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Who we are - the Rogues Gallery
Sam Kirby

Sam Kirby set up the show and runs SaltFree. She is an AIDA Instructor Trainer, PADI Course Director, Facebook junkie and marketeer by trade. Sam has been involved with the UK Freedive Team for several years, as diver, coach and Captain. Sam dives with a monofin and her favourite discipline is Constant Weight. Sam plays the flute (well), saxophone (loudly) and lives in the wild west in Cornwall.

Hannah Thurston McGowan is an AIDA Freedive Instructor, walker, climber and all round superfit superstar. She works for Lucozade which we think might be why she has so much energy. Hannah will be teaching most of our AIDA 2 Star courses in 2011 and hanging out at most of the other meets as she is lucky enough to live near Chepstow.
liv philip freediving instructor
 Liv Philip is an AIDA Freedive Instructor and a PADI IDC Staff Instructor. She has taught diving all over the world including working as a Whale Shark Guide off Australia. Liv also teaches at the freedive sessions at the Old Deer Park in Richmond and can also be found from time to time in the Blue Hole, Dahab.
Liv holds several British Freedive Records across a range of disciplines and competes on the UK Team. Liv lives in South London and is the current UK women's freediving champion. Visit Liv's website.
Tim Money
 Tim Money is a computer boffin who'd much rather be outdoors. He's made giant leaps in his own freediving in the last few years and is now an AIDA Instructor as well as a member of the UK Team. Tim lives in London where he trains with No Tanx and has been a member of SaltFree for a couple of years now. Patient, funny and a damn good freediver, we're very happy to have him on board as an instructor. His work keeps sending him to Oz, we're hoping it's not permanent!
Dave King
 Dave King aka Deepest Dave has been diving with SaltFree since the start. Dave is an AIDA Instructor and currently holds the UK Men's Constant Weight and Dynamic with Fins records. Somehow Dave manages to stay super fit despite plenty of full Englishes not to mention a beer or two. We all hate him (not really). Dave lives in Brighton.
mandy buckley freediver
 Mandy Buckley won the SaltFree Mermaid Challenge, a nationwide competition to discover new female freediving talent. She got a bit overexcited about the whole thing, has had a fantastic mermaid tattooed down her back and is currently growing a tail. A hard-core regular, Mandy's getting better every meet but is also always ready to lend a hand to the newbies. Mandy lives in Cheshire. She also dives at Capernwray and in North Wales. Mandy loves her monofin, and her dogs.
 

 

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