Photos of Diving the Elly and Ellen Oil Rigs On Saturday I headed out on the Sea Bass to dive some oil rigs just off the coast of LA. The first dive was on the Elly oil rig. Visibility was a solid 50 feet until the end of the dive near the water pipes. There …
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Wingsuit crazies
Wingsuit base jumping.
Heretics
During my chores today I finally caught up with This American Life podcasts. I just finished listening to episode 304: Heretics. I come from a bit of a charismatic background, so the story had a big impact on me. I highly recommend giving it a listen: Carlton Pearson’s church, Higher Dimensions, was once one of …
Gorgonians on the old Ingraham Street Bridge
The above video isn’t the best quality (it is taken with my digital camera and dive light), but it does illustrate just how much life is on the old Ingraham Street Bridge. The site consists of rubble piles where they dumped the bridge structure just off shore near Mission Bay in 1985. The visibility wasn’t …
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OMS Slipstream fin modifications
Since moving to a dry suit I had to switch from my lovely Mares Superchannels to a fin with a much larger foot pocket – drysuit boots are much larger than wetsuit boots. After trying several without success, I settled on the OMS Slipstream fins. They are hard paddle style fins that are neutral in …