Archive for May, 2008

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Raggy Tooth - Sand Tiger Shark

Sand Tiger, Raggy Tooth Shark

30May2008 | Steve | 0 comments | Continued
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There are two types of diver

Diving makes you want to pee

30May2008 | Steve | 0 comments | Continued
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Cycling and Road Bikes - Trek or Felt

Trek, Felt, Specialized, Cannondale - this was all gobble-de-goop to me a few weeks back. 
“So what bike you gonna buy”, asked Brian, the big, tall bald chap who has enthused me into buying a road bike.  “don’t know  - what do you reckon?”.
“Well if your gonna be a bear be a grizzly” - Brian’s usual […]

15May2008 | Steve | 4 comments | Continued
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Norway Ice Diving

Here’s a report from my first ice diving trip and first dive trip to Norway which I did in 2005.  Although a couple of years old I thought you might enjoy it.
Norway is known for its beautiful scenery, deep fjords and its winter ice.  The perfect combination for ice diving.
When I first mentioned about a […]

4May2008 | Steve | 2 comments | Continued
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NASA Training Program

NASA Takes the plunge
“Its Diving Jim, But Not As We Know It”
Who said dry suits were clumsy.  Fancy trying to move around in one of these.
Would love to give this ago in open sea.

3May2008 | Steve | 0 comments | Continued
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Scuba Diving Insurance and Travel Insurance

So you have saved up all your hard earned cash for that well deserved holiday.  Perhaps a fantastic trip to the red Sea to dive the closest warm water reef to the UK and a trip to watch the spectacle of schooling hammerheads off the Cocos Islands.
What ever it might be go prepared and I […]

2May2008 | Steve | 0 comments | Continued
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Skype - Free Phone Calls

Skype - free phone calls - now as a diving instructor that earns not very much, those are words I like to hear.
I am lucky enough to travel a bit with diving, escorting groups, doing training overseas or just generally going somewhere nice for a relaxing break.
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly people […]

2May2008 | Steve | 0 comments | Continued
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Nudibranchs - Naked Gills

The Red Sea is home to wide a varied family of Gastropod and none are more colourful than the sea slug or nubibranch.
Nudibranch literally means “naked gills” and in most cases these are easily seen as they are often external and can resemble flowery type growths on the body of the animal.
I love going for […]

1May2008 | Steve | 0 comments | Continued
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