And The Blue Wild 2009 continues to grow!
From the Shows page:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/shows-events/259069-blue-wild-expo-2009-a.html
A few more new speakers and sponsors:
Joseba Kerejeta: World Champ, winning the 2008 Freedive Spearfishing Championship in Isla Margarita, Venezuela.
Terry Lentz: Terry is the only American to have won a Worlds Championship. He
also received Underwater Athlete of the Year in 1959.
Tom Mount: Tom is the Chairman of the Board for IANTD.
www.iantd.com. His career includes military, research, and saturation diving. Tom has logged in excess of 11,000 dives including caves, wrecks, and dives deeper than 200 ft. Tom developed standards and training programs for technical and rebreather diving and is one of the most all around experienced divers in the world.
Dr. Daryl Wong: Daryl is a dentist from Hawaii and is one of the premier builders of custom-made spearguns used around the world. He is also an accomplished spearo and world record holder, constantly experimenting with different designs and techniques.
Dr. Neal Pollock: Neal is a Research Associate in the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology at Duke University Medical Center. Trained in exercise and environmental physiology, his research interests focus on human health and safety in extreme environments. The lab group is funded to conduct a variety of studies of decompression and diving safety.
And I'm on the
easy list too! I'm a veteran diving instructor, (bum) having trained thousands of scuba divers, instructors, freedivers & spearfishermen since 1977, from beginners to advanced and also technical. A multiple tournament winner & Captain, and write a column in the St Petersburg Times and articles in dive publications.
And of course...
Sheri Daye: Sheri is a Freedive Spearfishing National Champ, multiple world record holder, and host of Speargun Hunter on Outdoor Channel. She is producing/hosting this Expo with proceeds to Twin Palms Center (Boca Raton Society for the Disabled).
The exhibitors/ sponsors now also include:
Zeagle, Mares, DAN, Bass Pro Shops, AB Biller, Armor Bags, E-Searider, ScubaBoard and so many more!
See ya there!