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Aphelion, Yeah, that's pretty much what I was thinking at least with the ankle biters. I don't think it would occur to me to try to hypnotize them real quick. And heaven knows I won't be pulling a Roy Boehm. The bubbles thing is interesting. JB

It was “Survival Weekend” on the Discovery channel this weekend. Most of it was wilderness related but there were two back-to-back shows that at least touched on surviving shark attacks. The first had an expert (that one relatively notorious shark diver with the monster chops...

Mark, Thanks. I actually recorded it onto a VHS (taped over my roommate’s sacred copy of Club Dread). I was pretty excited just to see it and if I ever feel compelled to watch it again I'll use the tape. In the meantime I'll just hold my breath for the DVD. Let me know how the...

You know what, I actually caught most of that last night (what a week for free diving shows), though I was also caught up in the Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic baseball game. Talk about beautiful shots (and the footage of the wildlife was nice too)! You're right she is something else... JB

I understand Aggressor is already getting the financing in order. JB

Freediver, Ocean Men is on OnDemand. Just watched it. Fantastic. I can't help but wonder how awesome it was on the IMAX screen. Shots of training and Palizzari diving with dolphins. Pippin with sharks. There's footage of Pippin and Audrey too. My only complaint is that it seemed...

I've never even held a spear gun and the reason seems pretty darn simple to me. Why would a boxer want to take on the champ when he could just keep fighting in the local Golden Gloves? Why do men with no reason to own anything bigger than a Civic buy a Hummer? What’s the difference between a...

On second look, Ocean Men is supposed to be showing up on OnDemand today (that didn't register yesterday). Hopefully, I can get it. We shall see. JB

Carte blanche? This is just not something to worry about. This is a research grant. They give these things out to university idiots all the time (my roommates took a turn in college and, believe me, they were offering very little). Like hot cakes. In our lifetime some grad students will...

Prim, Not exactly. That has to do with oxygen deprivation. You’re lungs and muscles don’t have to work harder (in fact I think they work easier) in the thin air. You just have to breathe more, initially, until your body becomes accustomed to the lower O2 level. But your...

Freediver, Here is all I could find after yet another exhaustive search: http://comcast.p.delivery.net/m/p/com/mic/search.asp?a=O&linkpage=search.asp http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/programming/ppv/movies/single_showing/index.asp?titleID=31863 I suppose this is good news even...

Single 80s? Really?

An instructor I'm buddies with is in the black for the first in his life working in Utila. JB

Freediver, About the lung trainer, yeah, I was asking sort of retrospectively. One of my buddies gave me his old one last year. I didn't start using it until last month. I like said in the last thread, I don't really know how to use it. I just do what makes sense to me. Generally, I...

Guys, This has been a great thread. Thanks for all the input. I'm putting it all to good use. Thank for all the posts. And hey, if you think of anything else, throw up another post. Thanks, JB P.S.- I'm still looking for info on binding with glue or melting, mainly just because...

Like karstdvr said, experience. But specific experience, not just more of the same. Scenario drills really help. I'm sure that's what a lot of the course Vlahos posted up. Also, my personal feeling is that there should be some sort of necessity for diving alone (on top of the training)...

Soggy, You're one righteous dude. I dig that about you. :) JB

Easy, chief. That's not entirely true. So are your definitions correct or not? Or is it like a middle ground thing? A world-class preacher once said to me "take your pick." JB

I was refering to the selection of tank configuration. For example, someone might not have done enough valve drills to operate twins. Or there are lots of entanglement hazards and a "horse bottle" wouldn't do. Not talking about the definitions (I wasn't clear, my bad)...but it's good to...

Nah, I'll continue to use a stage bottle hanging at my hip as my redundant air source. I won't call it a pony bottle because that would confuse most of the divers not in this room. I call it a "horse bottle." It's a new concept for people who think that "stage bottle" means the same thing...