The votes are in from AIDA nationals around the globe for the Suunto sponsored “Best AIDA” freedivers. Nearly 2000 eligible AIDA freedivers from New Zealand to the Czech Republic and everywhere in between cast their votes for their favorite athletes, coaches, judges and volunteers. No surprises came for winning best freediver with Natalia Molchanova and William Trubridge taking top honors. Here are the winners for 2011 in all other categories:
Best Male Newcomer: Antonio Koderman
Best Female Newcomer: Jody Fisher
Best Instructor: William Winram
Best Coach: Martin Zajac
Best Judge: Grant Graves
Best Aida Volunteer: Carla Hanson
Best Athletic Sportsmanship: Goran Colak
DIVE THE WORLD – The International Dive Magazine is a global lifestyle magazine focusing on extraordinary dive experiences, dive travel, exotic location and exciting marine life encounters.
Editor-in-chief Jesper Kjøller extolls what his new publication will and won’t do: ”In our opinion many dive magazines kill the underwater images by cramping too many and too small photographs together in too little space – and then they suffocate the pages further with ugly advertising. Diving is visual activity and withDIVE THE WORLD we will let the images speak for themselves.Our goal is to take the reader along with us on a dive, even if they are relaxing in an armchair or airplane seat with the magazine. Properly telling a story requires space, and we will gladly let an article fill 16 to 20 pages if that is what it takes to bring a story to life.”
A relatively new idea in dive publishing, DIVE THE WORLD is for the traveling diver who enjoys easy tropical diving, marine life encounters and exotic adventures. Get your own subscription here and see a publication schedule here – DTW is on newsstands now.
The ADEX (Asia Dive Expo) 2012 Photo Competition has been announced and photographers are invited to send in their underwater photography entries for one or more of the following categories.
Best Manta Ray Covershot
ADEX Photo of the Year
ADEX Video of the Year
The prizes range from a Canon 60D with accessories to a Canon Legria HF S21. The deadline for entries to win these fabulous prizes is the 15th of March 2012. For further details on ADEX and the competition visit the Underwater3some website.
Rebreathers represent some of the fastest-developing technology in recreational diving. As more and more divers adopt this technology, it becomes increasingly important to examine the state of rebreather use [...]
For years, scuba industry insiders have known that Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas, based in Nassau, is one of the top scuba diving operations in the world. It’s not just [...]
The Cousteau Archive has been released in App form for iOS (iPhone and iPad). This App allows users, for the first time ever, to access parts of the Archive never available before.
The aim of the app is to allows users to re-discover the legendary adventures of Jacques-Yves Cousteau: his expeditions, his crew, his inventions, his dreams and aspirations as well as some of the best images uploaded by the public to the Cousteau Divers website.
Attention advanced and technical divers - TEK Week 2012 has been scheduled for August 27 – September 3, 2012 at DiveTech@Cobalt Coast on Grand Cayman. This annual event delivers [...]
A new Children’s Online TV Show “Mermaid Minute” hits YouTube today for the first time today.
The Mermaid Minute was dreamed up by real-life Mermaid, Ocean Advocate (and DeeperBlue.com Contributor) Linden Wolbert. Her wish is that any child with computer access may enjoy free ocean education programming which teaches them to love, explore and protect our oceans! Children are often fascinated by the amazing world under the water’s surface. The Mermaid Minute series allows you to “sea” creatures and habitats in a fun and exciting new way….through the eyes of a mermaid! Drawings, HD video and photographs form a tapestry of underwater “edutainment” for children to enjoy at home or in the classroom!
