Miscellaneous Blogs
DIVE 2017: A Great Success for Diving

If this weekend’s DIVE 2017 is any indication of the popularity of scuba diving then it’s safe to say that diving is most definitely on the up! The Scubaverse team is just back from a fantastic weekend at the NEC in Birmingham. The show was packed out with people both days and we really enjoyed meeting Scubaverse subscribers and visitors, as well as catching up with old friends in the industry… and making many new ones!

The Scubaverse Stand with UW Photo Eds Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Standing room only at the Mustard & Edge talk on Centre Stage

Egypt won Destination of the Year in the Diver Awards
Over the course of the next few weeks, we’ll be bringing you video highlights of all the latest product launches, show presentations, interviews with well-known scuba faces and news from DIVE 2017. We really hope you enjoyed the event and if you didn’t go this year, you really did miss out.
Be sure to put DIVE 2018 in your diary – we will see you on the 27 & 28 October 2018!

DIVE 2017 was packed with visitors all weekend

Grenadian Rum Punch courtesy of www.puregrenada.com
Massive thanks to the DIVE 2017 team at www.diveshows.co.uk and DIVER Magazine.

Alex Mustard on the Scuba Travel Talks Stage

Scuba rehabilitation charity Deptherapy were fundraising all weekend
Didn’t visit the Dive Show? Scubaverse is running a fantastic competition to win a Red Sea diving holiday for two to Sharm El Sheikh in association with Camel Dive Club and Hotel, the Egyptian Tourism Authority and Westfield (Sub Aqua & Marine) Insurance Services Ltd.
For full details of the prize and to be in with a chance of winning please visit: www.scubaverse.com/win-red-sea-dive-holiday-two.
Dive Training Blogs
Dream Dive Locker Build Out. Part I: Demolition (Watch Video)

It’s finally here! Time to start building the greatest dive locker the world has ever seen! Part I: Demolition! #dreamdivelocker
This is the first of a series of videos showing the evolution of building out my dream dive locker. My dream dive locker needs to be dive gear drying and storage, dry storage, workshop, office, editing suite, You Tube studio and classroom. That’s a lot of functions for a small space!
The first step is planning out the space and demolishing the laminate flooring. Then I taped up the walls to get a feel for the space. We have a lot of work to do!
But finally we will have a purpose built space to house all of our dive equipment! Subscribe to our channel to follow our progress!
Thanks for watching, Team!
James
Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/DiversReady
Marine Life & Conservation
The BiG Scuba Podcast… with Paul Rose

Next in a new series of podcasts shared by our friends Gemma and Ian aka The BiG Scuba Podcast…
Ian and Gemma chat to Paul Rose. A man at the front line of exploration and one of the world’s most experienced divers, field science and polar experts, Paul Rose helps scientists unlock and communicate global mysteries in the most remote and challenging regions of the planet.
He is an experienced television presenter and radio broadcaster. With a proven track record in business engagements, Paul is a sought-after speaker, chairman, host and moderator for industry, government and NGO events.
Former Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society(link is external) and Chair of the Expeditions and Fieldwork Division, Paul is currently Expedition Leader for the National Geographic Pristine Seas Expeditions.
He was the Base Commander of Rothera Research Station, Antarctica, for the British Antarctic Survey for 10 years and was awarded HM The Queen’s Polar Medal. For his work with NASA and the Mars Lander project on Mt Erebus, Antarctica, he received the US Polar Medal.
Paul is a mountain and polar guide leading Greenland Icecap crossing and mountaineering expeditions and polar science support logistics. He worked for four years as a Mountain Safety consultant to the oil industry in the Middle East.
On his 2012 Greenland expedition, Paul led the first expedition to successfully traverse a new 275km icecap route of Knud Rasmussen Land and repeated his first ascent of the north face of Gunnsbjørnfjeld, the highest mountain in the Arctic.
His professional diving work includes science support diving in Antarctica as the British Antarctic Survey’s Institute Diving Officer. He ran the US Navy diver training programme at Great Lakes Naval Training Centre and trained many emergency response dive teams including the Police, Fire Department and Underwater Recovery Teams. He remains a current and active PADI Dive Instructor.
Find out more about Paul Rose at www.paulrose.org
Find more podcast episodes and information at www.thebigscuba.com and on most social platforms @thebigscuba
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