Gear Review: 3 Inch By Scuba Max
Let’s take a look at a knife named in it’s true form – The Scuba Max 3″. This knife offers a well balanced package with decent blade performance and gives the look and feel of a knife with a lot of endurance to offer over it’s lifetime. Pros: Versatile Mountability, Strong Lock, Large Line Cutter Cons: No Serrations This relatively simple knife comes at us from the fine people at scuba max and offers divers with a simple and small carry option. Made from 420 Stainle...
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Ask The Readers: Spearguns – Do I Go Cheap, Or Spend The Money?
When we decide to spend our hard-earned money on a product there are typically two choices to consider. Do I buy the most affordable product in the line to save a little money, or do I go for the best possible quality product to ensure that it will last a lifetime. It’s a classic question, and with so many gear choices in front of us as spearos it can be an infinitely difficult decision to make if you don’t have the decades of experience with the many product lines and to top it all ...
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Spearfishing Tips & Tutorials
Spearfishing Knives Have you ever thought about upgrading from that kitchen knife you stole from your wife to a knife that was really made for spearfishing? Finding a knife is a really easy process and should stay that way. We’ve put together a few of the most popular knives for your viewing pleasure and discuss also how to care for them. Read on! Read more » Spearfishing Tips & Tutorials is a post from: The Spearfishing Academy...
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Spearfishing Knives
Spearfishing Knives: What’s The Big Deal? Of all the tools out there that a spearo requires a spearfishing knife is one that a lot of people raise an eyebrow at. Sometimes I find myself raising two eyebrows at the size of some general purpose diving knives that are available on the market. Don’t get me wrong, they are awesome and I am just as obsessed with cool knives as anyone and more than that, huge knives do have their places in the diving world. How they relate to spearfishing i...
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Spearfishing For Beginners
Where Do We Begin? Are you in need of some advice for spearfishing for beginners? We’ve all been here. You ask the important first question of, “How Do I Get Into Spearfishing?” and the only answer you seem to get is “Take A Class”. Frustrating… What’s It All About? I want to clarify that the best way to learn how to become excellent at spearfishing is to learn directly from an expert. Did he just say “Take A Class”?! Yeah, I did, and the fac...
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Fitness & Freediving Training: How In Shape Do I Have To Be?
There a ton of ideas surrounding freediving and what it takes to be a competent diver. Everything from yoga to trance like murmurs can be seen and heard from a boat deck when you around serious freedivers preparing for their dives. Talk about the pre-dive situation could literally fill a book, and not one diver will agree on which way is absolutely right. The truth is, our bodies are all different and we all have to find our own way. This is why free diving is so appealing, it is a deeply indivi...
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The 5 Best Online Scuba Stores
Most divers that live on the coast or at least near one can have access to some really awesome dive shops that great people own. It is always nice to support the hometown divers anytime that you can. But what about the rest of us (Like myself living in Arizona) who live too far away from the ocean to get our hands on great dive gear from good people? There is a time and a place to order gear at online scuba stores so when you find yourself in that situation we want you to know who is the best be...
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How To Use Spearfishing Equipment Safely
Two words that, on their own sound pretty harsh become one to spearos and that’s the way we like them. But to many the word “speargun” sounds a little less assuming, and a whole lot more confusing. Many people have never touched or even laid eyes on a speargun except in some James Bond movie, so it is no wonder that if and when the inexperienced person comes into contact with one it seems much more like a toy or a novelty than something that could easily kill you. “Danger...
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Scuba Vs. Freedive for Spearfishing
Scuba Vs. Freedive For Spearfishing Whether you decide to scuba dive or free dive while spear fishing is completely your decision and based on many factors. It comes down to an extremely personal preference, so decide for yourself which you are comfortable with or do both! Below are a few arguments as to why the two disciplines are popular, and links to some more advanced info. Scuba Spear Fishing Major Benefits: Focus On Learning Your Equipment: For the beginner, it can be extremely cumbersome ...
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