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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.

Omer 5th Annual Hatteras Blue Water Open

Correspondent John Liang covered the 2006 Omer 5th Annual Hatteras Blue Water Open. He spent the first full day of the tournament out on the Gulf Stream aboard the sportfishing vessel "Runaway", and filed this report.

Omer 2006 Hatteras Blue Water Open Final Results

HATTERAS, NC -- Amid challenging weather conditions and more than one shark that wanted a speared fish just as much as the athlete that speared it, the fifth-annual Omer...

Omer Blue Water Open Day 1 Results

HATTERAS, NC -- Here are the results from Day 1 (Friday, 28 July) of the Omer Hatteras Blue Water Open. Day 2 was canceled due to weather. Overall results...

'Oceans in Action II' Due in December

HATTERAS, NC -- The folks who brought you the spearfishing video 'Oceans in Action' will be releasing a second iteration by the end of the year, according to one...

Spearfishing TV Show Concludes Filming Off Hatteras

HATTERAS, NC -- A new spearfishing television program last week finished the taping of footage for three to four shows off Cape Hatteras, NC, DeeperBlue.net has learned. The shows off...

Congress Holds Hearing on Chesapeake Bay Restoration

The House Appropriations interior subcommittee held a hearing today on the state of restoration efforts in the Chesapeake Bay. Click here to view the prepared testimony...

Washington Post: Growing Acidity of Oceans May Kill Corals

The Washington Post ran an article today about the rising level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and its possible impact on the world's coral reefs. ...

'Into the Blue' Review

Writer John takes some time out to look at the latest Scuba/FreeDiving movie - "Into The Blue"

Aqualung Unveils New Snorkel

Aqualung unveiled a new snorkel at the DEMA Show in Las Vegas. Featuring either a flexible or non-flexible mouthpiece, the Impulse 3 uses the same bell shape as its...

Fins That Happen to be Funky, Too

Just like the ski industry went from functional skis with nothing drawn on them to functional skis with a fashion sense, so do Britons Matthew and Michelle Lewis think...

Glow-in-the-Dark Rope, Anyone?

Freediving in low-visibility conditions? Doing a night dive on scuba? Wish you could see your dive line easier? Saint James, MN-based Fire Forks Unlimited may have a solution: rope...

AquaSketch Brings Out the Inner Wyland

As if painting itself weren't enough of a challenging avocation, marine artist Mark Hagan is looking to take it one step further. At the DEMA Show in Las Vegas...

New Product Helps Dry Out Diving Gear

If you love the smell of wetsuits that haven't been dried properly, then this product isn't for you. But if you're like the grand majority of us who want...

New Watch is Waterproof to More than 2 Leagues Under the Sea

Sometimes people might wonder why anyone would want to buy a watch that is waterproof to a depth of 12,000 meters or 39,600 feet or 6,600 fathoms. "For the same...

RIFFE Introduces New 'Euro Style Speargun'

The folks at RIFFE International this week introduced a slew of new products at the DEMA Show in Las Vegas, including a "Euro Style Speargun" and a new long-bladed...

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