Dr. Terry Maas will be speaking at the Orange County Spearos meeting this Thursday May 16th 7pm sharp at the Round Table pizza in Costa mesa (Fairview/Baker). He will be speaking about his new free dive recovery vest and spearfishing. Everybody is invited to come hear this legend of spearfishing speak. Bring your family and friends for great, pizza, beer, friends and lies. Show up early if you want a seat as it will get crowded fast. See you all there!
Terry Maas is a veteran freediver. He started diving when he was 14 years old and has been freediving steadily for the last 47 years. In his early years Terry won the individual U.S. National Spearfishing championships 4 times. His team won 10 championships. In 1982, his interests turned to blue water hunting. For the next 10 years he captured 3 world records for yellowfin and bluefin tuna ( IBSRC, bluefin tuna, Pacific, record, spearfishing ). His 398-lb Pacific bluefin tuna record still stands. In 1995, Terry published his first book, BlueWater Hunting and Freediving. This book is richly illustrated with pictures and stories from Mexico. Several years later he published his second book on the subject of freediving Freedive.
Terry studied marine biology in his undergraduate work at the University of California. He holds 3 advanced degrees, Doctor of Dental Science from University of the Pacific, Resident in Oral Surgery from the University of Southern California and Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University.