Wow! It was a great first night! All the vendors were out showing off their wares... And there were some new items.
If you are in the area, take the time and come. The place is frikken full! They are out in the isles and in back rooms.There were so many vendors, that there is no room for a ScubaBoard booth! I am strangely OK with that, so look for a few vendors that have our stickers to get yours.
I got to see Apple last night from Dive Paradise in Cozumel. She is SO looking forward to having our group come down for our annual invasion. She has lots of flyers about the trip right there on her table! Our good friends from Explorer Ventures are here as well, and they have some exciting opportunities and specials to keep you diving world wide. The Keys are being represented by Captain Gary and Admiral Brenda from the Conch Republic Dive Shop.
There is a lot of gear here as well, and I'll try to get some pictures up today. The most interesting so far was Light Motion's new line of hand held LEDlights. Paul showed me how they have incorporated a new wrist brace that stops the flop found in most soft mount systems. Don't worry, it's all soft and leaves your hands free to do what you need. The light has two modes and several levels of illumination. You can switch from spot to flood easily and they are really quite bright. The charging system is dead simple to use as well. No pulling tops off of battery packs in order to get them recharged.
Oceanreef was there and John was showing me his line of masks and communication devices. I was thinking about a certain wedding coming up in July as well as all the guiding I do in the Keys. Being able to talk to people as they explore my world would be AWESOME!!!
Also, for all of you people struglling with trying to see clearly underwater, there is some GREAT news. Presciption DIve Masks has really made prescription masks quite affordable. They can fit just about any mask and are wonderful to deal with. They really understand your needs as a diver as well as the intracacies of getting the proper adjustments to your scrip for underwater viewing. I'll take a few minutes during the day to give you more updates and pictures.