Scuba Obsessed

This week Clare, Mac and Darrin discuss the news, debate if Scuba Diving is a real sport and wonder who is really a diver.

Thank you to everyone that showed up in the chat room. We had a great group in there! Sorry about the last 5 minutes with TalkShoe.

• Never too young
• Battle Creek 5th-graders try out underwater robot
• http://www.wndu.com/michigan/headlines/Battle_Creek_5th-graders_try_out_underwater_robot_132447708.html
• From Fresh to Salt
• Scuba Diver Looks to Set Record
• http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/new-features-added-to-padi-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-smart-devices
• There is a dive app for that
• Features added to PADI Scuba Diving App for Iphone and Android
• http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/new-features-added-to-padi-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-smart-devices
• Another reason to dive
• Pro divers are less headache-prone: study
• http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/new-features-added-to-padi-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-smart-devices
• Divers! Be kind to the fishermen
• Missing Second World War Submarine Found in Waters Near Borneo
• http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/new-features-added-to-padi-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-smart-devices
• His cannon
• Blackbeard's cannon salvaged from North Carolina shipwreck?
• http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/new-features-added-to-padi-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-smart-devices

videos of the week

• Do these colors run?
• New Exhibition Displays Paintings Made Underwater
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/24/new-exhibition-displays-p_n_1029392.html
• Refound?
• Portuguese scuba divers find Swiss plane wreck
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45056443/ns/technology_and_science-science/?gt1=43001

Mac and Darrin discuss scuba in the news the the great variety of dives that happened in the last week.

Rare Dolphins tied to conrete slap, Diver Ban, Plan Makes Plung, Dive Team Certification and Scuba hearing
are just a few of the stories.

• Leading Story
  • Rare dolphins found tied to concrete slab
    • http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/14827071/gcso-dive-team-receives-certification
• Quick Update
  • Scuba divers avoid ban
    • http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/14827071/gcso-dive-team-receives-certification
• Another Update
  • Plane makes planned plunge in Athens
    • http://www.kltv.com/story/14745404/plane-makes-planned-plunge-in-athens
• Training
  • GCSO dive team receives certification
    • http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/14827071/gcso-dive-team-receives-certification
• Press Release
  • Dive Center For Sale
    • http://www.onlineprnews.com/news/143734-1306847752-dive-center-for-sale-new-online-marketplace-offers-free-business-listings-to-scuba-diving-industry.html
• Scuba Hearing
  • Underwater, Humans Hear Through Their Bones
    • http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100272592&gt1=31036
• It's Down There
  • Effort lets diving group really ‘clean up’
    • http://www.havasunews.com/articles/2011/06/02/news/doc4de71a2e86be1480444238.txt
• DWADD
  • As it turns out Thursday June 2nd is DWADD. (Ditch Work And Dive Day)
    • http://www.michiganshipwrecks.org/ironside.htm
• Over its limit
  • Diver finds credit card lost 25 years ago
    • http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/05/28/Diver-finds-credit-card-lost-25-years-ago/UPI-64861306606519/
• Arrrrrrrr there be an anchor
  • Blackbeard's anchor lifted from sea after 293 years
    • http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/05/27/2034126/blackbeards-anchor-lifted-from.html

Darrin and Jim had their dive on the Ironsides.

• http://www.michiganshipwrecks.org/ironside.htm

Scuba Obsessed

Scuba Obsessed Episode 56 – 56 degrees in February! Inconceivable!!!

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Some of this week's scuba in the news

Diver Swepty Away, There is an app for that, Free Dive Computer Training and Another Use for a Wetsuit & a Chainsaw

• Diver Swept Away
  • Diver 'swept away' from group
    • http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/padi-unveils-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-users
• There is an app for that!
  • PADI unveils scuba diving app for iPhone and Android users
    • http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/padi-unveils-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-users
• Free Dive Computer Training
  • Scuba equipment company provides free online dive computer training
    • http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/padi-unveils-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-users
• TrainingTecRec
  • Instructor Trainer: No Longer Restricted to PADI Course Directors
    • http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/padi-unveils-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-users
    • http://blog.darcykieran.ca/post/3310530790/bodi-the-business-of-diving-institute-scuba-tecrec
• A mermaid's tale (or is it tail?)
  • YMCA pool a practice tank for would-be mermaid
    • http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/padi-unveils-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-users
• Another Use for a Wetsuit & a Chainsaw
  • City Takes Novel Approach to Breaking Up Ice Jams
    • http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/padi-unveils-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-users
• Scuba Shows Coming Up
  • Our World Underwater - February 18-20 in Rosemont, Illinois -
    • http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/padi-unveils-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-users
  • 30th Annual Shipwreck - March 5th -  Ann Arbor, MI -
    • http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/padi-unveils-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-users
  • Ghost Ships Festifal - March 25-26  Milwaukee, WI -
    • http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/padi-unveils-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-users

Also try out a boat show!

• • Annual Chicago Our World Underwater Scuba Show embraces anticipated record snow
    • http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/padi-unveils-scuba-diving-app-for-iphone-and-android-users

The bad scuba joke of the week.

Scuba in the news

• Oil in the Gulf Update - Oil spill stopped on the 87th Day?
  • http://business-and-finance-1357.blogspot.com/2010/07/oil-spill-gulf-of-mexico-2010-update.html
• Scientists roll out mats to kill Lake Tahoe clams
  • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38185174/ns/us_news-environment/
• Diver finds lost Tiffany engagement ring in lake
  • http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jWhdh5EJ6RrvyCS714qti5ZVLXFAD9GUV45O0
• A clean sweep in Newport Beach
  • http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-me-treasure-hunt-20100706,0,7639031.story
• Scuba Diving - 90 Meters Deep In a Swimming Pool
  • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38185174/ns/us_news-environment/
• Experts work to free buried ship hull at World Trade Center
  • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38254110/ns/us_news
• Our Dives Saturday
  • Targets 1 & 2
    • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38254110/ns/us_news
• Our Dives Sunday
  • Ann Arbor 5
    • http://mudclub.scubaobsessed.com/archives/1133
    • http://www.michiganshipwrecks.org/annarbor5.htm
  • Barge and Crane
    • http://mudclub.scubaobsessed.com/archives/1143
    • Visit from the conservation....

Cool Gear - Scuba Diving Chair

• http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/07/scuba_diving_chair_actually_exists.html

Go out there and get wet and dive safe.

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Scuba Obsessed

Scuba Obsessed Episode 25 - More scuba diving in warm water is dangerous & Six Months

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Scuba in the news

• Aqua Lung America Recalls Apeks WTX Power Inflators Due to Drowning Hazard
  • http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml10/10286.html
• Worthington Cylinders Adds 30 New Jobs this year.
  • http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9GL1Q7G0.htm
• Slick business: Oily Panhandle fuels a boom in east coast scuba charters
  • http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/slick-business-oily-panhandle-fuels-a-boom-in-772189.html
• Andrea Doria: Divers recover bridge bell
  • http://www.global-adventures.us/2010/07/01/andrea-doria-bridge-bell/
• Scuba Dooby Doo: Meet the deep sea diving Dachshund with a taste for adventure
  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1291115/Scuba-Dooby-Doo-Meet-deep-sea-diving-Dachshund-taste-adventure.html

Scuba Discussions of the week!

On the website -

On Facebook - If someone called you right now for an awesome dive, what is the quickest you could be ready?

Diamond Lake Dive

Cool Gear!

Another Underwater Car

• http://www.rinspeed.com/pages/cars/squba/pre-squba.htm

Video of the week

Video - Diver in Portal to Maya Underworld

• http://www.scubaobsessed.com/archives/1317

This is a great video of a scuba diver exploring spring fed pools in Belize. Part of the project is to learn more about Mayan offerings.

Send us a list of your favorite scuba movies. If the movie has scuba diving in it we want to know about it. We will be reviewing the movies through our scuba mask covered eyes.

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Yep! And that bad scuba joke of the week...

Scuba Obsessed

Scuba Obsessed Episode 11 - This is the official start to our scuba dive season!!

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:00 - 1:00 Introduction

1:30 - 20:05 Last weekend’s dive on the rubble shipwreck Havana in Lake Michigan

http://www.michiganshipwrecks.org/havana.htm

20:05 - 35:15 Scuba in the news

• Public input period for federal fishery strategy has ended http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/saltwater/news/story?id=4975762
• Trapped in fishing line, seal rescued in waters off Tottenville http://beta.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article243426.ece
• UK Poised to Designate World's Largest Marine Reserve http://www.michiganshipwrecks.org/havana.htm
• Lost and found: USS Flier http://www.cdnn.info/news/industry/i100215.html
• Divers remove 50 tons of nets, crab pots, fishing gear from state marine waters http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/03/13/1108320/divers-remove-nets-crab-pots-from.html?source=rss
• Indian hailed for being youngest scuba diver http://beta.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article243426.ece

35:15 - 35:45 MUD (Michigan Underwater Divers) Club Meeting

35:45 - 41:20 Jim's Dive Plans

41:20 - 43:00 Scuba Vehicle (no scuba juice)

43:00 - 45:00    It is scuba season - Get some dive buddies - Develop some dive buddies - Scuba Gear Early season deals - Intro to Scuba

45:00 -  46:35 Scuba (Bad) Joke of the week

46:35 - Thank you and see you next week! Go out there and get wet... and dive safe! 🙂