Long Beach Scuba Show
Scuba Show 2009, the largest dive expo in the U.S., took place May 30-31 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. This was the 22nd year of this popular event. The show consisted of 76,000 square feet of diving related exhibits including new and revolutionary dive gear, travel pros (many offering show discounts), and diving experts. Several exhibitors also offered free drawings for valuable prizes. Highlighting the exhibit hall was a personal appearance by world famous artist Wyland. He will be doing a live painting during the show and exhibiting some of his finest artwork. A continuous underwater film festival ran in the exhibit hall on a three-story high screen and featured films from around the world by over a dozen underwater imaging experts.
A full schedule of 33 seminars garnished the weekend given by top diving experts Marty Snyderman, Dr. Milton Love, Bruce Watkins, Dale Sheckler, Tabby Stone MD, Ken Knezick, Ken Kurtis, Bonnie Cardone, and many more. Subjects covered underwater photography and video, marine life, dive travel, and more.
Saturday night featured a Casino party benefitting California Ships to Reefs, a non-profit organization sinking ships along the California coastline as artificial reefs. Highlight of the party was the awarding of the California Scuba Service Award. Honoree for this year was Sal Zammitti, a fixture in California diving for over 40 years with his Central and Northern California “Bamboo Reef” dive stores.
For information on SCUBA Show 2009 call (310) 792-2333 or visit the web site www.scubashow.com.
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Northwest Dive & Travel Expo
The Northwest Dive and Travel Expo was held at the Tacoma Convention Center April 25-26, 2009. The show is the largest consumer diving and travel show in the Pacific Northwest. The venue, a new, world-class convention center, features an upscale and attractive environment in the heart of vibrant downtown Tacoma, Washington. Just 30 minutes south of Seattle, this high-tech center offers 132 Exhibitor Booths in 32,000 square feet attractive and up scale meeting space. Plenty of parking space available. Walking distance to more than 400 hotel rooms and many downtown restaurants. The three-day event features 250+ exciting exhibitor booths, 40 free, informative seminars, thousands of dollars worth of prizes, try scuba free in the pool, hundreds of new products, great deals on dive travel, and much more. For more information, go to divenewsnetwork.com/dive-and-travel-expo.html?view=item.
The 2010 show is scheduled for May 21-23.
Beneath the Sea
Aaron Faulls from LiquidAssets.tv and host of Into the Drink spends a weekend at the Beneath the Sea show in Secaucus, New Jersey March 27-29, 2009. Meet some of the legendary personalities that have made this the largest consumer dive show in America.
BTS is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to increasing awareness of the earth’s oceans and the sport of scuba diving.
As an award-winning organization, BTS helps promote environmental conservation and the protection of marine wildlife through grants to other nonprofit groups. Through its international poster contest for children, called Ocean Pals, BTS helps educate children on the wonder and delicate nature of our oceans.
Beneath The Sea’s annual exposition in March will feature seminars and workshops, lots of great door prizes, a film festival showcasing the work of world-renowned underwater videographers, great parties, and exhibits and demonstrations by hundreds of manufacturers, dive clubs, dive shops, resorts, and much more!
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Come and enjoy the Beneath The Sea show! The 2010 show is scheduled for March 26-28, 2010. For more information, visit the official Beneath the Sea web site at http://www.beneaththesea.org.
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Boston Sea Rovers
Aaron Faulls from LiquidAssets.tv and host of Into the Drink spends a weekend with the Boston Sea Rovers at their 55th Annual Clinic March 6-8, 2009. Follow Aaron as he talks to the legendary personalities that have made this America’s most prestigious, venerable scuba diving event.
The Boston Sea Rovers are a 501C3 not for profit volunteer organization dedicated to increasing awareness and appreciation of the marine environment. They are one of the oldest and most distinguished underwater clubs in America, and have a worldwide reputation of excellence. While the membership has changed repeatedly over the years, they still hold true to a pledge that was inspired in 1954, and remain dedicated to “Raising the Level of Knowledge of the Underwater World”. In order to achieve this lofty goal, the early members of the club designed and invented the first underwater film show available to the general public. They called that first production a Clinic, and have held the event every year since.
For more information about the Boston Sea Rovers, visit www.bostonsearovers.com.
Our World-Underwater 2009
Aaron Faulls from LiquidAssets.tv samples the sights and sounds of the Our World-Underwater show in Rosemont, Illinois, February 20-22, 2009. Follow Aaron as he walks the aisles of the Midwest’s largest scuba event, and experiences the landmarks and nightlife that has made Chicago legendary.
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DEMA 2008: Day 4
Day 4 of the annual DEMA (Diving Equipment & Marketing Association) 2008 trade show, held in Las Vegas, on Saturday, Oct. 25. Daily coverage of the event hosted by Aaron Faulls of LiquidAssets.tv and Nick Lucey, former Editor at Large of Scuba Diving Magazine, now also with LiquidAssets.tv.
DEMA 2008: Day 3
Day 3 of the annual DEMA (Diving Equipment & Marketing Association) 2008 trade show, held in Las Vegas, on Friday, Oct. 24. Daily coverage of the event hosted by Aaron Faulls of LiquidAssets.tv and Nick Lucey, former Editor at Large of Scuba Diving Magazine, now also with LiquidAssets.tv.
DEMA 2008: Day 2
Day 2 of the annual DEMA (Diving Equipment & Marketing Association) 2008 trade show, held in Las Vegas, on Thursday, Oct. 23. Daily coverage of the event hosted by Aaron Faulls of LiquidAssets.tv and Nick Lucey, former Editor at Large of Scuba Diving Magazine, now also with LiquidAssets.tv.
DEMA 2008: Day 1
Day 1 of the annual DEMA (Diving Equipment & Marketing Association) 2008 trade show, held in Las Vegas, on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Daily coverage of the event hosted by Aaron Faulls of LiquidAssets.tv and Nick Lucey, former Editor at Large of Scuba Diving Magazine, now also with LiquidAssets.tv.
Scuba Show 2008 Coverage
Join LiquidAssets.tv’s Aaron Faulls and Nick Lucey as they canvas the sights, sounds, and tastes of the 2008 Long Beach Scuba Show.
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