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  • DIRrebreather: Nitrox Rebreather Diving
    Cedric Verdier
    This book is dedicated to Nitrox rebreather diving and the basic principles and skills that every rebreather diver should know and master. It covers some topics like balance and trim with a rebreather, risk management, and proper Nitrox dive planning.


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Profiles and Interviews in X-Ray

  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   24 - Jul 2008
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    Many, many divers, underwater photographers and filmmakers, when asked about the origin of their passion to go underwater, say that they were inspired by the films and books of Hans Hass. He must be a very remarkable person, interesting to listen to, not to mention, Dr Hass is the greatest celebrity in the diving world today. Is it possible to meet him, to talk?
    Download pdf: A talk with Hans Hass
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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   23 - May 2008
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    A conversation with technical diver and depth record breaker, Pascal Bernabé. Pascal Bernabé has just held a press conference at the Moscow dive show answering questions from an enthusiastic audience about his 330 meter record dive. The soft spoken Frenchman seems relieved to slip out of the uncomfortable limelight on the stage. Having escaped the massive attention for a while, he grabs a chair beside me, and we begin to converse about the meaning of it all.
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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   21 - Feb 2008
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    Biologist, rebreather diver, inventor of Pyle Stops or... database manager X-RAY MAG catches up with the ever-inventive and contemplative pioneer, Richard Pyle, to find out what makes him tick, insights into his theories, and the stories behind his accomplishments. Who is Richard Pyle really? A biologist or a rebreather diver?
    Download pdf: Richard Pyle
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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   17 - Jun 2007
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    Our talks with Bob Evans were just full of good ole plain fun, with lots of laughs and entertaining anecdotes, yet serious and focused on the subject. From the first impression, he was open, welcoming
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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   16 - Apr 2007
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    Depending on who you ask, humans are responsible for removing between 20 million and 100 million sharks per year from the oceans. Considered a delicacy in many parts of the world, shark fins are serve
    Download pdf: Rob Stewart
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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   15 - Feb 2007
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    Caves, rebreathers, risk assessment, the meaning of life, acceptable risks, the future of diving and what it takes to be a true explorer—Bill Stone lays it all out on the table for X-RAY MAG publisher
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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   13 - Oct 2006
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    Ralph Hagen can remember the actual moment he started cartooning as if it were yesterday. Hagen says that he was about four when he saw a cartoon pencil sketch hanging on his grandfather’s porch dra
    Download pdf: Ralph Hagen profile
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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   12 - Aug 2006
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    Kurt Amsler, winner of over 100 awards at international photo competitions and a world champion title, turns 60 this year, but you would never know it watching him mountain bike up a steep pass with h
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