
Presented by The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences and sponsored by Ball Watches, this year was the 50th Anniversary of the NOGI Awards.The New Orleans Grand Isle or NOGI was originally a statuette trophy designed for the annual New Orleans - Grand ...

Austrian Freediver and World Champion Herbert Nitsch, also know as the Flying Fish, and also the world's Deepest Man, and who was voted Best Freediver of the Year in the ICARE awards 2007, is posting a blog on his Facebook fan page about his current train...

Yasemin Dalkilic, one of the most recognizable names in freediving, is coming back to the sport she helped popularize after a six year absence from the ocean depths. Over a span of four years, between 1999 and 2004, Dalkilic set eight Freediving world rec...

AIDA Instructor Trainer Emma Farrell is kicking off a new UK Television series of River Cottage by teaching the celebrated TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall how to freedive. The series is to be broadcasted in the UK on Thursday 12th November at 20h00, ...

Renowned artist, Rogest, is well known for his beautiful artwork with a mission to educate others and play a role in marine conservation. Rogest has partnered with the Marine Science Magnet Program at New River Middle School in Fort Lauderdale, FL to con...

Fourth Element is a UK based company that has had a presence in the US for a little over five years. This year at DEMA they announced some brand new products to help keep your extermities nice and toasty. New and available now, Fourth Element gloves off...

Mares is introducing the all new Icon HD Nitrox computer to the market at DEMA this year. Finally a color LCD display to hit the underwater computer market. More info at www.mares.com. (filed by Nico Danan) ...

Before you get in the water for a dive, wouldn't it be great to be sure your air tank is fully on? Well, now you can do that. Scuba Stik introduced its new color-coded Vindicator safety valve handle at this week's DEMA Show. If the ring next to the valv...

The new Beach Buddy dive gear transport system is now shipping to dive shops and interested consumers, according to inventor Stacie Hill. Dive instructor Stacie Hill invented the Beach Buddy a year ago, and introduced a prototype version at last year's D...

National Geographic earlier this year introduced a line of branded snorkeling equipment, with Plant City, FL-based Marine Sports Manufacturing, the product line's distributor, showcasing it this week at the DEMA Show. There are three series to the produc...

Walking the DEMA floor we took the time to talk to Michael AW (Director) and Amanda Cotton (Field Editor and U.S. correspondent) at Australian based Ocean Geographic magazine. Both of them are passionate about the underwater world and very talented photog...

Rock 'n Sports showcased two float covers and a spearfishing float to meet the needs of any diver. All of the products feature durable construction built to last blended with carefully thought out features. A basic and deluxe float cover both feature a ...

After catching up at the DAN/NAUI social last night with Kirk Krack from Performance Freediving, we heard of what seem to be the most innovative idea on the DEMA floor this year. Take an underwater scooter, put a racesuit equiped freediver on it, shak...

DeeperBlue.com ran into our favorite mermaid here at DEMA - the one and only Linden Wolbert of MermaidsInMotion.com. Many of you know Linden because of her work with Neptunic and/or as a world class AIDA judge. What you may not know is that she is develop...













