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"Hardcore Diving"
If you thought the weather was rough in Miami this past Saturday, imagine being on the water. Now imagine diving for your dinner! The sea was murky and the conditions were choppy for the divers competing in the Jack Kearns Classic Spearfishing ... -
Killing a Lion
In 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into a house, which smashed into an aquarium. The contents of which, in a twist of ecological fate, ended up escaping into the Atlantic Ocean, where they have thrived, unchallenged. Until now. Awareness of ... -
Way Down Deep
The Jack Kearns Spearfishing Classic has come and gone. What remains is this minute and a half gem where Kearns talks about the sport while others dive the subtropical under-water terrain off the coast of Miami. This video won't teach you how to ... -
Coming Up for Air
For the South Florida Freedivers, it was a day spent underwater, fishing with spear gun or sling, trying to collect as many fish in their coolers as possible within the rules of the competition. When the day was over, there would be not one winner but ... -
The Rules of the Game
Early this Saturday morning, men of all ages will congregate in a nearby harbor with the adrenaline of competition pulsing their bloodstream. The scene is a usual one – these men are avid spearfishers - but this Saturday is different, because theis time ... -
Buried Treasure
Manuel Menedez, a veteran freediver, will tell you that a spearfisher is only as good as his dive spot. Depending on the location, a master diver can go out for hours and return with nothing while a novice can return with dinner for a month. ... -
Want to Get Started? Here's What You'll Need
If you're thinking of entering the growing world of freediving and spearfishing, make sure you hit a dive shop, like Austin's Diving Center in Miami, before you hit the water. There, you can buy everything you need from for spearfishing, including ... -
Spear in Hand, Menendez Takes to the Water
A distributor of roofing materials by day, Manuel Menendez takes to the depths of South Florida reefs each weekend with spear in hand. He began freediving and spearfishing her waters with his father as early as 4 years old. Twenty-five years of experience ... -
Born to Dive
At the kickoff party for the Jack Kearns Spearfishing Tournament on Friday in Coral Gables, one charming man enjoyed a veritable revolving door of honorable salutations and hand shakes – the man behind the tournament, the legendary Mr. Jack Kearns himself. ... -
Freedivers Just Want to Have Fun
In gearing up for the 2nd Annual Jack Kearns Spearfishing Tournament, the South Florida Freedivers needed a kick-off party to match their chillaxed, yet adventure seeking, and fun-loving nature. So if you happened to be driving down Miami’s US-1 on Friday ... -
The Free, and Freeing, Way to Catch Dinner
In 1913, a Greek fisherman shocked the medical world. After losing it’s anchor off the island of Sparthokos, the Italian Navy recruited Gheorgios Haggi Statti to help. The local fisherman spent the next week diving, with nothing more than a bathing suit ...
