Thursday, July 17, 2008

New World Record Spadefish!










Congratulations to Casey Loesch in Florida for a great haul and New World Record SpadefishShot with 110cm Rabitech Apex Carbon 11.5 lbs















Previous spadefish world record was also captured with a Rabitech; 110cm Rabitech Stealth by 2006 National Champion Team member Ritchie Zacker, Jacksonville Florida 11.2 lbs.









Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Spierre Fins






We'll be bringing in Spierre Fins early August. I think you will be as impressed as we are. The Fiber composites as well as Pure Carbons are incredible. Pictured is Jaco Blignaut with Pure Carbons, diving 120ft without dropweight assistance.

New Dive report up! 7/8/2008: HERE. Catalina Island.

From top to bottom: Fiber Composite Kelp Camo (Medium Stiffness), Fiber Composite Bluewater Camo(Medium Stiffness), Fiber Composite Reef Camo(Medium Stiffness), Jaco Blignaut and Pure Carbon fins (Hard stiffness).

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Tai in New Jersey



Tai in New Jersey sends some beautiful Stripers with Rabitech Stealth 100cm newly fitted with Rabitech Open Muzzle. It makes me want to jump into freshwater!






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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Mexico






















































Mexico is sometimes the best place in the world. Sometimes. Its relaxing and even when you cross the border and the stench of Tijuana overcomes your senses, you feel outside the normal element. No stress, except for the fact you may get shot by the Cartels. But the place in question is not Tijuana, it's a place located halfway down Baja in a town that is walkable from one end to the other in fewer than 10 minutes.

But relief of stress isn't the reason I've come to love the place. Its the culture, the siesta, friendliness, the fishing village...the fish.

Large and powerful, the yellowtail here are of a different breed. They've surely eaten their wheaties. The leopard grouper are similar in habit to California's Calico bass-only larger. Much larger.

But the short story is we dove and video'd for four days, drove for 2, and among four divers managed four yellowtail and one large Leopard Grouper. I got to try my new Tommy Botha 65" Tuna gun (demolished the face of a Yellowtail) and the other gun was my trusty 130cm Carbon Fiber Rabitech Apex that is so accurate you'd wonder if there was a homing device on the spear. The leopard grouper was shot in a cave 10ft deep with this gun.

And though there wasn't much fish this time around, it won't stop me from going back. Because it is that sometimes that has me loving the place.