Our Favorite Web Dive Articles DEMA 2003 MIAMI What a toy store...??? DEMA's evolution into a Global Thinking.... Miami was a short drive away really, and I was very glad. I was a bit late to get to the Convention Center, and the day was starting off rather awkwardly. It was not easy getting around either, what with hobbling around with the cane, and trying to get to the Press area to get passes in and see what this years DEMA was offering to the Dive Community! As sore as I was, I was very eager to hit one of the first items in the door; a massage. Of course, the wife hits the Bags, scarves, and print items as soon as she hits the door! Of course, if there are 18 sharks teeth per this square foot of fossil, you have to wonder about the survival rates of any divers had there been any in that era. And what better way to demonstrate the housings and cameras than in a water environment? These were at Olympus' Booth. There were plenty of new innovations, and a very unique one was Foldspear, shown here: There was the usual travel, and plenty of Florida Keys, and the Magazines, plus the magnificent monster operations of the big name Certification Agencies, plus a few smaller ones. Many booths of the usual gear, the usual catalogs, and the normal straps and such, the typical hardware and all thatwe can never do without, the batteries, the lamps, the tanks, the compressors, and the suits. Colorful booths, T-shirts, Photos, and Paintings were to be seen everywhere. But it somehow seemed smaller than years past, or maybe better organized when I had finished the day, as I perused the bag of magazines and brochures, the stack of business cards, and the list of people to call back with details scribbled next to their names. (The wifes pile was similar, but consisted of clothing, bags, trinkets, and travel brochures for places I was certain I would need to update my shot record to go to.) Attendance was bigger, the booth display was bigger was bigger, but it seemed smaller. Or maybe Diving is just getting easier in the DEMA conventions after years of practice. | Dema 2003 Miami | DEMA 2004 | Shore Dive the Keys | Scuba Radio | | Condemned tanks | Speigel Grove | Guy Harvey 5/97 | Epcot Dive | | DEMA '97 | Nitrox | Nokonos Shootout | Responsible Divers Month | Sharks Tooth | Index | ©1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 , 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Keith R Hamlin
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DEMA 2003 MIAMI
What a toy store...??? DEMA's evolution into a Global Thinking....
Miami was a short drive away really, and I was very glad. I was a bit late to get to the Convention Center, and the day was starting off rather awkwardly. It was not easy getting around either, what with hobbling around with the cane, and trying to get to the Press area to get passes in and see what this years DEMA was offering to the Dive Community!
As sore as I was, I was very eager to hit one of the first items in the door; a massage.
Of course, the wife hits the Bags, scarves, and print items as soon as she hits the door!
Of course, if there are 18 sharks teeth per this square foot of fossil, you have to wonder about the survival rates of any divers had there been any in that era.
And what better way to demonstrate the housings and cameras than in a water environment? These were at Olympus' Booth.
There were plenty of new innovations, and a very unique one was Foldspear, shown here:
There was the usual travel, and plenty of Florida Keys, and the Magazines, plus the magnificent monster operations of the big name Certification Agencies, plus a few smaller ones. Many booths of the usual gear, the usual catalogs, and the normal straps and such, the typical hardware and all thatwe can never do without, the batteries, the lamps, the tanks, the compressors, and the suits.
Colorful booths, T-shirts, Photos, and Paintings were to be seen everywhere.
But it somehow seemed smaller than years past, or maybe better organized when I had finished the day, as I perused the bag of magazines and brochures, the stack of business cards, and the list of people to call back with details scribbled next to their names. (The wifes pile was similar, but consisted of clothing, bags, trinkets, and travel brochures for places I was certain I would need to update my shot record to go to.)
Attendance was bigger, the booth display was bigger was bigger, but it seemed smaller.
Or maybe Diving is just getting easier in the DEMA conventions after years of practice.
| Dema 2003 Miami | DEMA 2004 | Shore Dive the Keys | Scuba Radio | | Condemned tanks | Speigel Grove | Guy Harvey 5/97 | Epcot Dive | | DEMA '97 | Nitrox | Nokonos Shootout | Responsible Divers Month | Sharks Tooth | Index |
©1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 , 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Keith R Hamlin