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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.

La Paz Tourism Officials Attend DEMA Show For The First Time

For the first time, representatives from the city of La Paz on Mexico's Baja Peninsula are attending DEMA Show 2013. With more than 891 fish species -- 90 of them...

Zayak Sea Sled Introduced At DEMA Show 2013

Have young kids or know anyone who feels uncomfortable with their heads in the water while snorkeling? The Zayak Sea Sled, a new product introduced this week at DEMA Show...

Diviac Unveils New Online Dive Logbook At DEMA Show 2013

A new online dive logbook is being unveiled this week at the 2013 DEMA Show in Orlando. Diviac.com (short for “Dive Maniac”) is the “next evolution of the digital logbook,”...

DEMA and Bonaire To Launch New Divecaching Challenge

DEMA and Bonaire announced this week that they have created an international, underwater geocaching game called "The Diving For Bonaire Treasure Challenge." DEMA applied the lessons learned from a previous, underwater...

5 Questions on Freediving Under Ice with Guiness Record Holder Stig Severinsen

Multiple-time Danish World Champion freediver Stig Severinsen last week achieved a new Guinness World Record by swimming 250 feet (76.2 meters) underwater — without fins or even a wetsuit — below...

Scubaverse Launches New Dive Centre Directory App

Scubaverse has launched a new "Dive Centre and Resort Directory" app for smartphones and tablets. The app is available free for both Apple and Android devices. Scubaverse says that with it,...

Dates For 2014 Shark Showdown Photo Week Set

Bimini Sands and Neal Watson’s Hammer Headquarters have announced that their “2014 Shark Showdown Photo Week” will take place from February 22 to March 1, 2014. Underwater shutterbugs will have...

DEMA and Rock Band Youngblood Hawke Team Up To Make Anti-Shark Finning Commercial

In September, the Dive Equipment & Marketing Association and Los Angeles-based rock band Youngblood Hawke teamed up to film a television commercial aimed at boosting awareness of the devastating...

Croatian, Bulgarian Freedivers Take Top Male And Female Honors At 2013 Sofia Freediving Cup

Croatian freediver Goran Colak and Bulgarian freediver Viktoria Danova each won all three men's and women's respective disciplines at the 2013 Sofia Freediving Cup this week. Colak came in first...

Stig Severinsen Sets A New Guinness World Record, Swims 250 Feet Under Ice Without Fins Or Wetsuit

Four-time Danish World Champion freediver Stig Severinsen announced this week that he had achieved a new Guinness World Record by swimming 250 feet (76.2 meters) underwater -- without fins...

Croatian Freediver Goran Colak Breaks Guinness World Record For Longest O2-Aided Breath Hold

Croatian freediver Goran Colak this past weekend broke the Guinness World Record for the longest pure oxygen-aided breath hold at 22 minutes and 30 seconds. According to a post on...

New Spearfishing World Record Set By 17 Year Old

Seventeen-year-old Alli Penovich of Cocoa Beach, FL last month set a new spearfishing world record in the women’s speargun division while freediving, harvesting an 11.4 pound (5.2 kg) northern red...

DeeperBlue.com To Be The Official Media Partner Of One Breath Jamboree

DeeperBlue.com is proud to be named the official media partner of the One Breath Jamboree taking place during October 2013 in Indonesia. The One Breath Jamboree is a meeting of...

Exclusive Interview With New Guinness Record Holder Stig Severinsen

Last week, four-time Danish World Champion freediver and "Breatheology" innovator Stig Severinsen achieved a new Guinness World Record by swimming 500 feet (152.4 meters) underwater below one-meter-thick ice on...

Stig Severinsen Sets A New Guinness World Record, Swims 500ft Under The Ice

Four-time Danish World Champion freediver Stig Severinsen announced this week that he had achieved a new Guinness World Record by swimming 500 feet (152.4 meters) underwater below one-meter-thick ice...

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