Free-diving is slowly becoming more and more popular on Lanzarote. We spoke to Francis Barbier-Martins to get a closer look at this mysterious and beautiful sport.

Earlier this summer, 17-year-old Kennedy Denby from Costa Teguise, became the fastest woman swimmer in Spain over 400 metres. It’s an astonishing achievement for the “little mermaid” we first reported on seven years ago. But when we talked to her last month, we discovered that there’s a lot more to Kennedy than just “the girl who swims fast”.