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John Liang

John Liang is the News Editor at DeeperBlue.com. He first got the diving bug while in High School in Cairo, Egypt, where he earned his PADI Open Water Diver certification in the Red Sea off the Sinai Peninsula. Since then, John has dived in a volcanic lake in Guatemala, among white-tipped sharks off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, and other places including a pool in Las Vegas helping to break the world record for the largest underwater press conference.

Check Out SeaLife’s New DC2000 Underwater Camera

If you're a fan of SeaLife's line of underwater cameras, the company recently unveiled its most advanced one to date at DEMA Show 2016. The DC2000 includes an inner camera...

New ‘Eq-Tool’ Aims To Help Improve Equalization Technique

If you're a freediver or scuba diver looking to improve your equalization techniques, there's a new gadget being crowdfunded for just that purpose. The Eq-Tool is a digital device developed...

Organizers Release More Info About Inaugural World Freshwater Spearfishing Championship

Organizers have released more details about the first World Freshwater Spearfishing Championship to be held next year in the USA. These events will take place worldwide on every odd year, with the...

Planning Already Well Underway For DEMA Show 2020 In New Orleans

Even though DEMA Show will continue its alternating schedule of holding its annual conventions in Orlando and Las Vegas over the next couple years, planning is already well underway...

Beuchat Unveils New Wetsuits At DEMA Show 2016

The folks at French dive equipment company Beuchat were kind enough to give DeeperBlue.com a brief overview of the company's latest spearfishing and freediving  products, specifically a pair of new wetsuits, a...

Oceaner Showcases Wetsuit Product Line At DEMA Show 2016

Oceaner’s wetsuits have been at the top of the line of freediving wetsuits for a long time. As Oceaner founder and owner Gary Mallender says: "When you buy an Oceaner...

SI TECH Launches New Inner Drysuit Glove

Frequent cold-water divers know that keeping the extremities warm inside their drysuits is really important. To that end, Swedish company SI TECH has launched a new inner glove, which is...

2016 In-Water Photography Contest Now Accepting Submissions

If you’re the type of underwater shutterbug who likes taking pictures with the least amount of dive gear, the folks who organize the In Water Photographer of the Year...

Bull Shark Adopted By Pro Dive International

Mexican diving resort Pro Dive International recently announced it had adopted a bull shark that inhabits the waters off the Riviera Maya. Maria Jose Lledo, Pro Dive's Operations Manager, said: "Fittingly,...

Korean ‘Haenyo’ Freedivers Could Get UNESCO Heritage Listing Soon

South Korea’s female freedivers who harvest seafood are on the fast track to be listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. According to a report in the Chosun Ilbo,...

British Scuba Diving Charity Deptherapy Gets Royal Funding

A British charity that uses scuba diving to rehabilitate injured military personnel recently received royal funding to buy drysuits and offer PADI Open Water Diver courses. The money from the...

NAUI’s Green Diver Initiative Launches New Grant Program

The National Association of Underwater Instructors' Green Diver Initiative recently launched a new grant program for NAUI members and affiliate partners. The Dive4Change Grant Program will fund projects related to...

DAN’s New Liability Insurance Plans For Dive Pros To Expand Outside Of USA Soon

If you're a dive professional or want to take your hobby to the pro level, the Divers Alert Network recently added new liability insurance plans. Pros who live in the...

Season 2 Of Discovery Channel Series ‘Treasure Quest’ With Freediver Mehgan Heaney-Grier Premieres This Week

The Discovery Channel will air Season 2 of its popular documentary series "Treasure Quest: Snake Island"  beginning this Friday, November 4, featuring freediving champion Mehgan Heaney-Grier. In it, Mehgan rejoins...

DiveTech Offering Seven-Day Trimix Dive Trip To The 12-Mile Bank In 2017

If you're a recreational trimix/rebreather diver and are looking for a challenge, DiveTech is offering a chance to go with a small group to dive the 12-Mile Bank off...

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