Issue 4 now available!!!

My office is a mess, my pc desktop too. In my head, sounds are ringing of
fine spring steel shafts crashing thick fish spines, and freedivers? cries
of triumph on the surface after their effort. Massive fish photos, articles,
e-mails from the seven seas across the globe. I love this job, especially,
when summer comes around! From my office window, I can smell Mediterranean
waters; warm, crystal-clear and promising. Tomorrow, I will definitely go
diving. It is my job, after all...
Compared to the Oceans, the Mediterranean Sea is tiny, safe, and calm.
Seas are usually accessible all year round. Only the Adriatic Sea gets rough
in the winter, while during the same time strong southeast winds might blow
from the Libyan Sea.From May until October winds usually blow up to 25
knots, meaning that the Med spearo is able to be out often, if he/she
wishes.

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Aegean Tunas!

Bluefin Tuna in the Aegean Sea from deepww on Vimeo.

 

A Dive into History!


It was a mid-June morning when I arrived in Lindos on the island of Rhodes, Greece. A bit
later, I met with the Italians Alesandro and Rosarita. They gave me a stone and 100
meters (328 feet) of rope. I could still not understand their immense enthusiasm for
diving without a mask, or wetsuit, or rules! I could not understand why I was not allowed
to use my nice neoprene and trusty mask! Some ancient Greeks, thousands of years ago,
used to dive this way. This was not because they preferred it, but because there was no
other way-- but why us?  I felt like I was taking ancient Greek language lessons in high
school...but a big surprise was waiting.

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Spearfishing the Tropics!

Making the most of your vacation...

Text: Cameron Kirckonell

With four days to go and only one shaft on my 110 Rabitech Railgun left, I thought hard
about releasing the shaft on the 125 lb Dogtooth Tuna that was approaching from the
depths.  Was the 75 ft piece of line I scavenged off the beach going to hold?  Would the
two gas can floats keep him from taking me over the drop?  How is it possible that I own
thousands of dollars of equipment from the best companies in the world and yet I find
myself one shot away from ending my entire spearing trip because I have no more gear.


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Turkish Delight!

Spearfishing in Turkey

Text: Memo Arikok

It’s been 26 years since I looked down into the blue sea over my father’s shoulders. It
was a typical Aegean summer on the Turkish coast where glittering sun was trying to find
a way in between all those pine trees. Now, at 31 years of age with quite a few wrinkles
on my face, I still find it fascinating to watch the sun and to gaze at the hypnotizing
blue of Mediterranean waters. My name is Memo and I live in a country surrounded by seas.
I’m trying to shape my life around the sea and spear fishing is my Zen. Although I don’t
consider myself an expert, I do my best to travel and dive around the endless shores of
Turkey. In the following pages I will try to give you the most essential information
about spear fishing in Turkey.

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The full method...

Deep spearfishing: the full method from deepww on Vimeo.

   

Mares. World spearfishing championship sponsor!

The well known diving equipment brand Mares, is lately showing its overwhelming interest on spearfishing. First by sponsoring some of the greatest spearo of our times, like Joseba Kerejeta, Dario Marinov, John Sideris etc and now by entrirely sponsoring the world spearfishing championship which will be held in Croatia, this September! Even more, Mares has created a website for the games www.spearfishingwc.com where you can find all the needed details; location, teams, rules and ratings. Even a direct online briefing about the process of the games! Thus you can learn on your screen in real time results and configuration! Spearfishing is getting to a new era... Congrats Mares!
   

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