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| CHAMBER DAY/NIGHT NETS SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL |
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Wow!!!! On behalf of your Chamber, thank you, thank
you, thank you!
The final tally for the Chamber fundraiser was an
Incredible $117,000 (our second highest
ever). The figure is amazing, considering our still-weak
economy.
Diving on Chamber Day was great, the weather was
perfect and everyone at the Chamber evening dinner
where enjoying themselves so much, they didn't want it to
end! Thanks again to all the divers, boat captains and
dive shops who stepped up yet again, to keep our
Chamber running.
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| FREE ZIP SEALS ON ANY DUI DRYSUIT |
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ZipSeals are a patented DUI innovation that allow you
to change your own seals in less than a minute
Most other drysuits glue the their seals onto their suits
so if you rip a seal, you have to sent it in to be repaired.
On a dive trip and rip a seal? Just zip on a new one!
ZipSeals also allow you to zip on DUI ZipGloves for
the warmest and driest hands you've ever had!
FREE ZIPSEALS include the ZipRings installed on the
neck and wrist with ZipSeals!
OR take the PADI Drysuit Course in the month of May,
2010. Order any new DUI drysuit by June 30, 2010.
Provide a copy of your PADI certification card or receipt
to your dealer at the time the order is placed and you
will receive one of the following two DUI accessory
packages:
Purchase a DUI Stock or Select Drysuit and receive a
FREE Sport Package! A $240 retail value!
Purchase a DUI Special Production drysuit and
receive a FREE Signature Series Upgrade! A $260
retail value!
Order must be placed with DUI by June 30, 2010.
Cannot be combined with any other offer. Good on
new equipment only. Offer is not transferable. Void
where prohibited. Taxes, if any, are the responsibility
of the diver. This certificate has no cash
valueAvailable
at Ocean Adventures Authorized DUI
Dealers . Offer expires July 31, 2010
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| COME ONE COME ALL! THE DIVE BOATS ARE FILLING UP |
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Ocean Adventures divers are diving all the time, night
shore dives and weekend boat dives. Need a buddy?
No problem, want to improve on a skill while out on a
boat? Just ask! Call OADC at 310.578.9391 or check
out the upcoming boat schedule online. Check in with
the staff at the shop for any shore diving excursions.
Last one in the water...
Haven't been diving for a while? OADC offers Refresher
Courses! Call OADC today, 310.578.9391 and let's go
diving!
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| OCEAN ADVENTURES IS HEADING TO THE ISLAND OF BORNEO |
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Sipadan Water Village is a resort beautifully
constructed with Bajau architectural design. Part of the
Mabul Island is also home to groups of Bajau
fishermen who have built their traditional palm
thatched houses.
The entire resort is built over water on stilts. In its
design, Sipadan Water Village has achieved near utopia
in its over-the-water layout, splendid water cottage
accommodations with flowered sidewalks,
wonderfully prepared Asian and Continental cuisine,
and impeccable and personable service.
Due to the fact that the marine life found around Mabul
Island varies greatly from that of Sipadan Island,
combination of the two islands for diving make a
diver's diving holiday more complete. Mabul and
Kapalai is heaven for studying the micro aspects of
marine life and guarantees hours of fascinating fish
watching with ample opportunities for photography. At
world-renowned Sipadan Island, divers get different
experience as one dive amongst the giants of sea and
its only 20 minutes away from the comforts of Sipadan
Water Village.
WE will also visit the Orangutan preserve Join us the
last week in October and first week in
November for this amazing dive trip. Call the shop for
more info 310.578.9391.
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DIVE CLUB MEETING TUESDAY MAY 11 WITH SCUBA FORENSIC SPECIALIST KEN KURTIS |
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Ken Kurtis' chat at OADC tomorrow night will focus on
dive fatalities, trends that are apparent when looking
at statistics and share some ideas that came from a
national meeting on dive fatality analysis he recently
attended, hosted by D.A.N. (the Divers Alert Network).
Ken is a Forensic Consultant to the L.A. County
Coroner for scuba fatalities, performing equipment
testing and accident analysis.
Ken's an accomplished photographer and his photos
and stories can be found in the pages of the California
Diving News, Sport Diver, Skin Diver, and other scuba
publications, along with the monthly Reef Seekers
newsletter.
Ken Kurtis was kicked out of swim class twice by the
time he was six. (He didn't like putting his face in the
water); an auspicious start to a diving career.
But Ken always loved being around the water, loved
looking at fish, and in 1978 while running a radio
station in Richmond, VA, was offered a chance to get
certified and took the course. Ken then became a
NAUI Instructor (Top Candidate at his 1980 ITC) and
has logged almost 5000 dives all over the world in
such varied places as the Maldives, Indonesia, Yap,
Tahiti, Bonaire, Cocos, Alaska, and, of course, his
beloved waters of Southern California. Ken is the
owner of Reef Seekers Dive Co., speaks frequently to
dive clubs about diving techniques and safety issues,
has been chairman of Chamber Day/Eve since the
early 90s, is a member of the Statewide Interests
Group for the MLPA, and a volunteer dive team leader
at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
With all that he still finds time to maintain an acting
career and leads most of the local and foreign trips for
Reef Seekers. He's a very good cook, avid Scrabble &
Boggle player, chases total solar eclipses, ran five
L.A. Marathons, is kind to animals and small children,
and now has a fantasy about making the U.S. Curling
Team for the 2014 Olympics. Be sure to ask him his
mantra about divers at tomorrow's Dive Club
meeting!
Dive Club meeting begins at 7 pm at Ocean Adventures.
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