This is a short custom video as the sequel of “Xiaoyu Breath Hold in Freediving Gear”. In this video, Xiaoyu was wearing her freediving gear again and was really underwater in a bathtub. The video has only one cut in the middle due to a malfunction of the camera tripod, but Xiaoyu didn’t sit up when I was fixing the camera; in other words, Xiaoyu was underwater for about 15 minutes and breathing only through the snorkel!
And more than just easy breathing: The open end of the snorkel was sealed by red electrical tape a few times. She can still breathe a little bit of leaked air, but the breathing resistance was so high that her exhalation can even open the purge valve of the snorkel. You can imagine how difficult she managed to survive underwater. Later I closed the snorkel with a plastic bag. This time there was no air leakage anymore, and she can only rebreathe the air inside the tiny air bubble. At the end, I pulled out her snorkel and pushed her head staying underwater…
Apparently Xiaoyu choked on water at the end, but don’t worry, she is fine after the shooting!