Teaching freediving: a passion for fun
by Carlo - 11th May 2017
Since I started teaching freediving courses in 2004 things have changed
a lot on both the national and international freediving scene. More and more
...
My experience diving with the Flexa wetsuit!
by Ivana and Janez - 1st January 2019
Diving has become my obsession and great passion! Five years ago, when I first touched the underwater world, I knew that I would use every possible op...
Guinness World Record attempt from Marina Kazankova!
by Mares - 17th December 2018
Mares ambassador Marina Kazankova and Dmitrijs Malasenko will be attempting a world record at the Y-40 pool on the 29th December 2018. This attempt is...
Discovering Puglia
by Carlo - 10th August 2018
You don’t need to go far to find hospitality, lovely sea and a specialized freediving center.
Heading down to south-east Italy, you arrive in an ...
Alla scoperta della Puglia
by Carlo - 10th August 2018
Non c’è bisogno di volare lontano per trovare ospitalità, un bel mare ed un centro specializzato per l’Apnea.
Scendendo verso il sud est dell...
The Road to Vertical Blue 2018
by Samo - 18th July 2018
Vertical Blue is one of the best depth freediving competitions in the world which takes place in Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island in the Bahamas.
De...
Aly Yalaoui Tribute
by Emir - 14th May 2018
Aly Yalaoui, for those who knew him, was the leader of technical diving in Algeria, the deepest diving Algerian, a Mares brand representative, a famil...
Caves on the Peljesac – Croatia
by Marjan Radovic - 11th January 2018
At the invitation of my friends and passionate diver family Lopin and Roso, I had the opportunity to dive into an unexplored cave on the Peljesac peni...
What’s your approach to freediving?
by Gianluca - 27th October 2017
When we talk about freediving we often mention positive feelings, well-being and technique - but is this always true? When people are getting to know ...
French Connection – A freediving course with the Mares France team
by Gianluca - 15th June 2017
A super freediving course with the Mares France team. A week
spent learning more about freediving but also sharing our passion for the
sea.
The aim...
The freediving family continues to grow
by Gianluca - 1st June 2017
Another SSI
Freediving Instructor course has concluded in Lerici and the freediving family
continues to grow. That which was once considered a disci...
Vamonos à bucear
by Franco and Sabrina - 15th May 2017
The
look of the Baja California Sur can appear tedious: cactus, desert, rocks,
beaches and vice versa, but the underwater side of the coin is
aweso...
Time Issues
by Frank - 9th May 2017
Filmmaking
is not a common job. You have to be very passionate about it and that is
mostly because it takes time. Not only because of the hours, day...
Southern France: Best of Mediterranean diving
by Herbert - 1st May 2017
World-famous wrecks and a marine reserve
When in the Mediterranean, be sure to
visit Côte d'Azur in southern France, where the "Presqu'ile de Gie...
Soča – River Diving in Slovenia
by Gerald - 21st April 2017
As a child I went to Slovenia many times. My father was a passionate fly fisherman and Slovenia in the socialist period of Yugoslavia was an abso...
Janez Krajnc and Ivana Orlovic Kranjc join the Mares Ambassador team!
by Mares - 21st April 2017
Mares is really happy to announce two new brand ambassadors – husband and
wife team Janez Krajnc and Ivana Orlovic Kranjc!
They share a pas...
Mares Confirms Partnership With Diving Group Portofino
by Mares - 19th April 2017
MARES HAS
BECOME THE TECHNICAL PARTNER OF THE NEW CENTER, THE MOST IMPORTANT IN EUROPE
FOR NUMBER OF CLIENTS AND DIVES
Rapallo,
April 2017
Mares,...
The massive and solitary Sphyrna Mokarran
by Franco and Sabrina - 4th April 2017
A few weeks ago I was leading a micro-group of passionate divers and UW
photographers to Bimini Island, a lovely sandy patch amid the Gulf Stream,
...
Freediving in the Mediterranean
by Gerald - 24th March 2017
A few days of vacation in Rab. Time to relax and dive with my good old buddy Andi
Kron is planned.
The welcome in Kampor is warm-hearted and rela...
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Hello MARES Community
by Morgan - 28th February 2017
Hello MARES community,
My name is Morgan Bourc'his, and I am a professional freediver (competitor, instructor, lecturer and brand ambassador).
I...
When changes regenerate you
by Yme - 17th January 2017
It’s the first day of the year and I’m sitting in front of my computer summarizing 2016. There have been some incredible experiences and I do...
Master of lighting in the pool: Konstantin Killer
by Mares - 16th January 2017
Meet him at boot 2017Konstantin started out specialising in landscape photography in the
1980s. At that time – during those “analogue times” ...
Coral restoration in Bonaire
by Herbert - 13th January 2017
Engaging the diver to protect and restore reefs
For several years, scientists have observed more and more instances of
coral mortality worldwide. Th...
Baikal Lake, the blue pearl of Siberia
by Franco and Sabrina - 4th January 2017
Last summer I went
to the Baikal Lake in Russia and lead a group of passionate cold-water
divers and amateur underwater photographers on ...
A goodbye to Enzo Maiorca from Gianluca Genoni
by Gianluca - 21st November 2016
Dear Enzo,
As you well know,
under certain circumstances I don’t particularly like to say anything, it’s too
easy to fall in to rhetoric or the...
The birth of the XR line
by Florent M. Locatelli - 13th September 2016
In 1949, Ludovico Mares designed and manufactured his first masks and spearguns with one dream and purpose in mind: to share his unbridled passion for...
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A Great Adventure in Lebanon
by Yme - 2nd August 2016
I wake up at 7.30am because of the wind that’s blowing like a storm. Outside it’s raining and the temperature is around 20°C. We’re in Croati...
XR expert Florent M. Locatelli on board with the Mares blog!
by Mares - 13th July 2016
Florent M. Locatelli joined Mares & SSI in 2014; he is the “daddy” of the new MARES│XR line and now International Training Director for XR ...
Introducing Delos! A world cruising sailboat! (Part 2)
by SV Delos - 12th July 2016
(Read part 1 here)
For Brian and his partner, the moment of reality came in 2008. The research on boats, planning, and saving money had led them t...
The Red Sea still drawing in the divers…..
by Cat - 11th July 2016
I am sat in my office trying to catch up on
some paperwork in between packing my bags once again to travel to Europe and I
am looking ...
SHARKWATER EXTINCTION by Rob Stewart
by Marcel - 24th June 2016
It is quite a time ago, but I still remember very
well when SHARKWATER was launched in cinemas throughout Europe. That time, I
had to drive 200 ki...
An interview with Katarina Linczenyiova, freediver
by Mares - 10th June 2016
A rising star
Katarina Linczenyiova is a rising star in the world of freediving,
although she is relatively unknown in Western Europe. We met this...
The not so silent world
by Mares - 27th May 2016
There is no doubt
Jacques would be jealous. Sure, he had pristine reefs and healthier fish
populations but the guy was swimming around with a flare ...
Seeing Bali From A New Perspective
by Herbert - 6th August 2015
Bali Close Up: A Very Special Underwater Video
Many see Bali as the Land of the Gods, dominated by ricefields, beautiful beaches and numerous templ...
