I'm still puzzled by how the use of spearfishing equipment and the friendly support, more a thank you acknowledgment, from a manufacturer constitutes slam on them for supporting spearfishing.
Yeah, these guys went and shot a few SELECT fish, but the basis of the article and the whole dealio that Team Headhunter has with Zeagle isn't even manufacturer support, but the face that the divers on the TEAM invested their cash in ZEAGLE product because they BELIEVE IN THE PRODUCT to take them to 400+ feet and back to the top again ALIVE and have no defects or manufacturing issues which would create concern. Then to put their proverbial money where their mouth is, the team then proceeded to USE THE GEAR in the dive, accomplish exactly what the mission was, then returned alive to port to speak of the dive and the gear that made it possible.
Friggin hello! If someone wrote you a great letter of how PETER made the best gear to do XYZ, how they had purchased PETERS GEAR, then USED PETERS GEAR, and SHARED THE STORY AND PICTURES TO PROVE IT and HOW PROUD THEY ARE OF THE CHOSEN PETERS GEAR USED, wouldn't you want to show it off some, especially if a friggin record was broken in the process???
I'm stepping out of character here for me, but at some point the rose colored lenses have to be taken off and the world has to be seen for what it is.. the goods, bads, and the uglies. Sometimes the ugly has already occured and instead of doting over the 'happened' its better to pull out the "hey, it won't happen again, and look at what was learned or proven in the process than can be used elsewhere!"
To condone a manufacturer for showing off the accomplishments of someone who is very proud to be using their product, having done something that NOBODY ELSE has achieved while wearing that product, and sharing this achievement with the manufacturer as a sign of how pleased they are with the products used is just silly!! That sort of feedback from the field is a manufacturers ULTIMATE reward and advertising that can't even be measured in dollars and cents because word of mouth that this was used in XYZ fashion is completely immeasurable!
Seriously, has it been figured out yet that it was a one time deal and for Zeagle its not the fish, but the gear used and that these guys chose Zeagle, Zeagle didn't choose them?? Also has it been figured out that these guys don't go down to 400' every weekend looking for more giant fish to put holes in the heads of. Though, if they are anything like me they enjoy the sport of hunting underwater as much as I do (and above) and whenever the opportunity presents itself they've got a gun in hand and are bringin home the fish-bacon.