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2010 The Blue Wild Expo - June 5-6, 2010 This is a world-class spearfishing event with over 1,000 participants at the Ft. Lauderdale Convention Center.

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Old 04-12-2010, 07:11 PM   #31
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Re: Announcing "The Blue Wild" -- Expo 2010!!!

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*23six Productions Co
*A B Biller
*Armor Products
*Art Pinder
*Austin’s Diving Center
*Bass Pro Shops
*BC Powerbands
*Bigblue Dive Lights
*Big Fish Assassin
*Bleu tec
*Blue Water Hunting International
*C4 Spearguns
*Carey Chen
*Costa del Mar
*Deathstick Spearguns
*Deep Worldwide Magazine
*Demka Spearguns
*Devin the Artiste
*Dessault America
*DiveR Fins
*Divers Alert Network
*DiveWise
*E-Searider
*Florida Freedivers/Rob Allen
*Florida Skin Divers Association
*Florida Skin Diver
*Florida Wildlife Commission
*Force-E
*Freedive Shop/TrintonX/Esclapez
*Freedivers
*Freediving Unlimited/H2O Photo Pros
*Hammerhead Spearguns
*Hawaii Skin Diver
*Helter Skeletons
*IANTD: *Int'l Assoc of Nitrox and Tech Divers
*Island Magic Enterprises
*IUSA: Int'l Underwater Spearfishing Assoc
*JBL Spearguns
*Jeremy Sinkus/Holder of the Stone
*Jose Fernandez Photography
*King Sailfish Mounts
*Mako Spearguns
*Manny Puig
*Mares Diving/Mares Spearfishing
*Ocean Rhino Spearguns
*Pascal Lecoq Painter
*Pelagic Gear
*Performance Freediving
*Persistent/Pipin Ferreras
*Polynesian Soul
*Professional Fitness Trainers
*RealSea Inc.
*Reef Photo and Video
*Riffe International, Inc.
*Salty Bones
*Scubaboard
*Scubasworld
*Spearboard
*Spearing Magazine
*Spearotek/Beuchat
*Spetton USA
*Stan Waterman
*Technosport, Inc./Omer USA/C4 USA/Sporasub USA
*Tito Spearguns
*Twin Palms
*Wong Spearguns
*Zeagle

What a list, just keeps getting better and better every year. I might even try my hand at one of the raffles this year
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Old 04-12-2010, 08:20 PM   #32
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Re: Announcing "The Blue Wild" -- Expo 2010!!!

Hey, Fiz. Well, you do have very good odds of winning at The Blue Wild raffle, you know.

There's a whole lot of good stuff compared to the number of people that are there. I'm not a gambling type, but I'd be dropping tickets in if I wasn't the hostess.

Have to give special thanks to the generous nature of the donor companies. They are all just trying to make a living in a tough industry, specially during these times, but they continue to give. I will be posting the 2010 raffle list soon on the website, but you can take a look at the 2009 list to get an idea...2010 is even better.

By the way, that list of companies you copied from me is already old. Here's an update. Notice some of the new companies that are joining us....Aggressor Fleet, Aqualung, Captain Hooks, Cressi, Diver's D\Lyte (hydration drink for divers) , Divers Design (beautiful nautical jewelry), REEF (environmental org), and more including several European companies...Blue tec, XXone, Demka, and Trygons from Greece, Polo sub from Italy, DiveR from Australia, Freedivers from South Africa, Yamamoto from Japan, and I'm about to get someone from Turkey. We're getting so international!

23six Productions Co www.23six.com
Aggressor Fleet - www.aggressor.com
American Del Advantage - jd10466@msn.com
Aqualung - www.aqualung.com
Armor Products - www.armorbags.com
Art Pinder - www.artpinder.com
Austin’s Diving Center - www.austinsdiving.com
Beuchat/SpearoTek - www.spearotek.com
Bigblue Dive Lights - www.bossk.com.hk
Bleu tec / Greece - www.bleutec.eu
Blue Water Hunting International / Australia - www.bwhi.com.au
Boat Center (Miami) - www.boatctr.com
C4 Spearguns - www.c4carbon.com
Captain Hook's Marina and Dive Center - www.captainhooks.com
Carey Chen - www.careychenart.com
Costa del Mar - www.costadelmar.com
Cressi - www.cressisubusa.com
David Dunleavy - www.daviddunleavy.com
Deathstick Spearguns - www.deathstickspearguns.com
Deep Worldwide Magazine - www.deepww.com/online
Demka Spearguns / Greece - www.demka.eu
Dessault America - dessault-america.com
DiveR Fins - www.diveraustralia.com.au
Divers Alert Network - www.diversalertnetwork.org
Divers Direct - www.diversdirect.com
Diver's D\Lyte - www.diversdlyte.com
DiveWise - www.divewise.org
Diving Designs - www.divingdesigns.com
E-Searider - www.e-searider.com
Florida Freedivers/Rob Allen - www.flfreedivers.com
Florida Skin Diver - www.floridaskindiver.com
Florida Wildlife Commission - www.myfwc.com
Force-E - www.force-e.com
Freedive Shop/TrintonX/Esclapez - www.freediveshop.com
Freedivers / South Africa - www.freedivers.co.za
Freediving Unlimited/H2O Photo Pros - www.freedivingunlimited.com
Hammerhead Spearguns - www.hammerheadspearguns.com
Hawaii Skin Diver www.hawaiiskindiver.com
Helter Skeletons - www.helterskeletons.com
Historical Diving Society USA - www.hds.org
IANTD: Int'l Assoc of Nitrox and Tech Divers - www.iantd.com
Island Magic Charters - www.island-magic.com/boatchrt.php
IUSA: Int'l Underwater Spearfishing Assoc - www.iusarecords.com
Jason Mathias - www.jasonmathias.com
JBL Spearguns - www.jblspearguns.com
Jeremy Sinkus/Holder of the Stone - www.jeremysinkus.com
Jose Fernandez Photography - www.jafphotography.com
King Sailfish Mounts - "fish mounts | mounted fish"
Mako Spearguns - www.makospearguns.com
Manny Puig - www.mannypuig.com
Mares Diving/Mares Spearfishing - www.mares.com
Nautilus Spearfishing - www.nautilusspearfishing.com
Ocean Rhino Spearguns www.oceanrhino.com
Pascal Lecocq Painter www.pascal-lecocq.com
Pasta Pantaleo - www.artbypasta.com
Pelagic Gear - www.pelagicgear.com
Performance Freediving - www.performancefreediving.com
Persistent/Pipin Ferreras www.persistent-team.com
Polo Sub Wetsuits / Italy - www.polosub.com
Polynesian Soul - polynesiansoul.com
Professional Fitness Trainer - www.professionalfitnesstrainer.com
RealSea Inc. - www.realseacamo.com
Reef Photo and Video - reefphotovideo.com
REEF: Reef Environmental Education Foundation - www.reef.org
Salty Bones www.saltybones.com
Salty Dawg Scuba - www.saltydawgscuba.com
Scubaboard - www.scubaboard.com
Scubasworld - www.scubasworld.com
Secret Mermaid Society - www.thebluewild.com
Seven Anchors - www.sevenanchors.com
Soprassub - www.soprassub.com
Spearboard - www.spearboard.com
Spearing Magazine - www.spearingmagazine.com
Spetton USA - www.Spetton-USA.com
Stan Waterman - www.stanwaterman.com
Steve Ozment - www.steveozmentdesign.com
Technosport, Inc./Omer USA/C4 USA/Sporasub USA - www.omerdiving.com
Tito Spearguns - titotigershark@hotmail.com
Trygons Designs / Greece - www.trygons.com
Twin Palms - www.twinpalmscenter.com
United States Coast Guard - www.uscg.mil
Wong Spearguns - www.wongspearguns.com
XXone - www.xxone.gr
Yamamoto Corporation - www.yamamoto-bio.com
Zeagle - www.zeagle.com

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Old 04-12-2010, 08:40 PM   #33
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Re: Announcing "The Blue Wild" -- Expo 2010!!!

OK, here's something else I have to point out. I am so proud of the collection of marine artists we have now. We got enough to make a special marine art exhibit with all these high caliber artists.

David Dunleavy (sponsoring artist, designed this year's Expo logo)
Carey Chen (everybody knows who he is! world class)
Jeremy Sinkus (glass artist, beautiful , love his work)
Pascal Lecocq (another famous painter, cool surrealistic scenes)
Pasta Pantaleo (and another famous painter, gorgeous billfish)
Jose Fernandez (photographs alligators, fish, sharks, divers...stunning)
Jason Mathias (up and coming painter, young and already well known)
Rob Goins (metal art, fish, hippy from the Keys, love his stuff!)
Steven Ozment (local painter, exhibits at Sailfish Marina, great reef scenes)
Helter Skeletons (beautiful and unique! skeletal artwork)
King Sailfish (fish mounts, I consider that artwork, can't get enough)

And I'm talking to couple more. I hope other divers love marine artwork as much as I do. When we can't be in the water, we can at least look at it!
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Old 04-12-2010, 09:29 PM   #34
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Re: Announcing "The Blue Wild" -- Expo 2010!!!

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What a list, just keeps getting better and better every year. I might even try my hand at one of the raffles this year
THe EZ Rider bag I won last year is still the most comfortable piece of furniture in my living room.
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Old 04-12-2010, 09:37 PM   #35
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Re: Announcing "The Blue Wild" -- Expo 2010!!!

Looking forward to seeing Bleu Tec guns and fins, XXone fins and Polosub wetsuits!!!

and the model from Trygons!
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Old 04-12-2010, 09:46 PM   #36
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and the model from Trygons!
Greekdiver, I will put in a special request for you.

Alex is trying to get Herbert Nitsch to come (deepest man on one breath...700 feet on a Trygons sled). He said Herbert will be busy working as a pilot, but he wants to come and there is a chance! Ya never know...everything else has been falling into place.
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Re: Announcing "The Blue Wild" -- Expo 2010!!!

I'm trying to get Victor from abellansub.com to come. Maybe it's too late now? His guns are awesome.

I'm surprised Martin Stepanek is not coming. I guess it conflicts with PFI.
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Old 04-12-2010, 10:17 PM   #38
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I mentioned it to Martin at DEMA, but he hasn't reached out. I bend over backwards to be fair to anyone that wants to participate....regardless of who my friends are, or what equipment I use, or anything of that nature. I respect anyone that makes a living in this profession.

I'm pretty good at putting my neutral Expo hat on if I say so myself. And one of the things I'm most happy about is how everyone seems to get along so well at the Expo. I almost couldn't believe how well the scuba divers were getting along with freedivers, the artist/photographers getting along with spearos...all nationalities, ages, economic classes partying together....it was great!
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Oh dear...I do so wish I could join y'all!
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Yeah Sheri, I see you have a nack for bringing things together.....Nice work there lady...LOL
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Sheri,

Met you last year at the Expo, cant wait for this year it looks like it is going to be even better then last year!
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Old 04-23-2010, 10:11 PM   #42
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Re: Announcing "The Blue Wild" -- Expo 2010!!!

Ryfish, glad you're coming back! Things are lining up for bigger and better alright.

I sold out of booths, but the fire marshal allowed me to fit in seven more booths in, so I've gotten a few more fine exhibitors...like PADI. They will be helping anyone that wants to learn scuba diving. I convinced a friend at work to finally get certified. You can't live in Florida and not dive!

I also signed up Bob Croft as a speaker. He is the only American that challenged/beat the Europeans when freediving was just starting out over here. He invented packing, taught Navy divers how to escape from submarines, was the first man to break the 200 foot barrier, etc. He was a pioneer and has a fascinating presentation on the history of freediving.

I also heard today that someone I considered a "long shot" agreed to come and speak....yay. His name is Rodney Barreto, and he is the Chairman of the FWC Commission -- obviously a very powerful and influential position. Can't wait to hear his views on the state of the fisheries, rule making, the future, etc. He'll be open to interaction with the audience.

Of course, we also have our good ole-fashion spearfishing story-telling standbys...Dan MacMahon, Cam Kirkonnel, Dimitris Kollias from Greece, Rob Torelli from Australia, and several others...all great guys, of course.

Something for everybody!

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Sheri, Hope ya'll have a good one this year! I can't make it down this time. The guys that won the trip for Rob are coming up that weekend. If we are weathered out I'll be down.
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Aloha,

I have three guns going up for Sheri's expo. A few camou semi enclosed hybrids and one really nice magnum hybrid.
Here is a picture of the sister gun to the one going up to the expo. They both came off the same plank. Its rare to find this type of grain and I only use it for special events and sometimes good customers. I fnished this one first and will finish the other one this weekend. Both have this killer grain.

Come out to the expo and check it out. You might get lucky. I hope I do with all the great gear so far!

Aloha, Daryl
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Old 04-28-2010, 11:53 PM   #45
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Re: Announcing "The Blue Wild" -- Expo 2010!!!

Last year, I recommended that Expo attendees read "Adrift" before Steve Callahan got here, and that made it more fun and special to meet him. This year, our featured speaker is Stan Waterman, and I am recommending the same thing.

If anyone would like to buy his autographed hardcover autobiography, Sea Salt, you can mail a $33 check to:
Stan Waterman
13 Greenwood Ave.
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Or use a credit card on his website (book not autographed): stanwaterman.com

I just finished reading it...really enjoyed it. As someone wrote, "Liberally sprinkled with humor, verve and singular turns of phrase, his autobiography deftly portrays the joys and travails of a diving pioneer and legend." What an interesting life he's led!
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