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Freestyle debuts new scuba dive watch styles.
By Scuba Herald at January 8, 2007 | 1:37 am | 0 Comment
“Freestyle was very excited going into DEMA and the show proved to be a success for us. Our new dive specific pieces, the Aquanaut and the Immersion, were well received,” said Will Cox, Freestyle national sales manager. “The ‘Hammerhead’ and the ‘Shark X’ continue to be an important part of our dive program as well. We look forward to continuing to provide more...
Cave Diving Officer for South-East Asia
By Scuba Herald at January 5, 2007 | 1:35 am | 0 Comment
Cave diving is a growing activity in the Asia Pacific rim. More and more caves are explored all over the region. It's a safe activity, as long as people are properly trained and follow safe standard practices. One of the major leading association worldwide, the National Association of Cave Diving (NACD), was established in 1968 for the purpose of achieving more...
Steve Irwin last video
By Scuba Herald at January 4, 2007 | 8:33 am | 0 Comment
The last documentary of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin exploring the Great Barrier reef where he was killed by a stingray barb has been released. The footage from 'Ocean's Deadliest' shows Irwin in his scuba gear moments before his death. Queensland State Coroner, Michael Barnes, has revealed authorities gave the original footage to Irwin's wife, Terri, in late December, more...
Facing Darkness a The film by Nathalie Lasselin
By Scuba Herald at January 4, 2007 | 1:18 am | 0 Comment
The day that my wife had my first child, she wrote a list of "dangerous things" that I wasn't supposed to do or try every again: Cave diving was one of them. I got a copy from Facing Darkness a few weeks ago and I have seen this Film over 5 times already. The film by Nathalie Lasselin not only gives a complete and overall introduction to the art of cave diving, but more...
Stranded Australian submarine crew rescued
By Scuba Herald at December 12, 2006 | 6:41 am | 0 Comment
Divers have rescued two crew who spent 15 hours on the seabed in a stranded rescue submarine off Australia's west coast, the military said on Tuesday. Divers have rescued two crew who spent 15 hours on the seabed in a stranded rescue submarine off Australia's west coast, the military said on Tuesday. The Australian Submarine Rescue Vehicle (ASRV) Remora ran into more...
Go to Jail and learn to dive!
By Scuba Herald at December 5, 2006 | 6:32 am | 0 Comment
Open Water Prisoner Diver? A landlocked California (PADI home state!) men's prison aims to keep inmates from returning to jail by putting them in deep water - training them for undersea construction and dam repair. A landlocked California men's prison aims to keep inmates from returning to jail by putting them in deep water - training them for undersea construction and more...
Toxin From Coral-reef Bacteria Could Become Next-generation Cancer Drug
By Scuba Herald at May 21, 2012 | 1:44 pm | 0 Comment
U-M Life Sciences Institute researchers David Sherman and Janet Smith led a cross-disciplinary team that uncovered new functions for an ancient, well-known family of proteins found in many organisms, from microbes to humans. The discovery of new roles for the GNAT family of proteins adds weapons to the arsenal of "synthetic biologists" who rearrange the building blocks of more...
