The wreck of the Defiance has been at rest at 185 feet on the bottom of Lake Huron since October 20th 1854. It collided with the John J. Audubon. It was reported that the Defiance struck the Audubon midships, but details to this day are still mysterious. The Defiance was one of the wrecks that the Ocean Futures Society expedition team dove durning filming the PBS Ocean Adventures TV series.
http://www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures/episodes/treasures/
This short piece is from outtakes from America’s Underwater Treasures http://www.oceanfutures.org/exploration/expeditions/americas-underwater-treasures
and shows the diver using the Excellerating Force Fin to explore the wreck stem to stern.
http://www.forcefin.com/product/XCTD.html
We would like to thank Jean- Michel Cousteau and the entire Ocean Futures Society Staff for providing us with this footage so we could bring you another Force Fin Experience®
A special appreciation for time support and shared knowledge goes out to :
Luke Clyburn and the Sea Cadets
http://interseasexploration.org/
Russ Green and the entire staff at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve.
http://thunderbay.noaa.gov/welcome.html

Camera Operator: Chuck Davis
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Brent Madden, on Location for National Geographic filming Face piercing with US Divers Scuba Diving Equipment Thailand Chinese Vegetarian Festival

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Mark Andrews mini documentary Into the Abyss. Filmed at the Blue Hole and other destinations in and around Dahab, Egypt. Extreme deep diving, explained and demonstrated by Mark Andrews, the current world record holder (with his buddy Leigh Cunningham) for the deepest wreck dive on Scuba. There is also a slideshow from the actual world record dive on the Yolanda wreck. The documentary was filmed and produced by Andy Lange and John Richardson, AquaPix.

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Most foot and leg cramps while SCUBA diving occur because your fin is hanging off the edge of your foot. One of the most common complaints that people have about diving is that their feet and legs hurt when they try to kick with today’s long or stiff fins. Their arches or calves cramp, their toes are smashed into the end of the foot pocket, their legs tire… Sound familiar?
http://forcefin.com/wp_foot.html
The primary cause of all this pain is that most fins are designed to concentrate much of the force from kicking on the smaller muscles of the lower leg and feet. And those muscles simply can’t take the stress of powering a large fin blade through the water. The result? Fatigue and cramping.

But with the trail-blazing Force Fin, our unique foot-pocket design transfers much of the effort of moving the blade to the largest muscle group in your body, the quadriceps, removing pressure from the toes and feet. Because your entire leg is now doing the work, muscle fatigue and cramping is significantly reduced.

Don’t get fouled into eating bananas as the solution for your foot or leg cramps, get into a pair of smart fins – Force Fins
http://www.forcefin.com/

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Today’s Scuba Gear Part 2

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