Author Bio: Cliff Etzel

 

Cliff is one of the longest serving members of Deeper Blue. He came on board in January 1999 when Deeper Blue teamed up with Freediving-mag.com.

His professional background includes working as a photojournalist (12+ years) - first as a freelancer (including stringer for the Associated Press), and also as a staffer for several small to medium sized newspapers. This includes being a sports/feature writer/photographer for a small bi-weekly newspaper. Some of his accomplishments include winning several regional photojournalism awards while working in newspaper and being accepted into a prestigious photojournalism workshop which was by portfolio submission only for photodocumentary work he had done.

From there Cliff moved to becoming photo editor for a couple of specialty magazine publications, and now he writes and shoots photo's as a freelancer (again).

Currently he is working on an e-Book, beginning to develop a stock library shot totally in digital format related to freediving and travel, and working to become a freedive instructor.

Cliff Etzel's Articles

Dema Highlights
Deep Freediving Safety - Part One
2002 - A Retrospective
First Days DEMA report from a freediving perspective
Taking personal responsibility for ones own decisions
Pursuing the road less traveled - asking the difficult questions
Freediving 101
Performance Freediving Clinic
Rescue procedures for Freediver Black Out
Profile Series: Audre Mestre
Profile Series: Meghan Heany-Grier
Profile Series: Eric Fattah
Profile Series: David Lee
Tanya Streeter - Challenges and Learning
Profile Series: Yasemin Dalkilic
Profile Series: Tanya Streeter
Technology and Diving - A personal perspective
GM In our food - Are fish threatened?
Diving Solo - An Update
Going it alone...Solo Freediving
Fin Envy
PowerLung
An Argument for a Unified Standard
Phil Colla
Where have you been?
Julanne Lum
Esclapez...a no compromise philosophy
Training Tips and Techniques for the Newbie
Beginners Training for Freediving
The Physiology & Psychology of Freediving
BlueWater Hunting and Freediving Excerpts
Near World Record Tuna off of the Oregon Coast.
The Art and Zen of Freediving
How to keep from freezing your tail off
The International Underwater Spearfishing Association
Weight Training for Freediving
Profile Series: Deborah Andollo
Spearfishing & Underwater Hunting Handbook
Greg Pickerings' Yellow-fin Tuna