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New Free SCUBA Classified Ad Website
I’m not sure if the world needed another free classifieds website or not, but here’s one more. I mostly created joeuw.com as a test related to another project, but now that it’s finished and live, I really like the site and … Continue reading
Join JoeScuba
When I originally created the JoeScuba blog, I had several informal goals. First, managing a blog is a fun way to stay connected between dive days. Secondly, I want to grow JoeScuba into a large online forum where divers from … Continue reading
Buoyancy Control & Wetsuit Compression
I joined a vintage scuba message board a couple weeks ago so that I could contribute to a discussion about the concept of a formal vintage scuba class. Presumably, the idea would be to train divers on the safe use … Continue reading
Rare Blue Double Hose Aqualung Mistral
This is one of my double hose regulators. It is one of only three that I know of but I’m sure there are more like it. What makes it so unusual is that it labeled (view the gallery here to … Continue reading
Cool Vintage Diving Video
Anyone for diving? from Vintage D on Vimeo. This is awesome! I love seeing the way classes were handled back then. I was first certified around 1980 (YMCA) and it wasn’t that different. I remember having to recite Boyle’s Law, … Continue reading
Posted in SCUBA Instruction, Vintage Scuba Gear
Tagged double hose regulator, scuba, vintage scuba, vintage scuba video
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Help End Shark Finning
I just got back from the PADI Annual Forum. It was very interesting and I won a hat. One thing that came up is the issue of shark finning, the hideous practice of cutting the fins off of sharks in … Continue reading
Vintage SCUBA Lake Tahoe Anyone?
I’m starting to think seriously about organizing some dives for vintage nerds like me at beautiful Lake Tahoe this Summer. I am pretty sure that I can arrange a special room rate at the Tahoe Biltmore in Crystal Bay, as … Continue reading
Posted in Dive Travel, Vintage Scuba Gear
Tagged dive travel, double hose regulator, harness, jacques cousteau, lake tahoe diving, vintage scuba
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Vintage Double Hose – Cool Site!
http://www.vintagedoublehose.com/index.php/component/content/article/91.html This site has a really cool listing, with pictures, of double hose regulators. I like that there is a rating system (1-5 stars) depicting the rarity of each double hose regulator they list. Among the rarest is a “blue … Continue reading
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Tagged double hose regulator, scuba, scuba history, vintage diving, vintage scuba
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Double Hose Regulators Are Cool
In a sudden wave of inspiration, I just pulled one of my vintage double hose regulators out of storage and connected it to a scuba tank (single 38 cu. ft., 1800 psi). I have several of them, all of which … Continue reading
Vintage SCUBA
I am a big fan of vintage and historic SCUBA gear. This is a pretty (well, VERY) rare SeaHorse SCUBA double rig from the early 1940′s.