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2008 Photos of the Week
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A meeting at UNEXSO on May 3, 2008 certainly had its serious moments but there were plenty of times to play for Jeff Rice with Gwen and Tom Wyble, representing the Portage Quarry, especially when sharks are involved. Click here for more photos of the shark dive and meeting.

OceanFest was well attended in Ft. Lauderdale the weekend of April 19 and 20. Jeff rice of Portage Quarry was at the UNEXSO booth with Keith Cooper (pictured here) promoting the International Legends of Diving. Click here for more photos of OceanFest.

Nick Icorn delivers his first article in the International Legends of Diving series.  Birth of a Sport, The Early Regulators first appeared in Historical Diver in 1993.

Featured Legends diver Nick Icorn receiving the Conrad Limbaugh award.

Jeff Rice, Portage Quarry owner, speaks with the Sand Dog V group at their annual meeting in Silver Springs, Florida, on March 28, 2008. He discussed diving in the Bahamas.

Click on the image above for more photos of the ice diving trip the weekend of March 1-2 with members of the Michigan Adventure Diving and Great Lakes Wrecking Crew Dive Club.

An ice diving trip the weekend of March 1-2. A total of 18 people showed up for the ice dive. There were seven divers and 11 surface support personnel. Two divers used a redundant air supply and two divers were in wetsuits. All but one used full face masks. They also had underwater communicators according to the report from Elizabeth Campbell.

Historic Meeting: Two worlds of diving come together at the UNEXSO location near Freeport, Bahamas on Feb. 28, 2008. Pictured from left
is Keith Cooper, Director
of Marketing; Jeff Rice, operator Portage Quarry; Marc Bauman, General Manager; Dr. John Clement, one of the original Founders; and Jock Hall, photographer.

This is a heater made for the USN to keep regulators from freezing. Yes, you can buy them from Kirby Morgan for around $600

Keith G. Cooper Photo
The History of Diving on Grand Bahama Island


Six members of the
Wood County Water Rescue Team were in classroom at the Dive
Lab in Panama City, FL
January 7-9, 2008.

Click here for more photos of the rescue training. 

 

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2007 Photos of the Week

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12701 South Dixie
Bowling Green OH, 43402

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