Enchante Gallardo Freediver, NR Holder, Instructor
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When it comes to us partnering with competing freedivers, it is not all about performance, depth and records. It is mainly about passion and integrity. See Enchante Gallardo, for example. Being USA's deepest woman (CWTB), she is not afraid to expose her "weak" self online, passing a great message of vulnerability VS courage and determination, to all aspiring freedivers out there. That's the sort of people we want on our team.


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"This was last year in Mexico at Xibalba 2019 freediving competition. It was my first international comp and I remember first arriving during training and feeling so nervous and intimidated. On my warm up dives during the first day of training it felt like i had a million contractions on my way down to 15m (because of all the nerves). I had crazy thoughts running through my mind underwater thinking "This feels horrible, I am not good enough, what am I doing here? I am going to make a fool of myself, it's really dark down here, I wonder if I can just pull out of the competition". But I proceeded to do my training dive where I turned early because it felt so uncomfortable.

The second day was still uncomfortable but I felt slightly more at ease although I still didn't make the plate. As the few more days of training progressed the dives started to feel comfortable and things started coming together, the dives were feeling good, which in turn built up my self confidence. Meeting the other competitors and all the people involved with the event really helped to make me feel at ease, because everyone seemed really kind and supportive and I learned a lot from different people. From that point I went forward not having crazy expectations of myself, but still pushing for my targets while listening to my body and progressing within safe limits.

I figured I was already there so no matter what, I was going to ,Through all of that I not only met the goals I had set for myself, but even surpassed them, and was able to leave that comp with the National Record for Constant Weight Bi-fins. Something that took me a while to actually process, when the week before I felt like I might be a failure.

That experience taught me a lot about perseverance and believing in myself and my own abilities, while not being too hard on myself if I didn't make it. Things may be challenging and uncomfortable at times, but if you stick with it and push through, you can achieve great things! Enjoy the process"!



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