How long can you stay underwater? Imagine taking a deep breath and diving nearly 200 meters into the ocean on a weighted sled. Welcome to the ultimate extreme sport of unlimited freediving. It’s hard for people to understand that what a freediver does is possible without being a crazy risk-driven freak. According to statistics, it is the safest extreme sport in the world.
If you live on the edge, you are pushed to extremes. Football is dangerous, but not dangerous enough for certain types of people. It’s something that needs to be pushed farther and farther, and one mistake or anything that happens can lead to tragedy.
Sports Illustrated described the story as one of love and obsession, but is it an underwater tale of star-crossed lovers? Pippin hires a ghostwriter (Linda Robertson) to write his autobiography, but what’s presented to her is some kind of romantic tragedy, and the more she digs into it, the more she feels it’s a very simplistic interpretation of what happened. description of.
Francisco “Pipin” Ferreras was born January 18, 1962 in Cuba. He has deformed legs and feet, wears orthopedic shoes, suffers from asthma, has poor eyesight, wears thick glasses… the kids make fun of him. Thanks to an uncle who put him underwater, he discovered he could swim before he could walk. The water also provided for the young Cuban’s livelihood as he recovered from a serious illness.
