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  • Enclosed track speargun

    Quote from Alan

    . . . I think only Tin Man would in fact know who approached him first with the idea.
    Merit and credit should be given where it is deserved.


    It's a classis case of different people independently coming up with similar ideas. Griswold and I started working on it in earnest a couple of years ago. Since then (through this forum), I have learned that Hau has dreamed of such a thing for a very long time.


    One thing that I have learned in all my tinkerings is that "good ideas" are almost never as "new" as we think they are. A lot of smart divers came before us (Potts, Prodonovich, etc..), and they probably tried and tested things that we never knew existed.


    I would like to publicly thank Hau. Both for his time in testing the carbon fiber enclosed gun, and for doing his best to keep these discussions out of the mud. Thanks Hau.

  • Enclosed track speargun

    I know that Hau is a great guy, and doesn't intend to cause issues here, but there are those who are making it look like we stole this design from him. To be clear, Jeff and I have had this gun in finished prototype form since January of 2009. Wolf, Roberto Reyes and a few others got sneak peeks of it at last year's Blue Wild Expo (with slightly different geometry to fit a different muzzle and handle and with a different brand name).


    We approached Dago about possibly machining the barrel in December of 2008.


    Our talks with the other company fell through in March 2009, at which point we started talking with Mako about bringing the design to market.


    It might not matter to most people, but it is important to us that people not think we took this design from Hau.

  • TOBAGO 2010 Conch-Shell Video

    hahaha that happen to me too adrian.....it stinks really really bad...my mom went crazy..like wtf! josean get that thing out of here....I dont know how but my brother and me try some really stupid things.....the stink got away.....dan and tinu thanxs.. bolo and i have been trying to learn to do that i think it has been years trying....we got some big conch shell....here in PR people go crazy for that...its good taste...

  • Hello from PR and Dominican Republic!

    tinu
    its illegal to spear a lobster here in Puerto Rico...we try to catch them with our hands...not easy...but when its neccesary we spear them...i think you understand im trying to make it out a living...I sell my fish...most of the time my lobsters too i cant eat them im allergic damn it i love their meat..i really like fish so i try to spearfish daily basis to have food for me..you and asesino where the inspiration for me..that kind of humble life is perfect to me...just enjoy the island you know.....hope to go diving with your trinidad tobagoo krew someday..bless...


    PD=richard parkison,his dad and you make the best videos available on you tube...keep em coming..i just watch them daily basis and the forum caribbean section too...I learned a lot...

  • Spearfishing World forum fish records

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    Yes in Australia and New Zealand.


    Here is a friend of mine with the North American Record from Guadalupe Island. 87.6 lbs taken after filming (and riding) White Sharks.


    Cheers, Don



    don paul is he one of the guys from the last hawaii skin diver issue where they tell of some behavior experiments with white sharks?? very insane and inspiring story...i was like :@?(:thumbup:
    insane issue too..

  • GoPro HD Underwater Blurry Fix

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    ...you need me to send you these parts too jeff?


    No need. Thanks to your detailed pics, I think I understand. I agree that 5mm of a 1/4"-20 screw doesn't leave much thread engagement. So I will probably keep making them like they are, but I will make it a point to ask if the user has a GoPro camera. In those cases, I can easily supply a shorter knob.


    Another easy mod would be to remove the snap ring, and put a 1-2mm stack of washers under the head of the knob. But that defeats the purpose of the snap ring, which is to keep you from inadvertently losing the knob.

  • GoPro HD Underwater Blurry Fix

    Seadub - I must have missed your other post. I'll send you a PM.


    Edit - It doesn't appear that you can receive PM's?



    Easy enough for me to make the camera mount screw shorter, if I know that it needs to fit a GoPro housing. I'll measure LunkerBuster's housing while I have it.

  • Staying fit after 35

    I don't know if resting heart rate has much (or any) correlation with dive performance, but I figure that a lower resting pulse should generally be a good thing.


    I was surprised at the difference that adding a little circuit training had on my resting pulse. Nothing fancy. I just do chin-ups, push-ups, and sit-ups in rapid succession with no rest. Then a long 3 minute rest, then repeat the cycle 3 or 4 times.


    If you do the chin-ups to about 80% of failure, then the push ups feel like a rest at first. But after taking the push ups to 80% of failure, I am considerably less snappy with the sit ups then I would otherwise be. After I successfully complete the same routine a few times, then I increase the number of repetitions for each exercise.