John Griffith
John Griffith is an avid SCUBA and Freediver based in Southeast Florida, with over 34 years of experience in the recreational, military and commercial dive fields. Retired from military service, John completed Bachelor Degrees in both Business Administration and Journalism, a M.Ed and PhD in Education. John is a driven conservationist and social activist...with a great passion for sharks, cigars, rum and writing. John is an Associate Editor with DeeperBlue.com.
Water, water everywhere… Freediving Singapore: Overcoming the Challenge
"There is an old Malay legend in which two warriors once dueled to the death. The island gods transformed the bodies of the two mighty warriors into a pair of...
Review: Manage Your Mind: Yoga for Freediving Course
"I think failure can be actually the biggest teacher...if we always succeed we don't get a chance to get perspective on our goals and our motivation...and I think it's...
Review: Intermediate Freediving Course with Ted Harty and Immersion Freediving
When we write a review for a product or service, it is usually a pretty straightforward matter. There are some criteria that the product or service is measured against,...
Review: “Deep Relaxation” Yoga for Freediving Course
As freedivers, we are always seeking ways to make ourselves better at our sport. Whether one is new to the sport of freediving, a spearo looking to increase bottom...
Review: The Scuba Guru SCUBA Exam App
It is our distinct pleasure to have been asked to review the new App for iOS and Android from Thomas E. "Tec" Clark.
Who Is Tec Clark?
In departure from our...
Breathing Challenge App Review (iOS version)
This is part of the DeeperBlue.com Freediving App Review Series – a collection of reviews of Freediving related mobile apps. Each app has been reviewed based on a standardized...
Profile: Mandy Sumner
Serendipity is defined by Merriam-Webster's Dictionary as:
A noun: "the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; also : an instance of this."
This is a story...
#VB2016: The Record Holder Who Nearly Didn’t Go – Lena Jovanovic Balta
We are all familiar with athletes who rise to the pinnacle of their sport in meteoric journeys...gaining Gold and grabbing headlines with flashy performances, loud bravado, or onstage theatrics....
Born of Water Apparel Showcases Neck Gaiter at the Blue Wild Expo
As water-sports enthusiasts, whether we dive, sail, fish or hang out on the beach, we have always relied on the tried-and-true hat, sunglasses and t-shirt to cover up when...
From the Front Lines to the Deep Blue: Adventure Trauma Kit is a must have!
One of the consequences of the numerous and seemingly unending wars the world has seen over the last 65 years is the many crossover innovations that were founded on...
Manny Puig Showcases His Newest Tridents At Blue Wild Expo
Florida icon and Outdoor Channel's "Savage Wild" host and star Manny Puig showed off his newest Trident hunting spears at this weekend's Blue Wild Ocean Adventure Expo.
The Cuban-born wild...
A Brief Chat With Wildlife Photographer ‘CrocodileChris’
Christopher "CrocodileChris" Gillette, the 28-year-old alligator wrangler and extreme wildlife photographer best known for his work on Animal Planet's "Gator Boys" TV show, spoke with DeeperBlue.com at The Blue Wild...
Shark Zen: Helping Kids Experience The Ocean
Letting my eyes slowly drift over the various signs and banners attached to the hundreds of booths at the Port Salerno Seafood Festival, I notice one that draws to...
Review: Glass and Water – The Essential Guide to Freediving for Underwater Photography
As freedivers and photographers, we have all probably read books on those topics, and there are many really good books that separately cover all aspects of photography and freediving...but...
