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Family Fun at The Great Northern Dive Show
How did you spend your weekend? My kids and I hung out with mermaids… fire dancers… a garrison of stormtroopers… Darth Vader and a rather convincing dinosaur that made my six year old run and hide… Where were we? Comic con? Theme park? No, a dive show!
The Great Northern Dive Show is certainly not your average dive show – and all the better for it. Having worked in the dive business for many years, I chose this show to introduce my children to the world of diving. Many of the usual suspects were there including distributors, training agencies, conservation organisations and manufacturers… alongside the sideshows above which made for a great atmosphere.
My children and I had a great time. I caught up with lots of old friends in the business, made some great new contacts and my children spent most of the day mesmerised by free diving mermaids and extras from Star Wars.
The only disappointing thing was that there were not more big names from the industry present. They missed out. Footfall could have been a bit higher but considering it was (unseasonably) the hottest weekend of the year, the event was well supported and certainly anyone who attended had a brilliant time.
Massive congratulations to Ruth Mort and her team who pulled off their second successful Great Northern Dive Show. I’m looking forward to next year’s event already… and so are my children, who now think Mummy has the best job in the world! Thanks guys.
Blogs
The BiG Scuba Podcast Episode 173: DEEP – Making Humans Aquatic
Gemma and Ian visited DEEP and were hosted by Phil Short, Research Diving, Training Lead, and were given a tour of the facility at Avonmouth and then over to the Campus at Tidenham.
DEEP is evolving how humans access, explore and inhabit underwater environments. Through flexible, modular and mobile subsea habitats that allow humans to live undersea up to 200m for up to 28 days, work-class submarines, and advanced human performance research, DEEP completely transforms what we are capable of underwater and how we conduct undersea science and research.
You can listen to Episode 173 of the BiG Scuba Podcast here.
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The BiG Scuba Podcast Episode 172: Dr. Joseph Dituri
Gemma and Ian chat to Dr. Joseph Dituri. Dr. Jospeh Dituri lived undersea for 100 Days in a mission combining education, ocean conservation research, and the study of the physiological and psychological effects of compression on the human body.
Dituri enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1985. He served continuously on active service upon various ships and shore stations where he was involved in every aspect of diving and special operations work from saturation diving and deep submergence to submersible design and clearance diving. Now that he is retired from 28 years of active service to the United States, he is the president of the International Board of Undersea Medicine. He also volunteers his time as the CEO of the Association for Marine Exploration. He is an invited speaker on motivational, sea and space related topics.
Fuelled by his passion for exploration, discovery, adventure, and making the greatest possible positive contribution to the world, he is fighting for change in a big way and with great enthusiasm.
You can listen to Episode 172 of the BiG Scuba Podcast here.
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