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Diving since 1961 – with a background in military, commercial, recreational and technical diving – David Strike has dived extensively throughout the Asia Pacific region, has authored several hundred articles about diving, is the recipient of the ADEX ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for contributions to Technical Diving, a Fellow of the Explorers Club of New York, and the former owner and organiser of the biennial OZTeK Technical Diving Conference and a regular speaker and presenter at regional and international diving events. He is presently engaged in producing a series of diving-related books.

• ‘Technically Speaking’ – by Simon Pridmore

  By Strike on February 14, 2023

  

  Offering an engaging, beautifully written, and meticulously researched insight into the phenomenon of Technical Diving, and its impact on a single decade of diving’s evolving history, Simon Pridmore’s new book, ‘Technically Speaking’ is an outstanding tour de force from one… Read More ›

• “Fins ain’t wot they used to be.”

  By Strike on November 30, 2022

  

  Although a seemingly simple device, fins are a comparatively modern invention made possible by the introduction of vulcanised rubber. In 1929 the inventor, a Frenchman by the name of Louis de Corlieu, produced a prototype fin made from this material… Read More ›

• The Submersible Decompression Chamber

  By Strike on November 27, 2022

  

  Designed by Robert Davis – the M.D. of Siebe, Gorman & Co. who was later knighted for his services to diving – and submitted for testing by the British Admiralty in 1929, the Submersible Decompression Chamber (SDC) provided welcome relief… Read More ›

• Imagination:  A Diver’s Worst Enemy?

  By Strike on October 20, 2022

  

  A section of Sir Robert H Davis’ classic work, ‘Deep Diving and Submarine Operations’ is devoted to Divers’ Yarns. Highlighting the fact that an active imagination can often prove to be a diver’s worst enemy, one of the stories tells… Read More ›

• ADEX: celebrating 30-years of Asian Diver Magazine

  By Strike on September 1, 2022

  

  ‘Wow! I’m proud to be an Asian! … Finally, a “home-grown”, or should I say a, “home-based” magazine for the Asian Region.’, wrote one Maldivian diving professional when, in June, 1992, the first issue of Asian Diver Magazine rolled off… Read More ›

• ‘Don’t Forget The Diver’

  By Strike on July 4, 2022

  

  Veteran radio broadcaster, Alistair Cooke’s weekly, ‘Letter From America’, was listened to by audiences from around the world for more than fifty years, before his death on 30th March 2004, His last broadcast for 1996 focussed on the usual media… Read More ›