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Sea Hunt will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a
special presentation.
Click on the link for more on the
Sea Hunt Anniversary
with Lloyd Bridges.
$10,000 in
Prizes;
Two Dive Trips
Prizes will be given away
all weekend totaling $10,000 at different events. Join
us Saturday for an underwater compass excursion in
search of treasures. attend each of the events, a
drawing will likely follow. And this year we are giving
away two dive trips including
four days and three nights in
Belize with flights by Tropic Air.
Alec Peirce of
Scuba 2000 Returns
Alec Peirce returns with an assortment of memorabilia
from the famous TV show,
Sea Hunt, celebrating its 50th
anniversary at the Portage Quarry this
year. Alec Peirce attributes his interest in the sport
of scuba directly to his life-long hero, Lloyd Bridges,
and to the Sea Hunt show.
Scuba 2000 is recognized as the finest scuba training
facility in Canada and one of the best in North America.
Scuba 2000 has been the subject of dozens of diving
articles, TV Shows and endless chat lines.
Scuba
2000
EMail
Website
Phone: 1-800-324-3483
Fax: 1-905-771-1597
9033 Leslie Street
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Canada L4B 4K3
Meet With Nick
Icorn at Friday Opening
Join us Friday, August 8,
2008 for an evening with
Hall of
Fame legendary diver
Nick Icorn.
Last
year's showing of the Creature was a
big success. This year we have the sequel
on the big screen Saturday night.
Vintage Dive
Gear Swap Meet Sunday
Pack up your vintage dive
gear and swap it out for more vintage dive gear in the
third annual Vintage Dive Gear Swap Meet, Sunday, August
10. Arrange for a table, or browse the tables for dive
gear that revolutionized diving. The best legends will
be there to evaluate it and verify its authenticity.
'09 Vintage
Double
Hose Celebration
In 2009 Sand Dog VI will
be combining forces with Portage Quarry and the International Legends of
Diving event to host the biggest and best vintage equipment trip yet.
We will be diving in the crystal clear waters off of Grand Bahama Island
with the world famous group at UNEXSO. This is the first event of its
kind held at the resort and will no doubt be a hit with the world wide
diving community. To read more about the April 2-6 event, go to the
UNEXSO legends event,
part of a double feature in '09, UNEXSO and Portage Quarry.
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Nick
Icorn, Sam Lecocq, Dr. Sam Miller, Alec
Peirce, Keith G. Cooper and the local legends in the
state of Ohio have replied with their intentions to
attend the Third Annual International Legends of
Diving event. The
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tradition grows
each year, once again with a full weekend of
activities set to begin on Friday, August 8.
The festivities begin with an opportunity to mix
it up with the legend Nick Icorn. Also expect
the other legends to appear on the first night.
Legends who have become our good friends over
the three years of the Legends Fesitval.
This year the |
Dr. Sam Miller at
the Portage
Quarry in 2006 |
Legends Festival is
international with more overseas guests expected and an
alliance with UNEXSO of the Grand Bahama Island.
Expect the best of diving in Ohio the weekend of the
International Legends of Diving at the Portage Quarry in
2008. In its third year the event
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promises to be the best yet. We will be honored
with the presence of the
"Keeper of the Flame",
Nick Icorn. From his early
influence on the sport to his status today, he
is truly a legend in diving.
Sam Lecocq, with many early patents and a instrumental
guide in the formation of diving will return for his
third
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Sam Lecocq will
appear this year
with his new book. |
year at
the International Legends of Diving. Copies of his book
which is in final publication will be available for
autographs and purchase during the weekend.
A full schedule of activities is set for
Saturday, August 9. Many of the sponsors will
return with a full complement of
prizes to be given away to lucky guests. Last year
nearly $20,000 was given away in prizes and raffles,
including a trip to Belize.
Prizes will be drawn throughout the day, somewhere in
between presentations on the
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history of diving. These discussions are offered
by those who lived the early days and the
development of the sport. The Grand Prize
will be four days, three nights in
Belize with flights by Tropic Air.
Sea Hunt turns 50
this year and will be celebrated the weekend of
the International Legends of Diving. From its
beginning in January of 1958, |
Deb Lecocq was indoctrinated into
the Double Hose
Club in 2007 |
the show starring Lloyd Bridges as Mike Nelson
captured the nation and
i nspired
many young divers to excel in scuba diving as a
recreational sport and as a profession.
Alec Peirce, the Portage Quarry legend who is most
knowledgeable about Lloyd Bridges as Nelson will give
away a prize for the most original of Mike Nelson's
dive gear worn in the movies.
The
festival adds another speaker and proudly presents a new
generation of legends. Dr. Samuel
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Miller, IV, a second generation diver of the
pioneer California diving family is also a
Hyperbaric Medicine Doctor at the University of
California, San Diego Medical Center. He is a
PADI, and NAUI (life) instructor and recipient
of the Pro 5000 diver award. He will be
presenting the very |
Dr. Sam Miller, IV |
latest developments in hyperbaric medicine
treatment. He will also discuss tech diving and
various gas mixtures for deep diving.
The Creature, and the Feature Creatures, return as
the Saturday night main event. Bring your lawn chairs
and snacks for the showing Revenge of the Creature.
Sunday
will wrap up the weekend with a vintage swap meet. The
final meeting with the Legends will be Sunday afternoon.
Once
again the
Best Western Falcon Plaza
will be the host hotel for the weekend with specials for
the attendees of the International Legends of Diving,
2008.
International Legends Weekend
Alternates with UNEXSO on Grand Bahama Island in 2009
UNEXSO on Grand Bahama Island has requested that Portage
Quarry help support its own Legends Festival April 2-6
in 2009 to kick off the next season of worldwide dive
legend events. Read more about
the
UNEXSO Dive Legends Week
in the announcement here at portagequarry.com.
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There
is limited availability for the week with
drastically reduced rates for all attendees and
a full schedule of diving for divers and for
non-divers. The Portage Quarry, Bryan Pennington
of Vintage Dive Club, and UNEXSO have made this
great opportunity possible. Expect some great
diving the first weekend of April, 2009. Dive
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Zale Parry of Sea
Hunt be a host
at UNEXSO 2009
Zale Parry bio |
Legends
and relax in the highly acclaimed Pelican Bay Hotel. And
who better to share in the celebration than with
Sea Hunt actress Zale Parry,
a star in many of the 155 episodes that appeared over
four seasons of Sea Hunt.
Sign up for this event now
before it is sold out. They will attend the Legends
Festival in August with prizes, make plans to reunite
friendships on Grand Bahama Island in April 2009.
UNEXSO 2009 Double Date
Press release
Legends
Weekend Links
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