I’d been working on the dive boat for a few months. It was my second dive shop job and I was really excited about it.
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 09:34 AM EST
Diving
A model of the U.S.S. Vandenberg is sunk during a demonstration at a recent dive trade show in Orlando. (Photo by Andy Newman)
Crowds gathered to watch the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg sink - twice - miles away from the nearest coastline.
Posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 05:03 PM EST
Captains Joe Goddard and Jacob Swayze of Amoray Dive Resort accept the Blue Star vessel decal from Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary communications coordinator Karrie Carnes.
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary has awarded a new designation for ecosystem protection to Amy Slate’s Amory Dive Resort.
Posted: Friday, November 06, 2009 11:00 AM EST
Practicing using a long spear gun in a pool during a class on spearfishing techniques for freediving.
BENEATH THE SURFACE | By Erin Magee
Learning the ropes of spearfishing while freedivingOne of my earliest childhood memories is of fishing with my grandfather up in Minnesota. We used to go out on the lake in summers, sit in his little boat, drop a line over the side and wait to see what bit. I’d hold the fishing pole, pretend I knew what I was doing and try to look like I was focusing on getting fish, when I was usually just concentrating on trying not to scratch the 30 or so mosquito bites that covered my legs. Mosquitoes in Minnesota during the summer are a whole different breed of vicious.
Posted - Friday, October 23, 2009 10:24 AM EDT
- Scuba-Fun sets up dive shop in sea-mural building
Scuba-Fun, a Key Largo dive center for European tourists, moved to its new location in the building on the median at mile marker 92.2 noted for its sea life mural painted by artists Wyland and Guy Harvey in 2007.
Posted - Friday, October 23, 2009 10:00 AM EDT
- More wounded soldiers get Keys treatment
A group of soldiers floats behind a dive boat, getting comfortable in the water off Key Largo during a 2008 program for 'wounded warriors.' (Reporter file photo)
Upper Keys businesses and residents once again rolled out the welcome mat for wounded Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans coming to the Keys for some diving and relaxation.
Posted - Friday, October 09, 2009 10:13 AM EDT
BENEATH THE SURFACE | By Erin Magee
Ear issues? You can equalize without all the drugsSudafed, Advil, Afrin. That was my pre-dive cocktail for years of teaching scuba. Well, that was the mild cocktail anyway. On bad days it was more like, Sudafed, Advil, Afrin...Afrin...Afrin... and if it worked, the key word there being “if,” I was still always working with ear trauma. Students would ask me questions while setting up their gear and I’d respond with, “WHAT?? I CAN’T HEAR YOU! TRY THE OTHER EAR!”
Posted - Friday, October 02, 2009 11:42 AM EDT
BENEATH THE SURFACE | Erin Magee
Sifting bad information from good in diving forumsOnline information for divers is great, except when it isn’t
Posted - Friday, September 18, 2009 10:48 AM EDT
BENEATH THE SURFACE | Erin Magee
There’s more than one way for divers to equalize“Pinch your nose and blow.” As scuba divers we’ve all heard that before. I’ve said it myself to many students in the past. But with that phrase comes tensed stomachs, bulging eyes and purple faces.
Posted - Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:17 PM EDT
DIVERSIONS by Kat Patton
Fall is time for dive community to catch its breathThey’re closing down the hangout, The air is turnin’ cool… They’re shuttin’ off the superslide, The kids are back in school. The tourist traps are empty, Vacancies abound… Almost like it used to be, Before the circus came to town.
Posted - Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:38 PM EDT
