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H2Andy
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i predict this shall not be so in 20 years 
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J1M1
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Tom Mount
Wes Skiles
Hal Watts
Gary Gentile
Wes Skiles
Hal Watts
Gary Gentile
J.D. MISLAK:
This list has potential!
Wanna add:
Hans Hass
Zale Parry
Jim Christiansen
Sylvia Earle
Bev Morgan
Bret Gilliam
Richard Pyle
just to get things started you understand... the full list would fill a page.
I'll give Tom Mount a nod. He's cool, he knows his stuff and he's cool.
I think Jablonski is smart and DIR is definitely influential but he doen'st get my vote because he plays the arrogance/elitist rhetoric surronding DIR for his own profit and I can't see for the life of me how that is good for divers.
The guy who invented teh Newt suit what was his name
And her deepness, Sylvia Earle, for one hell of a roll model.
R..
I think Jablonski is smart and DIR is definitely influential but he doen'st get my vote because he plays the arrogance/elitist rhetoric surronding DIR for his own profit and I can't see for the life of me how that is good for divers.
The guy who invented teh Newt suit what was his name
And her deepness, Sylvia Earle, for one hell of a roll model.
R..
molksmith
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John Chatterton
Richie Kohler
Gary Gentile
Tanya Streeter
Umberto Pelizzari
Richie Kohler
Gary Gentile
Tanya Streeter
Umberto Pelizzari
mike_s
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J.D. MISLAK:
There is an article about Hal Watts in one of the dive rag magazines this month. Was I think Padi Sportdiver, (but it might have been scubadiving also).
The article is about diving the Hal diving the Lusitania (sp?)
When searching our minds for someone who has made great impact on our sport we too often think of the flambouyant ones. Deep divers, DIR divers (somebody has to keep us entertained,) cave explorers, cinematographers, etc.
However - think about those pioneers who sometimes risked their fortunes to form the agencies and resorts that have really made our sport grow and become accessible to all. Also those who dedicate their lives digging up the history behind the mystique.
How about
Dick Rutkowski - Bob Clark - Don Stewart
Gerry Howland - Doug McNeese - Bruce Bowker
Ralph Erickson - Gradvin Aisek - Norbert Schmidt
Dick Long - Martien van der Valk - Robert Ballard
Joe and Jennifer Heinan - Homer Hickam Jr. - John Chatterdon
Richie Kohler - Rick Murchison - Uncle Pug
The list could go on and on but you specifically asked for the live ones. Without doing research these are a few that just popped into my head.
However - think about those pioneers who sometimes risked their fortunes to form the agencies and resorts that have really made our sport grow and become accessible to all. Also those who dedicate their lives digging up the history behind the mystique.
How about
Dick Rutkowski - Bob Clark - Don Stewart
Gerry Howland - Doug McNeese - Bruce Bowker
Ralph Erickson - Gradvin Aisek - Norbert Schmidt
Dick Long - Martien van der Valk - Robert Ballard
Joe and Jennifer Heinan - Homer Hickam Jr. - John Chatterdon
Richie Kohler - Rick Murchison - Uncle Pug
The list could go on and on but you specifically asked for the live ones. Without doing research these are a few that just popped into my head.
molksmith
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Forgot one
Although he isn't diving anymore,
he is living
Hans Hass
Although he isn't diving anymore,
he is living
Hans Hass
I was going to mention Hans but wasn't sure if he is still living. My friend still has an operational Hans Hass Decobrain. Thanks
molksmith:
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H2Andy
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Tom Smedley:
hey, i KNOW those guys!!
no one has mentioned Barbara Am Ende?
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