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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.

A Quick Chat With Blue Wild Organizer Sheri Daye

As one can imagine, being the organizer of a growing consumer trade show can demand that you be in a thousand places at once. DeeperBlue.com briefly chatted with champion spearfisherwoman...

Mark Laboccetta Unveils New Spearfishing Company At Blue Wild Expo

Mark Laboccetta, the longtime vice president for Technosport, resigned from the company last week and with a business partner has started up a new distribution venture called Maverick America. Laboccetta...

Blue Wild 2015: An Exhibitors Summary

With 150 exhibitors this weekend, the Blue Wild Ocean Adventure Expo has been growing like gangbusters with each passing year. Here’s a small sample of the myriad products and...

A Brief Chat With Brazilian Champion Spearfisherman Francisco Loffredi

While walking past the Cressi booth at the 2015 Blue Wild Ocean Adventure Expo this past weekend, one particular person stood out. Decked out in a bright yellow jacket with...

Environmental Advocates Exhibit At Blue Wild Expo

While wandering the the exhibitor halls of this weekend's Blue Wild Ocean Adventure Expo, in addition to the myriad freediving, spearfishing and outdoor adventure and travel booths, DeeperBlue.com came...

Australian Freediving Company A Regular At Blue Wild Expo

The Blue Wild Ocean Adventure Expo isn't limited just to local, Florida-area dive exhibitors. Probably the longest trip taken was by Ray Powell, owner of DiveR Australia in Queensland. Powell...

Freediving Apparel Maker Hypoxia Outfitters A New Exhibitor At Blue Wild Expo

With each passing year, the Blue Wild Ocean Adventure Expo seems to grow, not just in attendees but in exhibitors as well. One of the new exhibitors at this year's...

New Illuminated Lobster Poker Introduced At Blue Wild Expo

Typically, when you go lobstering you use a tickle stick to try to move or pry the lobster out of a hole and then you snare it. A lot...

Scuba Diving Hall Of Fame Announces 2015 Inductees

The International Scuba Diving Hall Of Fame recently announced its 2015 inductees. The hall's newest members are Bill High, Captain Wally Muller, Dimitri Rebikof, Dr. Albert Jones, and Peter Hughes. High...

Poseidon Launches New Rebreather-Specific Website

Poseidon has launched a new website dedicated specifically to rebreathers. Up until now, the company says "there has not been an effective online resource for learning all about rebreathers. This...

Divers Find Korean War-Era Airplane Off San Diego

A pair of divers found a lost Korean War-era fighter plane off the coast of San Diego, California recently. A local Fox television station reported that the aircraft was identified...

New York State Spearfishing Law To Become Effective This Month

A New York state spearfishing bill passed last November will go into effect on February 21st. Outgoing New York State Senator Lee Zeldin said in November: "Fishing is a popular...

RAID International Opens China Office

RAID International announced this week the company has opened an office in China. In charge of the office are Edmund Yiu and Andreas (Andy) Baumgaertner, who are also directors of...

Diviac Developers Conclude Second Financing Round

The developers of the diviac cloud-based digital dive logbook recently closed a second round of financing led by the StartAngels Network, a Swiss angel investor network. A Switzerland-based startup company,...

Casting Agency Seeks L.A.-Area Male Freedivers For Audi Car Commercial

A casting agency is seeking Los Angeles-area male freedivers for an Audi car commercial. Egian Casting is looking for freedivers aged 20 to 40 for a paid, non-union TV commercial...

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