Immersion Freediving founder Ted Harty was preparing to give a brief freediving safety talk at the Blue Wild Ocean Adventure Expo this weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when to his utter surprise, he found out he was getting the inaugural Dimitris Kollias award for his service to the dive community.
The award is in memory of Greek Spearo and Founder of Deep Worldwide Magazine Dimitris Kollias, who died from injuries sustained in an accident last year.
The Kollias award honors people for their service to the dive community and comes with a US$2000 (~1622 Euro) check for the winner to use to advance their work.
An anonymous donor committed $10,000 (~811 Euros) over the next five years, with a new person getting the prize each year.
