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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 [...]

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 [...]

The most common line heard used to describe of the form fitting Whites Fusion drysuit is that it looks somewhat like a Star Trek uniform. Now it is official!  The new “Roddenberry Dive Team,” founded by Rod Roddenberry, son of Gene Roddenberry and the creator of Star Trek has the adopted the enhanced Whites Fusion drysuits for [...]

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Another dive show, the First Annual Bay Area Dive Show (it means San Francisco Bay) takes place on April 17th & 18th, 2009. Exhibit Hours are Friday from 5 PM til 8 PM and Saturday from 9 AM til 5 PM. A film jamboree is Friday 7:30 PM and is presented by Back Scatter. The show is [...]

Last year this show was grand, fun and informative. This year it should be twice as good because it is almost double in size. The NWDE is not unlike the DEMA Show (Dive Equipment and Manufacturers annual convention) with its many exhibitors, demonstrations, classes and special. But like a secret society the DEMA show limits [...]

The Seattle/Tacoma stop on the 2008 DUI DOG Rally & Demo Tour is the weekend of Sept. 6th & 7th at Les Davis Pier. Divers can try out DUI drysuits, undergarments, and other products for $8 in advance, including BBQ lunch and a DUI Test Diver Hat. The following event is Sand Harbor State Park [...]

Two stops on the DiveRite Tech Tour 2008 are coming to the Puget Sound. Saturday, July 19, 2008 at the Les Davies Pier, Tacoma and Sunday, July 20, 2008 at the T-Dock, Mukilteo Demo’s run approximately 9-4. Try out a Dive-X Scooter, Dive a Bonica HDDV Video camera and Get footage of you and your [...]

Dive Around The Clock- July 25-26, 2008 at Redondo Beach, Des Moines, WA is a benefit for the Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. The first Dive Around Clock day held last year, and also sponsored by TL Sea Diving, raised $11,000. During the event buddy teams of scuba divers will be [...]