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Tec Talk with Fabio Ruberti about his expedition to the Szent Istvan (160 MB/1350 kbps)

Head of IANTD Italy, Fabio Ruberti is born and bred in Rome, starting his diving career at the age of 16. Today, he has been leader of several technical diving expeditions to some of the most interesting wrecks of World War I and II. His passion for archeology has taken him and his team from the cold waters of the Baltic, exploring the wreck of the Wilhelm Gustloff, to the discovery and identification of the troop carrier steamer Re Umberto and the destroyer Intrepido off the coast of Albania. Fabio's team also tried to resolve the mystery of the sinking of the Scirè, an Italian submarine that was intercepted by allied forces and which sank close to Haifa during World War II. At Eurotek he presents an overview of his expeditions to these wrecks. The research he did on the Szent Istvan however, resulted in a technical dive film, that has won awards at film festivals in Italy, Antibes and Serbia. This is the story of a filmmaker whose passion for history and wreck diving have sent him on several missions to explore wrecks with historical and archeological value, and ultimately to find the truth.

Eurotek 2008 Ruberti Szent Istvan shipwreck film

Tec talk with Geraint Ffoulkes-Jones about deep diving logistics and decompression theories (160 MB/1350 kbps)

How do you handle diving logistics on a technical expedition to a deep wreck? How do you calculate decompression? Which method do you use? How do you plan the what-if scenarios? Dr Geraint Ffoulkes-Jones had to find answers to all of these questions and more while being in charge of diving logistics and safety on the 2003 expedition to Britannic. He acted as one of the 10 exploration divers on this first closed circuit expedition to the Britannic, which involved dives in the 100m range, with bottom times of over 30 minutes. Geraint also improved the “divers bible”, an operating procedure manual that documented different roles and responsibilities for all the divers. He has a vast experience with decompression strategies, acting as a beta tester for different deco models.

Eurotek 2008 GeraintFFoulkesJones technicaldiving rebreathers decompression

Tek Talk with Richie Kohler about the Titanic (170 MB/1350 kbps)

A technical wreck diver and shipwreck explorer, Richie Kohler is known worldwide for his work as a host of History Channels Deep Sea Detectives. He has always had a passion for researching shipwrecks and locating lost vessels. Identifying the German U-boat, the U869, launched his career into the making of documentary films. Richie Kohler's name is also intimately linked with the Ship of Dreams, Titanic. In 2005, he and his buddy John Chatterton, organised an expedition to Titanic, trying to solve the mystery of its sinking. When they left the harbour of Newfoundland on board of the Keldysh, they risked losing their home and their reputation should no evidence be found. With only a small window of a few days of diving the MIR submersibles, the drama of the expedition unfolded after the first dive. The ribbons of steel, their clue to discover the reason of sinking proved to be a red herring. Cornered, and with their reason of being there gone up in thin air, they started looking for other evidence that would lead to the how and why Titanic sank. This story is documented by Brad Matsen, the author of the book "Titanic's last secrets".

Eurotek 2008 Kohler Shipwreck DeepSeaDetectives Titanic

Tek Talk with shipwreck explorer and Deep Sea Detective Richie Kohler (100 MB/1350 kbps)

A technical wreck diver and shipwreck explorer, Richie Kohler is known worldwide for his work as a host of History Channels Deep Sea Detectives. He has always had a passion for researching shipwrecks and locating lost vessels. Identifying the German U-boat, the U869, launched his career into the making of documentary films. Teamed up with his buddy John Chatterton, the pair headed on a quest for the RMS Titanic, an expedition which provided new evidence about Titanic's sinking. This discovery lead to the production of three award winning History Channel documentaries. At Eurotek, Richie tells the story of the USS Lagarto, the US submarine that sank in the Gulf of Thailand at the end of WWII. Besides the location, there was no information available on the circumstances under which the USS Lagarto sank. Richie's team was able to find out what had happened in the last moments before the sinking, offering the families of the crew closure about this tragic event.

Eurotek 2008 Kohler Shipwreck DeepSeaDetectives USSLagarto

Tec Talk with technical diving pioneer Kevin Gurr (116 MB/1350 kbps)

One of the first Trimix instructors in Europe, a solid reputation in the world of technical diving and the brain behind the development of the Ourobouros and VR Dive Computers. All of this and more applies to Kevin Gurr, marine engineer and Director of VR Techology. His experience in technical diving started in the beginning of the 1990s, when Kevin wanted to develop a rebreather with safety fundamentals built in, testing several prototype units. Continuously pushing on exploration, he set up IANTD in the UK and has taught many of today's UK foremost technical diving instructors. At Eurotek he won a lifetime achievement award for his relentless efforts defining the way technical diving looks today. Kevin tells us the story of how computer tables and algorythms are developed, and he explains why VR Technology developed a new dive computer, the VRX, and what the difference is with the popular VR3.

Eurotek 2008 Kevin Gurr TechnicalDiving Rebreather VR3 VRX

Tec Talk with Deep Sea Detectives cameraman Evan Kovacs (117 MB/1350 kbps)

From light assistant to lead underwater cameraman on a award-winning adventure series, this is the story of Evan Kovacs. Evan started his filming career 6 years ago, but has since moved to the absolute top of underwater camera work, using high definition cameras, ROVs and submersibles on deep wrecks and cave dives all over the world. He worked for the History Channel on the famous Deep Sea Detectives show and participated in several other deep wreck expeditions like the Titanic and the Britannic. Besides the traditional camera technology, Evan has recently been looking into shooting 3D underwater footage.

Eurotek 2008 Evan Kovacs DeepSeaDetectives HistoryChannel TechnicalDiving cameraman

Tec Talk with dive medicine expert Dr. Simon Mitchell (136 MB/1350 kbps)

How do you introduce someone like Dr Simon Mitchell? The man is known all over the world for his experience with diving physiology and decompression illness. An outstanding diver, with over 6000 dives in his logbook, he's still passionate about diving both from a professional standpoint as from someone whose love for the sport never dies. Starting out as a marine biologist, Simon quickly changed his career path towards medicine and today he has a PhD in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, having treated many cases of decompression sickness. He has written more than 45 papers in the medical literature, and has co-authored the updated version of Deeper into Diving, a must-read on decompression theories and technical diving. After his training with the New Zealand Navy and supervising the Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine, he recently specialised in anaestesiology. One of the topics we wanted to cover with Simon was CO2 retention. During the interview Dr Mitchell discusses the danger of CO2 and how it can be recognized or even avoided. Simon also gives his opinion about another obscure phenoma that made some highlights on the net recently, the off-effect.

Eurotek 2008 Simon Mitchell Technical Diving Medicine Decompression Illness

Tec Talk with female deep wreck diver Teresa Telus (80 MB/1350 kbps)

Teresa Telus is one of the leading female deep CCR divers in the world. She has participated in several deep wreck expeditions, such as the Brittannic, diving down to 120 meters, and having runtimes of up to 6 hours, or the HMS Vandal, a submarine at 100 meters, where the visibility was only 1 meter. She has also visited the HMS Russel in Malta, where she had to take care of tying in at 112 meters. Teresa has recently come back from an expedition to Truk Lagoon, where together with her partner they filmed some deep wrecks. She explains us how she handles all the equipment on such dives and how she has claimed her place as one of the very few deep female CCR divers in the mens world of deep wreck diving.

Eurotek 2008 Teresa Telus wreck Technical Diving rebreather

Tec Talk with Terry Fisher from Ambient Pressure Diving (52 MB/1350 kbps)

After 11 years of production, the APD Inspiration has become the most used rebreather in the world. Terry Fisher, APDs chief engineer, has been with the company since the beginning. He started out as a tool maker, and has followed the development process of this success story up close and personal. We asked him the most important question of all: is rebreather diving safe? How can we improve on safety and avoid problems? And where do CCR divers mostly go wrong?

Eurotek 2008 Terry Fisher APD Technical Diving rebreather

Tec Talk with Simon Pridmore on IANTD UK at Eurotek 2008 (68 MB/1350 kbps)

Simon Pridmore was one of the first divers to introduce technical diving in Asia. Today, he is head of IANTD UK. At Eurotek, he talks about the role that IANTD has played within the history of technical diving. He also discusses the major changes he has seen over the last 10 years within IANTD UK.

Eurotek 2008 Simon Pridmore IANTD UK Technical Diving Association

Tec Talk with Rick Stanton on Cave Exploring at Eurotek 2008 (67 MB/1350 kbps)

Rick Stanton is one of the top cave explorers in the world. He has over 30 years of caving experience, both in dry caving and cave diving. His adventures have taken him all over the globe, from the Lot region in France to New Zealand. He is an expert in adapting and designing his own equipment, and has recently developed a unique side mount closed circuit rebreather. At Eurotek 2008 he won the award for Diver of the Conference. In this interview, Rick talks about cave diving and about some of his breathtaking adventures.

Eurotek 2008 Rick Stanton Cave Exploring

Interview about the OWU Scholarship Society (111 MB/1350 Kbps)

One year of sponsored diving and a free Rolex! Dive all over the world for one year, all expenses paid. You’ll get a complete set of dive gear for free. You’ll even get an underwater camera. And the Rolex that you always wanted, well it’s included. No, this is not a late April fool’s joke. This is for real. At the “Duikvaker” dive show, we spoke with Elvin Leech. Elvin is the European Vice President of a very special organization called “Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society”. OWUSS promotes diving among young people. You want to know more? Watch the video interview.

Duikvaker 2008 OWUSS Rolex DiveShow HighBandwidth

Interview about the rEvo rebreather at Duikvaker (90 Mbytes/1300 kbps)

Paul Raymaekers, designer of the rEvo rebreather, shows the working of his revolutionary rebreather.

Duikvaker 2008 rebreather rEvo DiveShow HighBandwidth TechnicalDiving

Interview about Fourth Element at Duikvaker (100 Mb/1300 Kbps)

Jim Standing, one of the owners of Fourth Element, tells more about their product range of drysuit undergarments and wetsuits.

DiveShow FourthElement Drysuit Wetsuit HighBandwidth TechnicalDiving Duikvaker 2008

Interview with Poseidon at Boot Düsseldorf 2008 (67 MBytes/1300 Kbps)

Sverker Palmblad, sales area manager for Poseidon, explains in detail the working of their new "CIS Lunar" rebreather.

BootDusseldorf 2008 Poseidon Rebreather CisLunar HighBandwidth DiveShow

Interview with Hugyfot at Boot Düsseldorf 2008 (55 MBytes/1300 Kbps)

Andreas Voeltz, underwater photographer and videographer shows the latest Hugyfot housings for SLR cameras.

BootDusseldorf 2008 Hugyfot UnderwaterHousings HighBandwidth DiveShow

Interview with Green Force at Boot Düsseldorf 2008 (68 MBytes/1300 Kbps)

Tom Leys, general manager of Green Force, gives infrormation about their wide range of dive lights.

BootDusseldorf 2008 GreenForce Divelights HighBandwidth DiveShow

Interview with DUI at Boot Düsseldorf 2008 (69 Mbytes/1300 Kbps)

Susan Long, President & CEO of Diving Unlimited International, talks about the latest trends and products in drysuit diving.

BootDusseldorf 2008 DUI drysuits HighBandwidth DiveShow

Interview with Delta P Technologies at Boot Düsseldorf 2008 (55 Mbytes/1300 Kbps)

Simon Pridmore, head of sales and marketing Delta P Technologies talks about their technical dive computers: the VR2 and the VR3.

BootDusseldorf 2008 DeltaP VR2 VR3 HighBandwidth DiveShow TechnicalDiving

Interview with Closed Circuit Reserch at Boot Düsseldorf 2008 (52 Mbytes/1300 Kbps)

Simon Pridmore, head of sales and marketing Closed Circuit Research talks about their latest rebreather, the "Sentinel".

DiveShow BootDusseldorf 2008 CCR Sentinel HighBandwidth Rebreather TechnicalDiving

Interview with APD at Boot Düsseldorf 2008 (55 Mbytes/1300 Kbps)

Etienne Mackensen, distributor for APD Central Europe, talking about the latest on the Evolution, Inspiration, Evolution+. He also demos the new BOV.

DiveShow BootDusseldorf 2008 APD Evolution Inspiration HighBandwidth Rebreather TechnicalDiving