In the early ‘seventies the heavy demand for divers to work on the North Sea gas and oil platforms exceeded supply. Wages were high. So was the diver mortality rate. Confronted by a harsh environment and difficulties not previously encountered… Read More ›
From 1996 – when, following the collapse of his beloved, aquaCORP Magazine, Michael turned his back on the diving industry – until his eventual return at the OZTeK2011 event, Michael Menduno and I remained firm friends maintaining regular communications with… Read More ›
For those who don’t know me, my name is David Strike and I’m sorry to not be there with you at ADEX2025, an event that has now firmly established itself as one of the world’s great dive shows. My own… Read More ›
Having spent a considerable portion of my life either organising, or helping to organise, dive-related events and activities, I was, until recently, rather proud to have had a hand in the development and growth of both the ADEX and the… Read More ›
uAccording to one of my many dismal school reports, and, in part, thanks to a Physics teacher’s comments, I, “lacked an imagination”. That particular physics teacher could have truthfully also added that I always appeared to be bored by the… Read More ›
Mark Evans – Editorial Director of ‘Scuba Diver UK’ – recently invited me to join him in a Q&A session; one that (thanks to my verbosity) he ran over two issues of the magazine. While omitting many of the images… Read More ›
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