Shark Week 2015 – Aliwal Shoal
On 21 March 2015 we attended the first ever Aqua-Lung Fun Day which was hosted by Manex Marine in Gordon’s Bay. Though the day saw it’s share of sub-par surf conditions, we had an absolute blast diving the reef of “Steenbras Deep” where I tested out my new Knog Qudos Action video light for the very first…
Attack of the Clones : Beard No. 32
Back in April 2015, when I tasted my first proper vape (not these little twigs you see at Twisp counters), the flavour that happened to be in that Aspire Atlantis V2 sitting on a eLeaf iStick 50W was No.32 from Beard Vape Co. For those who have never tried it, it’s flavor profile is said…
Return of the Clones : Unicorn Milk
There are a few juices whose names keep popping up all over the internet among the most popular flavors out there. There’s no denial that Cuttwood Unicorn Milk is among the best of these. Although it can be argued as being quite an extensive recipe to take on with a total of seven flavors, there’s no…
The dawn of a new era in RTA’s
If there’s one thing that has been consistent in the vaping industry, it’s manufacturers building on each other’s successes and learning from each other’s failures to come up with better ways to turn as little as possible juice into as much as possible vapor with as little as possible leaking. Some came up with great…
Review: Vaporesso Gemini RTA
Imagine this for a second: It’s a warm, sunny summers day. The smell of freshly cut grass and barbeque fills the air. You can hear people laughing and your neighbor is playing Pumped Up Kicks while having beer and playing ping pong in the shade next to the pool. You hear an ice-cream truck approaching…
E-Juice Making Tips
When you finally decide to get into DIY juice making, there’s a lot of info and concepts to understand to ensure that you have the best and safest possible experience. Here we’ll discuss some of those: Precision When it comes to juice, precision is key. You need to be able to measure components to within…
Taking Advantage of Technology
I have read many stories over the past year where divers have become separated from their charter boats for whatever reason, and were then left to face the surface conditions for several hours and in some cases, days on end. In these cases divers are left at the mercy of currents and these often take…
Dive Report – Princess Elisabeth
DIVE REPORT – Sunday, 23 March – 09h00 – Princess Elisabeth (Pisces Divers) – 30min – 30m – 14deg – 12L 21% This morning at 08h30, while the majority of Capetonians were still firmly nestled in their beds with the rain and fog that arrived in the night, myself and Stephen were sitting in the…
The value of Video Lights when shooting with a GoPro
I have had this discussion with a few people since the start of 2014 already, and thought I might as well turn it into an informative post. So get some coffee quickly and then sit down for the read… Most divers looking to get into shooting underwater video take an instant interest in GoPro. It’s…
The Advancement of Modern Day Video Capabilities
Have you ever wondered what professional films are shot with nowadays? A lot of recent films have been making use of “Red Digital Cinema” cameras. The below is the cream of their current crop, shooting up to 6K resolutions at 100FPS and starting out around a staggering R 500,000 a piece, only for the camera…
