Monthly Archives: June 2012

Raja Ampat, Indonesia – Scuba diving in paradise

Raja Ampat, or Four Kings, resides at the very heart of what is sometimes called a coral triangle, referring to the tropical marine waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste that contain at least 500 species of reef-building corals in each ecoregion. Raja Ampat archipelago comprises of over 1,500 small islands, cays and shoals surrounding the four main islands Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo. It is a part of the newly named Papua province of Indonesia which was formerly called Irian Jaya. I had an honor of visiting this pristine environment in February 2010 onboard MV Pindito liveaboard. M/V Pindito and its amazing crew took us to dive the sites that simply took our breath away. Manta rays, wobbegong sharks, walking sharks, amazing schools of baitfish, rays, sweetlips, and abundance microlife including ever present pygmy seahorses in this one of the worlds most biodiverse areas made this trip a pure enjoyement!

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fly fishing

You will feel the charm of Fly fishing for carp from this video. This is only a part of carp fly fishing . More fun awaits you.

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Scuba diving in Lanzarote

Video of 2 shore dives from Playa chica, Lanzarote Nov 2006. Ist time I’ve tried using “google earth” intro. Seahorses, nudibranches and sea hare were the dive highlights but we couldnt find any angel sharks :-(

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Fishing under ice (ORIGINAL)

Some under ice views from beautiful lake Saarijärvi in Vaala, Finland

Divers:
Fisherman: Eelis Rankka
Fisherman’s friend: Tommi Salminen
Boy with the balloon: Jukka Pelttari

Camera and editing: Juuso Mettälä
Manuscript by Juuso Mettälä and Eelis Rankka

Safety divers: Esa Vuoppola and Juhana Heino

Music: Stefano Mocini: The end of the doubs

Couple of things about this video:
Camera I used was Sony HDR-SR11 with Amphibico HD Elite housing.
The Wheelbarrow was saved from the bottom of the lake and I have used it many times after that.
The rubber duck and the balloon are also home with me.
None of the divers got any permanent damage either.
And yes, we had a lot of fun making this video.

-Juuso

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Scuba Diver Girls Snorkel the Cook Islands!!!

The girls had the opportunity to snorkel two of the Cook Islands. First they head out at 6am to do a early morning snorkel in Rarotonga and then they head over to Aitutaki and take the One Foot Island Lagoon Cruise with Bishops Cruises http://www.bishopscruises.com/cruise.htm and were literally blown away by the beauty found above and below the ocean.

Thank you to the Tourism Board of Cook Islands http://www.cookislands.travel/USA for making this trip possible.

Thank you to Aqualung http://www.aqualung.com/ for providing all the travel dive gear for this trip.

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Redneck Fishing Tournament

Monster Fish: Flying Carp : SUN JUL 18 10P et/pt : http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/monster-fish/4765/Overview

One group of angry sportsmen and women have decided to fight back against invasive flying carp by holding a carp-catching competition.

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