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Legends Gather for Fifth
Year to Celebrate D ACOR
August
12th – August 15th
Not just a
dive trip...it's a dive event!
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Victor
Worst
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Robert
Olson
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Valerie
van Heest
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Sam
Davison
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Alec
Peirce
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Robert
Croft
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The fifth
annual Legends of Diving festival series continues at Portage Quarry
near Bowling Green the weekend of August 13-15. The legends who crafted
the sport and profession are honored each year the second weekend of
August.
Valerie van Heest, Robert Olson, Victor Worst, Alec Peirce, Jeff and
Gary Davison will be featured at the legends event. Valerie is a member
of the
women divers Hall of Fame. The shipwreck hunter and award winning
author will appear with her father Robert Olson. Olson, along with Jeff
and Gary Davison, will share the story of DACOR, (Davison Corporation),
a dive manufacturing giant company. Gary and Jeff Davison are sons of
Sam Davison, Jr, founder of DACOR.
Also appearing is Victor Worst, Ohio native, U.S. Navy diver (ret) and
owner of the oldest dive shop on the East coast, Aqua Sports.
Alec Peirce returns with an assortment of memorabilia from the famous TV
show Sea Hunt. His |
Over $10,000 in
Prizes
Including Four Dive Trips
Among
the prizes is this AQUA-LUNG
MISTRAL Regulator, rebuilt and ready to go.
Check out all the prizes with their details
including two more double hose regulators,
the DACOR Double Diaphragm Two Stage R-4,
and the DACOR Diving Lung Two Stage.
Prize List
with Details
Updated August 10, 2010 |
presentation and late night big screen viewings of Sea Hunt at the
inaugural event was a big hit with the attendees.
Robert Croft, another legends event favorite, has just announced that he
will return this year. Croft, with early record dives, paved the way for
modern freediving.
The weekend is filled with presentations, scuba diving events, over
$10,000 in contests and raffles, ceremonies, movies and swap meet.
Schedule of Events
- Updated August 10, 2010
Prize List with
Details -
Updated August 10, 2010
Prizes
- Over $10,000
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Trips |
Sponsored
Prizes |
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Blackbeard Cruise
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Bahamas
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Belize
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Body Glove
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Sea the World
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New Wave
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VintageDoubleHose.com
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Big Blue Scuba
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Divers Paradise
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Tusa
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Portage
Quarry and Legends of Diving
thank the following sponsors:
Scuba 2000
Sea the World
Divers Paradise
Deep Blue
Aqua Immersion
Thayer Family Dealerships
Amigo Dive
Mares
Tropic Air
Midwest Dive News
Blackbeard’s Cruises |
Columbus Scuba
Michigan Adventure Diving
Sea Level Scuba
New Wave
Vintage Double Hose
Sunbreeze Hotel
Body Glove
Ocean Reef Resort – Grand Bahamas
TUSA
OCSSDI |
They lived the history, they wrote the
books,
now
they appear at the International
Legends of Diving
Legends
Weekend Links
2010 Legends Information
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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
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