still wouldn't be beating the world record. It was actually set in 2014 by William Winram at 147m, 40 meters more than in this video. Gotta love that clickbait!!!

[@NZ2STROKE]

@@KareBear-th6vq no,his was a different class VWT while this video is CWT.he rode a sled down to the depth of 145m

[@diegoa.robleslerma9831]

Dhdfjddjryfuehfjsjcdifjfjrkkdhgodhfjfkkdkfjfhd,kvhc

[@minn_aminn]

I would drown at five meters and just sink to the bottom

[@josefliska4080]

@@minn_aminn same

[@thepassionreef]

Awesome Awesome achievement and congratulations to Alessia for achieving this endeavour.....Forget the music guys lets not think about it too much...

[@PaulCarterArt]

This is awesome on many levels, thanks for sharing the amazing time capsule of history

[@abellos]

Grandissima! complimenti per il risultato, guardando la discesa sembra una cosa semplice ma chissa a quanto stress e' sottoposto il tuo corpo. Ancora Brava!!!!!!

[@Vlaid65]

That was so damn impressive.

[@rawbreena7989]

I want her monofin. She seems to glide effortlessly. Which is of course not only because of her equipment, but hard work and talent. But still, she's soo incredible fast, without moving too much.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Lots of practice needed to use those efficiently

[@rawbreena7989]

@@norml.hugh-mann wow. That's exactly what I just said. Thanks anyways.

[@markstacey2906]

Hate to say I loved it...It's so bloody dangerous ..But I did ...What a buzz that must be to do that..And how many hours did she train to do such an incredible feet..Big respect..

[@downbntout]

Mark Stacey Pretty sure you meant 'feat'

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

And years....not hours

[@dominicbarbas6106]

This is only possible when you are a super human fish. When life it self is a meditation. Where ever breath you take is life it self. Thank you for the beautiful experience..

[@stephencunliffe3879]

Excellent & superb music

[@claudelebel49]

What I love about the ocean is how quiet it is down there.

[@HPTM]

Watched the entire thing without music...and it was beautiful:)

[@sofanova6542]

for godsake please get rid of this disco santa claus music....

[@SavageDragon999]

it has fucking infested every fucking travel videos too... pretty much all travel videos nowadays must have: Santa Claus disco music, over-editing with leet effects, instagram filters, some clickbait ass, and again did I mention annoying disco Santa Claus music ?

[@BubblewrapHighway]

People's favorite new pastime is finding anything to complain about.

[@5baseball379]

BubblewrapHighway yeah but it really does suck tho.|

[@mangoesfly1594]

BubblewrapHighway you’re not wrong, but it is obnoxious when you want volume but not shitty music like this.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

You can choose to watch or not watch any video...Bitching just makes you look like....well, a Bitch....something tells me your used to that image though

[@ncr1723]

Awesome.... Congrats 👍👌👏 From Tamilnadu, India...

[@Yubilenyj]

Amazing - my deep respect!

[@KAIZENFREEDIVING]

Awesome technique up to the surface! She is the best!

[@rocketpoolpki]

epic...love the flipper people at the end...really great achievement

[@DeepBlueSpirit2]

Amazing. So clean. Makes it look easy.

[@getorade86]

It is amazing that in these times you can force the body to incredible overload

[@juliathorn9686]

So amazing!!

[@y786qnycuk7]

I have breathing issues, cant breath from my nose. Was just having a nap and woke up choking, finaly decided to lay down and watch youtube and GUESS WHAT VIDEO COMES IN MY RECOMENDATIONS lolzzz . Jokes aside wow! Just WOW!

[@rickylovesyou]

I'll be honest the music is the greatest to accompany whats happening on the video. At the same time I just watched this event on another video with the Japanese lady doing the dive and the music was so tense I had trouble breathing.

[@wahmodijiwah4201]

at least have the decency to share the link

[@TheTurtleOfGods]

@@wahmodijiwah4201 lol

[@AngelLestat2]

amazing.. take the breath for so long at that deep and even wasting energy to go down there and then rise.. Impressive..

[@JT-pj4wv]

The music was great!

[@susanbuckley4153]

That’s amazing !! Love this!

[@johnwayne2103]

Has anyone ever seen the Movie Crimson Tide and Gene Hackman playing the Captain of the Ohio class Submarine USS Alabama and Denzel Washington Playing the XO. They are on the Conning tower and just before they submerge they are looking at the sunset and Then Gene exclaims. Bravo Mr. Hunter. You knew enough to stay silent and not say anything to screw up the moment. which was SILENCE! Please get rid of the music.

[@fabricebonellodupuis5052]

Great achievement, but terrible music .. it literally ruined the video....

[@tazzytiger77]

Funny I didn't even hear the music was too engrossed in the actual dive "brilliant effort"

[@whiteribbonman1]

+tazzytiger77 Same here. Thumbs-Up #1 on your comment.

[@benbwaite9858]

Didn't even notice the music, was focused on the dive

[@lisabowers2554]

There was music??

[@nitrogenus]

Pues a mi, ese audio me gusta BASTANTE. Bravo editor. El vídeo es precioso !!!

[@TheBrownBoy100]

Lol es la clase de música que escucha la gente más básica del planeta.

[@ft9516]

the music took it into a higher level 😍😍😍😍

[@juancmost]

Music was not distracting at all. I was so focused on her form and minor movements that i barely heard it. Great video

[@vadimarushanov2246]

How is this humanely possible?...... Absolutely breathtaking 😱

[@aldogjipali2835]

Mens record is 130 m or 135 even crazier.

[@uncle1886]

My favorite part of these is when they pass a certain point and their buoyancy changes, rocketing them downwards with barely any swimming needed anymore.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

30 metres

[@angelmercado1057]

I am hoping those 206 dislikes are because of the music and not the video.. This is amazing !!

[@setprima]

It's from the people that tried and didn't make it 😹 I'm 3 years late

[@francescotellini1389]

Bellissimo!! Alessia italian glory!

[@exoticmale33]

well DONE!! great accomplishment....

[@jimmyl.bakerjr.7026]

The human body never ceases to amaze!!

[@joshuawest4098]

the One who created it is far more impressive Yeshua Messiah Himself....

[@outkastrebel9637]

Wow.pumping down n up at that depth is breathtaking .

[@ArabellaPottery]

I turned the volumn off. 351 feet OMG!!!!! That is amazing!!! Congratulations!!!

[@wildcreatures9810]

Incredible!!

[@kevosims2012]

The grace of her mechanics is so beautiful to watch.

[@divewithverna8792]

OMG very nice video

[@tayebmohellebi841]

Bravoooo👏👏👏👏 great work😍😍😍😍😍

[@LakshmanKotipalli]

Well Done Alessia Zecchini..!! :)

[@clivepetty2338]

Stunning, this was am amazing achievements, for all the naysayers, the music was good choice, last section as comes to the surface and the team in support atmospheric

[@mauriziocesario7902]

Una straordinaria ed eccezionale performance in assetto costante...- Sublime...- 🌹🙏

[@garyharper4188]

This is so impressive.

[@Andrew-yb1uv]

She made that look easy. Incredible.

[@lsdinc]

Amazing! She did not even look out of breath. How does she equalise? No clearing the ears or anything, if I dive a couple of meters down I have to equalise my ears

[@danielw.4876]

I think there is some fancy way to do it without touching your nose.

[@coreyaintzero8006]

Can someone please explain how they can dive this deep and come up so fast without dying, I’m stupid

[@polviaortega3709]

Basically because Freediving is not Scubadiving. You don't get DCI and your lungs do not explode basically because you are not breathing underwater, just carrying the air you already had in your lungs when you submerged.

[@DUCzillaMonster]

Only possible with one breath!

[@roopali3369]

Respect really bravoo

[@newclausitawiderko3039]

Seres extraordinarios! 👏👏👏

[@nununaeem6039]

They are all soo proud of her 🥹🥹🥹

[@fabianaciampoli3017]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Brava Alessia... Orgoglio italiano 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@narcis3720]

I like how everyone only claps after the ok sign, does she have to do that to have the record certified?

[@centrywt912]

Yes

[@danielschechter8130]

When she comes up she has fifteen seconds to remove all her face gear, give the OK sign, and say "I'm okay," in that order. And she must keep her airway above water for thirty seconds after surfacing, without anybody touching her. All this for the dive to be valid. All this is to demonstrate that she is fully conscious and in control of herself. This applies to competitive dives in competitions, as well as world-record attempts. If you black out on the surface before those thirty seconds, the dive does not count. This can happen, which is why the safety divers stay close by her, but without touching her.

[@nivekkobe696]

bravissimoo you were absoluitly ashstonishing

[@nadia4985]

As clueless i'm asking: do the divers hold the tag on the way up or is there some design feature on it that it can't slip out? And congratulations of course🎉👏✨

[@ianfrasermobile]

Well done. Wonder how many years of training went into that. Pushing human performance to the limit!

[@origamicrane685]

I liked the music.

[@JoeSmith-zg7in]

The music was gr8.and congradulations.this should be mandatory for everybody in the navy.but knot the army.

[@rainiersl5577]

I was holding my breath. I couldn't keep up. She is good

[@guydavid8656]

Imprezzionante !!!😱👍👍👍

[@austingode]

I snorkel a lot .... and I don't understand how these people go straight down with no lead ? It seems that after a while the momentum keeps them heading down but still .....it seems effortless

[@justinsink4676]

At a certain point you become negatively bouyant and start to sink

[@luizclaudiobalan2401]

BRAVO do Brasil ilha grande RJ!!

[@johnkramer745]

amazing stuff no doubt (enough said about music already) but then lady on the right at 4:28 to 4:35 damn girl, i am not as graceful on land as she is underwater. poetry in motion that.

[@Doryplory]

How do these divers not have issues with the pressure on their ears/head?

[@farzana6676]

Alot of them get their eardrums burst.

[@t.h.f1085]

You can relive the pressure and you don't feel it

[@Jack-hv1os]

Its called equalisation, just releases pressure in his ears as he goes down, thats what the thing on his nose helps with

[@meenee]

Jack Alessia, the diver in this video is female, not “he”. But yes there are instructional videos on KZbin that will show you equalization techniques for diving (I.e. Frenzel)

[@Jack-hv1os]

@@meenee Sorry my bad

[@knightclan4]

Bloody brilliant!!

[@edward8972]

That was amazing

[@antonioocanto]

WOW She is just amazing.

[@damianrodolfosotomar4039]

Muy buena tecnica pienso q en unos años mas ponga nuebos record

[@rianry4330]

Wooooww amaziiing bro

[@schonni8390]

Does anyone know how she manages with preddure in the ears?

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

She has high derpamine levels in her brain tissues which equals around the preddure.

[@wyattelam4151]

You can "equalize" your ears by plugging nose and gently blowing there them, she already has the nose plug so she just blows out of her nose as she goes down

[@srhbluerain]

Barely looks like she's moving on the way down! So graceful and fascinating...

[@dnnnforfordnnn7838]

I love the music, idk what ya'll r on about.

[@baileyvreeland9208]

Ambient Kitty I know like what’s wrong?

[@venderama]

Amazing 👍

[@MrGilRoland]

She swims like a siren.

[@faiscacapoeira5]

I watched it on silent and began to hyper ventilate after about 20 secs

[@Sue_N]

ほんっとこの競技好き。 横に100M泳ぐ（無呼吸）だって大変なのに深海往復で214M・・・ 超人でしかない。

[@srhbluerain]

I wonder what the temp is down there?

[@alechelatino]

Bravooooo🍻🍻✨✨

[@michaeldepaepe]

@VB Freediving This is not FIM, it is CWT. You made a mistake in the title in the video itself. Great video btw!

[@lisad2461]

Amazing!!!!.NY💝

[@MrRugbylane]

To enjoy seeing this wonderful human endeavour just turn down the volume when the dive starts and turn it on again when she surfaces.