2008 Legends Weekend - Portage Quarry

 

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They lived the history, they wrote the books, now they appear at the International Legends of Diving. Legends Festival, 2X in '09 - UNEXSO and Portage Quarry.

Legends Return, Nick Icorn Featured for
Third Annual Legends of Diving Festival

Nick Icorn is the featured legendary diver to appear during the Legends Festival

Biography and Tribute
to Nick Icorn

August 8-10 - Portage Quarry

Set your calendar for August 8-10, 2008 to be a part of the Third Annual Legends of Diving Festival.

Hall of Fame legendary diver Nick Icorn appears as the featured diver for this year's International Legends of Diving festival at the Portage Quarry. The third annual event will again attract visitors from around the globe.

New events will debut this year including an underwater treasure hunt on Saturday. Sam Lecocq and Dr. Sam Miller return with Alec Peirce. The creature of the Black Lagoon returns in the Revenge of the Creature movie.

Set your calendars now and expect many of the same events as last year. Also committed are some of the legends of the past. Come for the legends, come for the events, and sign up for the prizes. Read below, over $10,000 in prizes and two dive trips will be given away over the weekend.

Full Weekend of Events Prepared
Over $10,000 in prizes in raffles and giveaways August 9th – August 10th

Friday August 8th

6:30 pm Meet & Greet
Dark Movie – The Deep


Saturday August 9th

9:30 am Treasure Hunt Guernsey County Rescue Team
11:00 am Introductions and Lunch - BBQ Chicken Dinners
  • Dr. Sam Miller

  • Dr. Sam Miller IV

  • Sam Lecocq

  • Nick Icorn

1:00 pm Alec Pierce famous 50 yr. Sea Hunt Memorabilia Party
1:30 pm Mike Nelson Surprise Birthday Cake
2:00 pm Treasure Hunt with Vintage Double Hose.com
Bryan Pennington w/all vintage gear.
Download Historical/Vintage Dive Form
4:00 pm Compass Poker Run- Prizes from Adventure Diving Milan Michigan with host Tyler Schultz and the Wrecking Crew
6:00 pm Belize Trip Drawing & Guest Speakers
  • Dr. Sam Miller

  • Dr. Sam Miller IV

  • Sam Lecocq

7:00 pm Guest Speaker - Nick Icorn
  • Showing Vintage Commeinhes
    Scuba Unit from 1937
8:00 pm Evolution Of Scuba Slideshow
9:30 pm Movie – Revenge of the Creature

Sunday August 10th

9:00 am Swap Meet
10:00 am Treasure Hunt w/Alec Pierce
12:00 pm Grand Bahamas/Unexso Trip Drawing
12:30 pm Golden Double Hose Special World Wide Drawing by Vintage Double Hose.com

Download Liability Form - Required for All Divers
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Historical/Vintage Dive Form - For Vintage Divers
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Rental Form - Limited Amount of Equipment - We recommend visiting your local Dive Shop before your trip to rent equipment for the weekend

They lived the history, they wrote the books, now
they appear at the International Legends of Diving


Sea Hunt will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a special presentation.
Click on the link for more on the
Sea Hunt Anniversary with Lloyd Bridges.

$10,000 in Prizes;
Two Dive Trips

Prizes will be given away all weekend totaling $10,000 at different events. Join us Saturday for an underwater compass excursion in search of treasures. attend each of the events, a drawing will likely follow. And this year we are giving away two dive trips including four days and three nights in Belize with flights by Tropic Air.

Alec Peirce of
Scuba 2000 Returns

Alec Peirce returns with an assortment of memorabilia from the famous TV show, Sea Hunt, celebrating its 50th anniversary at the Portage Quarry this year. Alec Peirce attributes his interest in the sport of scuba directly to his life-long hero, Lloyd Bridges, and to the Sea Hunt show.

Scuba 2000 is recognized as the finest scuba training facility in Canada and one of the best in North America. Scuba 2000 has been the subject of dozens of diving articles, TV Shows and endless chat lines.

Scuba 2000
EMail     Website
Phone: 1-800-324-3483
Fax: 1-905-771-1597
9033 Leslie Street
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Canada L4B 4K3

Meet With Nick Icorn at Friday Opening

Join us Friday, August 8, 2008 for an evening with Hall of Fame legendary diver Nick Icorn.


Last year's showing of the Creature was a
big success. This year we have the sequel
on the big screen Saturday night.

Vintage Dive Gear Swap Meet Sunday

Pack up your vintage dive gear and swap it out for more vintage dive gear in the third annual Vintage Dive Gear Swap Meet, Sunday, August 10. Arrange for a table, or browse the tables for dive gear that revolutionized diving. The best legends will be there to evaluate it and verify its authenticity.

'09 Vintage Double
Hose Celebration

In 2009 Sand Dog VI will be combining forces with Portage Quarry and the International Legends of Diving event to host the biggest and best vintage equipment trip yet.

We will be diving in the crystal clear waters off of Grand Bahama Island with the world famous group at UNEXSO. This is the first event of its kind held at the resort and will no doubt be a hit with the world wide diving community. To read more about the April 2-6 event, go to the UNEXSO legends event, part of a double feature in '09, UNEXSO and Portage Quarry.

Nick Icorn, Sam Lecocq, Dr. Sam Miller, Alec Peirce, Keith G. Cooper and the local legends in the state of Ohio have replied with their intentions to attend the Third Annual International Legends of Diving event. The

tradition grows each year, once again with a full weekend of activities set to begin on Friday, August 8.

The festivities begin with an opportunity to mix it up with the legend Nick Icorn. Also expect the other legends to appear on the first night. Legends who have become our good friends over the three years of the Legends Fesitval. This year the


Dr. Sam Miller at
the Portage
Quarry in 2006

Legends Festival is international with more overseas guests expected and an alliance with UNEXSO of the Grand Bahama Island.

Expect the best of diving in Ohio the weekend of the International Legends of Diving at the Portage Quarry in 2008. In its third year the event

promises to be the best yet. We will be honored with the presence of the "Keeper of the Flame", Nick Icorn. From his early influence on the sport to his status today, he is truly a legend in diving.

Sam Lecocq, with many early patents and a instrumental guide in the formation of diving will return for his third


Sam Lecocq will
appear this year
with his new book.

year at the International Legends of Diving. Copies of his book which is in final publication will be available for autographs and purchase during the weekend.

 

A full schedule of activities is set for Saturday, August 9. Many of the sponsors will return with a full complement of prizes to be given away to lucky guests. Last year nearly $20,000 was given away in prizes and raffles, including a trip to Belize.

Prizes will be drawn throughout the day, somewhere in between presentations on the

history of diving. These discussions are offered by those who lived the early days and the development of the sport. The Grand Prize will be four days, three nights in Belize with flights by Tropic Air.

Sea Hunt turns 50 this year and will be celebrated the weekend of the International Legends of Diving. From its beginning in January of 1958,


Deb Lecocq was indoctrinated into
the Double Hose
Club in 2007

the show starring Lloyd Bridges as Mike Nelson captured the nation and inspired many young divers to excel in scuba diving as a recreational sport and as a profession.

Alec Peirce, the Portage Quarry legend who is most knowledgeable about Lloyd Bridges as Nelson will give away a prize for the most original of Mike Nelson's dive gear worn in the movies.

The festival adds another speaker and proudly presents a new generation of legends. Dr.

Samuel Miller, IV, a second generation diver of the  pioneer California diving family is also a Hyperbaric Medicine Doctor at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center. He is a PADI, and NAUI (life) instructor and recipient of the Pro 5000 diver award. He will be presenting the very


Dr. Sam Miller, IV

latest developments in hyperbaric medicine treatment. He will also discuss tech diving and various gas mixtures for deep diving.

 

The Creature, and the Feature Creatures, return as the Saturday night main event. Bring your lawn chairs and snacks for the showing Revenge of the Creature.

 

Sunday will wrap up the weekend with a vintage swap meet. The final meeting with the Legends will be Sunday afternoon.

 

Once again the Best Western Falcon Plaza will be the host hotel for the weekend with specials for the attendees of the International Legends of Diving, 2008.

 

International Legends Weekend Alternates with UNEXSO on Grand Bahama Island in 2009

UNEXSO on Grand Bahama Island has requested that Portage Quarry help support its own Legends Festival April 2-6 in 2009 to kick off the next season of worldwide dive legend events. Read more about the UNEXSO Dive Legends Week in the announcement here at portagequarry.com.

There is limited availability for the week with drastically reduced rates for all attendees and a full schedule of diving for divers and for non-divers. The Portage Quarry, Bryan Pennington of Vintage Dive Club, and UNEXSO have made this great opportunity possible. Expect some great diving the first weekend of April, 2009. Dive with the


Zale Parry of Sea
Hunt be a host
at UNEXSO 2009
Zale Parry bio

Legends and relax in the highly acclaimed Pelican Bay Hotel. And who better to share in the celebration than with Sea Hunt actress Zale Parry, a star in many of the 155 episodes that appeared over four seasons of Sea Hunt.

Sign up for this event now before it is sold out. They will attend the Legends Festival in August with prizes, make plans to reunite friendships on Grand Bahama Island in April 2009.

UNEXSO 2009 Double Date Press release

 

Legends Weekend Links

Weekend Host Hotel

The Best Western Falcon Plaza
1450 W. Wooster St.
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone (419) 352-4671
email Tom Baer, Manager

  • Reserve Early: Bowling Green is very active this time of year

  • Reservations group name: LEGENDS WEEKEND - 2008 PORTAGE

  • Number of rooms blocked: 20

  • Dates blocked: August 7 - 11, 2008, Thursday - Saturday.

  • Rates: TBA.

The rooms are under the name Portage Quarry Divers. The rate includes a very nice continental Breakfast. These are very nice rooms and there is a free shuttle to and from the Quarry and key spots in town by the motel.

The hotel is thirty minute's from Toledo Express and 1 hour and a half from Detroit. The motel is from I-75. Get off at the Bowling Green exit and go east toward the university. The motel is on the left next to McDonalds.

Portage Quarry Recreation Club, Inc.
12701 South Dixie
Bowling Green OH, 43402
(419) 352-9203
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