Posts by Dan

Nice pics.

Very clean work.

Poor Snuffy didn't stand a chance. Reminded me of the Jurassic Park raptor feeding scene.

Awesome! Glad the suit worked for you. That's a lot of meat. All center body shots too.

It's a beautiful gun, enjoy. What model and length is it?

You can buy a cheapo watch that's not rated to 200m and get away with diving it. But I'd never count on it. Rule of thumb is if the watch is to be used for diving it should be rated at least 200m. A 100m rated watch normally means you can swim with it. A 50m rated watch means you can probably take a shower without taking it off. A 30m rated watch if you get caught in the rain and dry it off you should be ok.

BTW this striped "shark deterrent" wetsuit pattern is nothing new. Like the pet rock fad they try to bring it back every 15 years or so, once they figure there's a new generation that hasn't seen it yet. Timing is good though, more people in the water than ever, and shark attacks are in the news.

Those suits don't look cool no matter how many times they say it. They look ridiculous.

Nice going Charlie. Is that your son?

Fun music/lyrics. Skip to 1:30.

Denise Belfon - Wining Queen (Official Music Video) [HD] - YouTube

Good call.

That is the last thing you need to be concerned about. First build your gun, then if necessary add lead to make it heavier, to control recoil if necessary.

I don't understand your question.

I hope I don't have to, but will try. I use fish slime to defog masks

This is a review of the new Cressi Nano mask. Price is $79 at www.FreediveStore.com - Cressi Nano Mask. The very low internal volume and the frame/skirt integrated construction, put the Nano in the modern Micromask category along with Aualung Technisub Micromask, Speardiver Micromask, OMER Zero, and Sporasub Piranha. But unlike those masks, the Nano's skirt is nice and soft providing a better coverage and seal, with no leak under the nose even when contorting one's face. I feel the Cressi Nano will fit a much wider variety of faces than the other micromasks. I already had a few divers try it on and it fit everybody.

The Nano mask has very nice styling. The frame combines old school smooth curves, with a modern twist, allowing a very nice field of vision. It may be just my personal taste but I prefer this very much against the hard angular style which omer went with for its Zero and Piranha masks. They look alien to me, whereas I find the appearance of the Cressi Nano comforting, taking me back to my diving beginnings. The mask is available with two accent styles; gold and green. For myself I like the gold.

Disadvantages if any, there's no room on the frame of this mask to mount a GoPro camera. The relief in the area over the nose/middle of the mask will not allow even Xan's method of epoxying a mount. The mask strap is robust and looks durable, but is a tad less stretchy that what I'd consider ideal. If this is any real concern for someone, it's easily rectified by switching it out with a compatible softer mask strap.

Yesterday after reading George's post I tried just that, as it was going to be my suggestion too. I found it doesn't work. Because support from the middle finger up against the trigger guard, and pressure from the trigger finger against the side of the handle, is what allows you to turn the speargun left, right, up and down. Even with a very light carbon gun it was impossible to do. Granted in the water the gun will not be so heavy, but water resistance will take over where gravity left off. With a very short gun maybe it will work.

How you feeling George?

Saam, would you like to tell what spearfishing is like in Iran? Are there many Iranians doing it? Where do you dive?

You can always practice shooting with the left hand. Be well.

For your first gun you should probably stick with a simple straight stick design like the Riffe competitor series.

I don't understand your question.