Well, this guy just doesn’t sleep does he? David Mullins, super kiwi, has beaten yet another world record. However, even he has conceded that a third record today may just be pushing the envelope a bit too far.

Mr. Mullins swam 218 meters beneath the waves, without the assistance of fins, at the Porirua Aquatic Center yesterday to break the shared record of 213 meters he had with Tom Sietas of Germany.

He was a tad short of his personal best of 232 meters, which happens to be a record in New Zealand, but it has yet to be officially recognized by the international judges of such things.

The stress of his swim of 265 meters, performed with fins, left Mullins a bit short on energy, but it did nothing for his determination to keep blowing records out of the water left right and center.

“I was pretty shattered [on Sunday] and I was coming right [yesterday] but I still wasn’t 100 per cent,” he said. “You only really know that halfway into the swim. I wasn’t feeling fantastic, but good enough.” Mullins commented.

He could literally feel his muscles giving in to fatigue earlier than usual, and he also felt light-headed early on, and this told him things just weren’t quite kosher. He didn’t want the record to be quashed by passing out while swimming, so he surfaced instead.

So he didn’t do the full 232 meters, 218 is still good enough in our book. One has to ask, what will Mullins do next?

David Mullins, freediving enthusiast from New Zealand, has just broken yet another world record.

He has managed to break the “dynamic apnea, without fins” record after diving to a depth of 218 meters beneath the waves, all without taking a single breath in Porirua at the Porirua Aquatic Center.

This isn’t the only record which Mr. Mullins has broken. In conjunction with Tom Sietas, who hails from Germany, they held the previous best mark at 213 meters beneath the tranquil waters. It is interesting to note that the unofficial personal best, which he has accomplished by yet to be acknowledged, and the New Zealand record is 232 meters beneath the waves.

This past Saturday, the New Zealander really stuck it to Frenchman Fred Sessa, after breaking his record for the “dynamic apnea, with fins” category, swimming a cool 265 meters under the water without taking air at the Naene Olympic Pool.

He decided that he would put the shorter 25 meter long pool in Poriura, utilizing the extra turns to push off more and harder, without fins.

“I didn’t swim to my potential, I was a bit tired today after Saturday’s effort but I’m glad to have achieved what we set out to do,” a proud Mullins told NZPA.

“I probably could have pushed it a bit more today but if I had tried to kick on and things had gone bad, I could have been disqualified and I would have kicked myself. I’m happy to have just broken the record.”

And by all counts we think he will someday break all records, way to go David!