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EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to a migration in our blog hosting, we are behind in publishing some articles related to the Northwest Dive and Travel Expo. We apologize to the our readers that some of this information is a bit late in coming. How many times have you had to rush from a post dive gathering [...]

When we interview dive shop owners, it always amazes me how many do not know of, or take advantage of the many ways in which DEMA (Dive Equipment and Manufactures Association) can help them build a successful dive business and save thousands in marketing costs. If you have a dive business, from divemaster or instructor [...]

Here are our @ScubaGadget Tweets you may have missed from the Northwest Dive and Travel Expo 2010 held May 22 and 23 at the Tacoma convention Center. We will have a full report in a few days. More exhibits, nice mix of travel and equipment vendors. Seemed less crowded then last year. Numbers after the [...]

Scuba Gadget reporters will be reporting live from the show floor at the 2010 Northwest Dive & Travel Expo in Tacoma on Saturday, May 22, 2010 via Twitter (@scubaGadet) and the Scuba Gadget blog. If you see us at the show, say hello and give us tip on what product or service you think should [...]

If you have been to either of the first two NW Dive Expo’s you know it is a phenomenal and world class dive event. But Rick Stratton and his great team at the Dive News Network on not resting on their laurels. This year the show is not only bigger and more diverse, there is [...]

Scuba Schools International (SSI) today and National Geographic are sponsoring a traveling speaker series that kicks off with Nat Geo photographer Paul Niklen. Niklen grew up in a small and remote Inuit community on Baffin Island with no radio, no TV and no telephone. Here are a few of the Paul Niklen events scheduled. For [...]

Editors note: This year we chose to give two overall best in show awards. One for products now shipping and one for products coming soon. The main factor that we use for choosing best in show is our judgment that it the product is revolutionary and will make a change in the dive industry or [...]

We are reporting live from the DEMA SHOW via ScubaGadget, http://www.twitter.com/scubagadget. WE ARE BACK FROM THE 2009 DEMA SHOW. HERE ARE THE TIDBITS WITH MUCH MORE TO COME…. An amazing travel BCD that converts to a usable day pack. It is the JackPack from DiveSystems. Currently only in Europe. They also have a technical dive computer with a heads up [...]

For not much more than an air fill you can virtually dive the waters of Palau and Australia. The Scuba Gadget team saw Under the Sea 3D IMAX film this weekend at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center. We give it 2 thumbs up for divers and everyone else. The experience is as close to diving these [...]

The West Coast’s big SCUBA show is May 30-31. California Diving News, the promoters of the show are not humble about it either. In true P.T. Barnum style they actually trade marked the name, ”THE Diving Event of the Year!™, SCUBA Show 2009“. It does have the stats to prove it. The size of the exhibit hall is 76,000 [...]