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SCUBA GADGET BEST IN SHOW: Major Scuba Equipment Category:
At the recent 2008 DEMA event, we tried on the new Whites ” DryCORE technology” dry suit, the Fusion Tech.  This dry suit boasts an innovative approach – the inner waterproof barrier is comprised of a “loose fit shell dry suit incorporating latex seals, dry zipper, air intake [...]

Behold!  The Anti-Microbial Scuba Mouthpiece!  At the 2008 DEMA show,  we were introduced to the anti-microbial mouthpiece.  Developed by New Millenium Enterprises, the mouthpiece is said to “kill off 99.9% of Staph as well as killing and stopping the growth of many other bacteria on contact.”  Now, we really like our current mouthpieces but we were [...]

We have return safely from the DEMA SHOW 2008 and are preparing a slew of articles both on the new and inovative new products and a few unique perspectives of the scuba industry. In case you do not know of DEMA, it is the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association, a non-profit membership-based association created to [...]

Scubaboard has hit the cyberwaves with a podcast. The ScubaBoard Show is hosted by Women Divers Hall of Fame inductee Jill Heinerth and Rober McClellan, the media side of the team. The pair promises to “provide light, enjoyable conversation, insightful interviews with outstanding divers, from weekend enthusiasts to the sport’s leading luminaries, wrapped in intelligent [...]

We all learned in basic scuba that water filters out most colors at shallow depths. Yet under the sea you can come up close and personal with a phantasmagoric mix of animals of such colors and patterns that you will debate whether you are in a dream or on an alien world. Warm water divers [...]

In June we raved about the Hot Chillys brand, La Montana base layer as great drysuit base layer (see http://www.scubagadget.com/?p=89) The new version is even better because they have incorporating brushed MTF polyester fleece with anatomically placed stretch panels of Bio Del Mar Antimicrobial polyester in high moisture areas. In short it doesn’t stink after [...]

SCUBA GADGET BEST IN SHOW: Technolgy Category
Diving Dry has taken on a new meaning with introduction of the new eDiving.us website/diving simulator program. With the look and feel of a flight simulator program the diving simulator lets you eDive sites around the world. These are not just video game renditions of diving, like a flight [...]