Road to Roatan Ep. 12 - How to Watch a Freediving Competition | CMAS Worlds

Non-freediving friends keep asking what they're watching. This one's for them. A complete beginner's guide to watching a freediving competition - lanyards, disciplines, the dive sequence, surface protocol, the cards, and how to watch live. Covered in this episode: Why lanyards are the most important safety device in competitive freediving CMAS vs AIDA - two governing bodies, one sport (and why CMAS matters for the Olympics) The four depth disciplines: CWT, CWT-BF, FIM, CNF Announced performances, Official Top, and the stopper on the line What an early turn means and why the last 10 meters of the ascent matter most CMAS surface protocol - 15 seconds, OK sign, airways out of the water LMC vs blackout - what you're seeing when a diver surfaces shaking White, yellow and red cards How to watch live on CMAS.TV (free registration) Also: what it actually costs to compete at a World Championship - line by line. And how close Team USA is to their fundraising goal. Road to Roatan is a vlog series documenting my journey to the 2026 CMAS World Freediving Championship in Roatan, Honduras as part of Team USA Masters. 📺 WATCH LIVE CMAS.TV - register free at cmas.tv 📺 WATCH THE FULL SERIES    • Road To Roatan - CMAS Freediving World Cha...   --- 🤿 TEAM USA SPONSORS Molchanovs → molchanovs.com Evolve Apnea → evolveapnea.com Use code TEAMUSA2026 at checkout on either site. --- 🙏 SUPPORT TEAM USA GoFundMe → https://www.gofundme.com/f/backing-us... Buy Me a Coffee → https://buymeacoffee.com/freedivenoma... --- 📲 FOLLOW ALONG Instagram →   / freedivenomad   --- #freediving #FreedivingExplained #CMASWorldChampionship #HowToWatchFreediving #TeamUSA #Roatan2026 #RoadToRoatan #FreedivingForBeginners #CMAS #FreediveNomad