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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.

SEA&SEA Introduces New Housing For Sony Alpha A6000 Camera

Attention, serious underwater shutterbugs: SEA&SEA has introduced a new housing for the Sony Alpha a6000 mirrorless digital camera, the company announced this month. "The MDX-a6000 is SEA&SEA's first housing for...

Herbert Nitsch To Speak At SPEARO Extreme Sports Expo In Dubai

World-class freediver Herbert Nitsch will be a featured speaker at next month's SPEARO Extreme Sports Expo in Dubai, it was announced recently. Nitsch will be talking about his world-record freedives,...

Labeling Dive Gear Always A Good Idea

Own a dive float? You may want to make sure your name and contact information are on it, just to be on the safe side. Case in point: A diver...

DUI Acquires Ocean Management Systems

Tech divers who use Ocean Management Systems equipment might be interested in knowing that the company has been bought by drysuit manufacturer Diving Unlimited International and partners BtS Europa...

Jim Holliday Appointed As CEO Of RAID International

Jim Holliday has been appointed as the new CEO of dive training agency RAID International, the company announced this week. Holliday will also serve as CEO of RAID's South Pacific...

RAID Launches New ‘Explorer 30’ Specialty Diver Course

Diver training agency RAID International has launched a new specialty diver course developed to bridge the gap between traditional open-water programs and more advanced programs. The Explorer 30 specialty, conceived...

Blue O Two Provides Update On Shipboard Electrical Fire

Liveaboard dive operator blue o two has provided an update on the electrical fire suffered on board one of its Red Sea ships: On Monday 28th July 2014, one of...

Güldner Breaks Nitsch’s Skandalopetra Record

Andreas Güldner recently broke Herbert Nitsch's Skandalopetra freediving world record with a 112-meter dive in the Red Sea off the Egyptian coast. Nitsch held the previous record at 107 meters. Güldner,...

Beneath The Surface Introduces New Camera Accessory Float System

Underwater camera accessory company Beneath the Surface Products has introduced a new buoyancy float system for the company's ball-jointed camera arms: Designed specifically for the BtS ball-jointed arms, our new...

Seawater-Powered Dive Light Developers Start Crowdfunding Campaign

A group of Hungarian deep-sea researchers has developed a dive light powered entirely by seawater and is conducting a crowdfunding campaign to manufacture and sell it. "The SWES (Sea Water...

‘Avengers’ Star Advocates For Oceana

"Marvel's The Avengers" star and ocean advocate Cobie Smulders recently filmed a public service announcement on behalf of Oceana. "I love the ocean," she says in the PSA. "Did you...

RAID International Revamps Entry-Level Diver Course

Diver training agency RAID International has launched an updated, entry-level Open Water Course, the company announced recently. According to RAID International Training Director Paul Toomer: "Divers are going to find...

SeaLife Introduces New Micro HD Underwater Camera

SeaLife has introduced its new Micro HD camera, the first permanently sealed underwater camera that never leaks. SeaLife says: There are no O-rings to maintain, no openings or doors that could possibly...

EUROTEK Tickets Now Available

Tickets are now available for purchase to attend one of the world's biggest biennial technical diving conferences. EUROTEK 2014 will be held at the International Convention Center in Birmingham, England...

New FitDiver Magazine Makes Its Debut

ScubaFit founder Gretchen Ashton has debuted FitDiver Magazine, a new quarterly publication that features workouts and exercises for people who participate in watersport activities and travel to dive destinations. The...

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