July 1 2008 Indonesia 2009 Raja Ampat Entrance Tag Design Contest Do you have the perfect Raja Ampat photo? Is it one that truly captures the excitement and beauty of Raja Ampat diving? Do you want to see it printed 4,000 times and attached to BCD’s the world over? If so, then enter the official Raja Ampat 2009 park entrance tag design contest (in association with Wetpixel.com) Enter up to two photos or graphic designs to www.wetpixel.com/raja before August 28, 2008. After finalists are accepted, you – the public – will vote for the best until September 25, 2008. The winner will be announced on the October 1, 2008.  Please submit digital images at a medium resolution image (up to 1024 x 1024 pixels maximum, no more than 500Kb in file size) in jpg format. On September 15th, finalists will be selected and asked to submit high resolution images.   Full story...

June 28 2008 PhilippinesMuroami divers tried to loot capsized ferry  Some fishermen, locally known in the Philippines as muroami divers, reportedly tried to enter and loot the Sulpicio Lines’ capsized ferry, MV Princess of the Stars. Using improvised air compressors, were able to get near to the vessel despite the presence of the Philippine Marines and Philippine coastguard rescue vessels. A radio reporter and a photographer saw at least 11 looters and the photographer was able to take pictures of some them, which police hope to use for identification.Meanwhile, officials have suspended diving operations aimed at recovering bodies form the stricken ferry after it was disclosed that the vessel was carrying 10 tons of endosulfan, a restricted pesticide. “We aborted the retrieval operations because of the pesticide inside the ship,” Philippine Vice President Noli De Castro said. “It's dangerous and no divers are allowed in the area now.”Sulpicio Lines, the owners of the ferry, has come under fire for failing to disclose  the nature of the cargo. So far only 56 of the passengers are reported by the Philippine Coast Guard to have been found alive.   Full story...

July 2 2008 AustraliaTerry Cummins Receives Prestigious Oceanic Legends AwardEach year, leading scuba equipment supplier - Oceanic Australia convenes the Oceanic Scuba Centres Conference. This year the Conference was held in beautiful Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia and involved the country’s finest scuba retailers and an array of very impressive local and international speakers.   As part of the Conference, Oceanic Australia sponsors a prestigious award - the Oceanic Legends Award. The Award recognizes industry peers who have made a significant and outstanding contribution to scuba diving. Terry Cummins, currently International Vice President Marketing Metrics & Performance for PADI Worldwide, was presented with this year’s Award. Terry’s roots lie in the pioneering days of spear fishing, dive instruction, dive retailing and the early exploration of Australian diving sites including the underwater caves of Mount Gambier, South Australia.Notably in 2007 Terry was presented with the OZTeK Award for his “Contribution to Technical Diving in Australia”, but back in the early 80s, Terry together with his partners in Pro Dive; Rick Poole, Russell de Groot and Kevin Deacon (now of Dive 2000) were busy establishing the world’s first dive retail franchise chain.  Instrumental in establishing PADI as a training agency within Australia from the early 70’s, Terry left Pro Dive as its Managing Director in 1982 and co-found PADI Australia - a licensee of PADI International and the first PADI office in Australia. Terry served first as PADI Australia’s Training Director and later CEO and also went on to assist with the founding of PADI New Zealand and contributed to the introduction of formal training standards in several Pacific Islands.   Full story...

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Keeping the passion alive by putting the thrill-factor back into diving, the OZTeK’09 Diving Conference & Exhibition’s tenth anniversary event is rapidly gathering momentum to again prove that, “few shows in the world can pack a punch quite like Australia’s OZTeK”.

A highlight event on the calendar of international diving shows, OZTeK’09 returns to Australian Technology Park in Sydney, Australia, over the weekend of the 21 – 22 March 2009 and will again feature an exhibition showcasing the very best that the world of diving has to offer complemented by an international cast of speakers and presenters acknowledged as being among the worlds leading authorities in their respective fields of diving expertise.

With a full programme of theatre presentations, seminars and workshops spanning the complete range of diving interests - including deep wreck and cave explorations, underwater photography and film-making, hyperbaric medicine, diving safety, developments in diving technology, marine conservation and more - the topics and talks will be both informative and entertaining, and provide the diving community with the opportunity to meet, listen to and learn from, some of modern diving’s most accomplished personalities.   Appealing to diving enthusiasts at every level of experience and interest, the OZTeK’09 Exhibition will feature the very best and latest in equipment trends and innovations, technology, training, underwater photography and travel opportunities. 

With over 70% of the available stand space already booked by exhibitors keen to tap into the affluent and influential audience of conference attendees and exhibition visitors, those companies and organisations exhibiting at the show already include: Aqua Tech; Apeks; Aqualung; Aquanaut; Cape Byron Imports; Cave Divers Association of Australia; Delta P Technology; DAN Asia-Pacific; Dive Adventures; Dive Log Australasia; Dive Pacific; Dive Rite; DiveTek; Dive Tub; Dive 2000; Draeger Safety Pacific; DUI; GreenForce; Halcyon Australia; Historical Diving Society; Jetsam Technologies; Luxfer; Lissenung Island Resort; MetalSub Australia; Mike Ball Dive Expeditions; Neptune Sports; Oceanic Australia; OMS/Northern Divers; PADI Asia Pacific; PNG Diving Association; Scuba Imports; Scubapix; Scubapro/Uwatec; Scuba Warehouse; SDI Australia; Sea & Sea; Seemann; SeaQuest; Southern Cross Divers; Sport Diving Magazine; Scuba Schools International; Sterling Leisure; Suunto; TDI Australia; Technisub; Underwater Kinetics, and Zeagle.

Helping enhance the underwater experience, the Exhibition features everything that divers require; from cameras to compressors, regulators to rebreathers, snorkels to scooters, facemasks to fins – and not forgetting exotic overseas dive resorts and great liveaboard trips - the world’s leading equipment brands, accessories and travel destinations will all be on show at OZTeK’09. Now regarded as one of the world’s premier forums and showcases for divers who – at every level of experience - seek a greater knowledge and a better understanding of all that diving has to offer, the OZTeK’09 Diving Conference & Exhibition is much more than just another dive show; it’s a dynamic event focussed on excitement and tomorrow’s world of diving adventures.With Conference Passes scheduled to go on sale in August, further information on all that’s happening at OZTeK’09 can be viewed on the website at: www.diveoztek.com.au  or e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  
 
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