Some Recent Videos

    Here are three videos from recent ocean excursions. Northeastern Pacific conditions are often really poor (as you can see), but we make do with what we got. FYI, my posting in the California forum may or may not be indicative of all locations included in the following clips.


    Uni-
    Red Urchin Diving, Cleaning and Preparation - Uni - YouTube


    Kayaking for Dungeness crabs-
    Kayak Crabbing in Humboldt County - YouTube


    First ab dive of the new year-
    Diving Rough Water for Ten Inch Abalone - YouTube

    Thanks, for a long time I wanted to know how to eat sea urchin. Do they always have gonads or does it depend on male/female? If so how do you know?


    Watching the ab video you've got to be a tough and/or very hungry man :)

    Thanks guys!


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    Thanks, for a long time I wanted to know how to eat sea urchin. Do they always have gonads or does it depend on male/female? If so how do you know?


    Watching the ab video you've got to be a tough and/or very hungry man :)


    Dan- I am unsure how to sex urchins, but know that all of the red and purple urchins that live out here in Cali have nearly identical (between sexes, not species) gonads. We did however notice two color variations in the gonads which we thought may have to do with sex, but I'm skeptical.


    I would also be careful about eating urchins out where you are. I know nothing about them, but assume that California's reds and purples are shipped world wide for a reason (yours might not be edible).


    As far as being tough or hungry, I'd say I'm neither. I had just gotten only two dives in in the last six months, and my buddy Carl had gotten one...we were simply too dry.



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    Nice, glad you're still out there making videos, Kirby. Awesome vids as usual!


    Gracias Carter. I was going to send you the soundtrack from the abalone video just the other day but thankfully decided to hang onto it...and I'm glad I did. I'm going to keep searching for songs though, and send some your way to hopefully squish some more footage out of your computer.

    I enjoyed your Ab film. I kept thinking.... once he get's past the washing machine inside reef, it should clear up. But no! Of course the chosen reef is right in the middle of the mess. Good effort. Much more man then me.

    Dustan Baker

    Good stuff as always Kirby. I would capsize soo many times if I every tried using a crab pot from a kayak.
    Let me know when you are San Diego next, I have some abalone questions for you.
    -Marco

    Those were really fun for me and the GF to watch mate, way F'in cool.:thumbsup2:


    Cheers, Don

    "Great mother ocean brought forth all life, it is my eternal home'' Don Berry from Blue Water Hunters.


    Spearfishing Store the freediving and spearfishing equipment specialists.

    Nice videos Kirby!


    I got into HSU and will be up there in August... Hopfully you will still be around to show me the ropes of humboldt diving!

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    I enjoyed your Ab film. I kept thinking.... once he get's past the washing machine inside reef, it should clear up. But no! Of course the chosen reef is right in the middle of the mess. Good effort. Much more man then me.


    Hm, I think you're misreading the conditions. I don't think it had much to do with choosing an "inside" reef to dive and everything to do with it being rough as a witch's old wrinkly tit! In conditions like that, there ain't no where you can go where things will clear up.


    Nutty diving, Kirby. If I was really dying for a dive when it was that rough out, I'd be searching googlemaps for a lake to hop in...

    Thanks again everybody, for the positive remarks. I love making videos for myself and my friends, but I'm always stoked when the community enjoys them too.


    Marco- See you soon. Leucadia! And I'll be working the beach between Orange County and the Mexico border.


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    In conditions like that, there ain't no where you can go where things will clear up.


    Exactly. And the most turbulent spots have the biggest snails.


    Quote from Apnea addict

    Nutty diving, Kirby. If I was really dying for a dive when it was that rough out, I'd be searching googlemaps for a lake to hop in...


    As I'm sure you know, we do that too...




    When the Ocean is Brown: Freshwater Freediving for Frisbee Golf Discs - YouTube



    Quote from Tailsurfer

    Nice videos Kirby!


    I got into HSU and will be up there in August... Hopfully you will still be around to show me the ropes of humboldt diving!


    Sorry Josh, but I'm out like a trout! See below flier... Congrats on getting in to Humboldt. Unfortunately we have the worst diving conditions in the state. You should probably focus on Fern Lake (the above pictures and video) for the majority of your diving... :( Let me know if you need any tips when you get up here. Oh, and careful with the locals that have houses on the beach. They grow weed, have large mean dogs and larger meaner guns...


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    Awesome, man! Congratulations, that's a huge achievement. I had a roommate that did a thesis his senior year and preparing it was about like raising a child for 9 months.


    Very interesting topic too. How does it read? Would it fly way over my head? If you think I would understand at least 1/3rd of the words, I would be interested to read it.


    Oh, and I forgot to say- I've got a couple ideas for new UW photo/video projects. Not sure when they'll pan out, because recently the water has been too god damned rough to dive! I'll definitely make a vid of my summer adventures, though, so if you can find some music for me by then that would be much appreciated ;).

    runoff from a disc golf course I'd bet... I hear it's pretty popular out west with courses all around...mean while over here in the east, iv yet to see the game even played. the iPhone app is fun tho! :)

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