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Back to The Future: Tech Diving in 2026?

Back to The Future: Tech Diving in 2026?
What kinds of exploration projects will tech divers be conducting in 2026? What kind of equipment will we be using? Will open circuit be a thing of the past? How about rebreathers? What will a “big dive” look like one to two decades from now? These are some of the questions that this panel of…
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Deep Flooded Mine

Deep Flooded Mine
Dan has been leading the exploration of the flooded mine, known as the Tilly Foster Mine for two years. The iron ore mine was began in 1810 and continued operation until 1897. At it's zenith, the operation employed hundreds of workers, and at the time was the largest and deepest open pit on Earth, with…
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Non-Technical Tech Diving

Non-Technical Tech Diving
Since 1980 the National Park Service (NPS) has maintained the Submerged Resources Center (SRC), the agencies only full time underwater diving program. Their mission is to support the inventory, management, and presentation of America’s underwater national parks. In his talk, SRC Deputy Chief and underwater photographer Brett Seymour will present a 35-year history of how…
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Incompetent and Unaware: Potential solutions to the problems we face in the diving community in terms of human factors and human error.

Incompetent and Unaware: Potential solutions to the problems we face in the diving community in terms of human factors and human error.
  Despite improvements in technical diving equipment, the diving community continues to suffer from fatalities and near misses. This presentation by Gareth Lock will identify and demonstrate the issues we face under the banner of ‘human error’ and ways in which we can improve both diver performance and diving safety. Unfortunately 'Human Error’ is used…
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Exploration of the Weeki Wachee / Twin Dees cave system

Exploration of the Weeki Wachee / Twin Dees cave system
Andrew Pitkin and Brett Hemphill will be speaking at TEKDiveUSA.2016 on exploration of the Weeki Wachee and Twin Dees cave system.  Weeki Wachee Spring, a first-magnitude spring near the west coast of Florida, is home to an old Florida tourist attraction - live mermaid shows in the spring basin where a viewing theatre has been built…
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DATES ANNOUNCED FOR TEKDiveUSA.2016!

DATES ANNOUNCED FOR TEKDiveUSA.2016!
  TEKDiveUSA.2016 is officially on the calendar for April 22-24th. We will kick things off with a Friday night BBQ followed by two days of technical diving show an tell. Details will be online soon!
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TEKDiveUSA.2014 BBQ Dinner

TEKDiveUSA.2014 BBQ Dinner
The TEKDiveUSA.2014 conference started off with a Friday Night Barbecue Dinner. It was nice to relax and mingle before the presentations and exhibitions began on Saturday morning. Divers from all over the world gathered to enjoy the company of this amazing technical diving community. [gallery ids="1630,1631,1632,1633,1634,1635,1636,1637,1638,1639,1640,1641,1642,1643,1644,1645,1646,1647,1648,1649,1650,1651,1652,1653,1654,1655,1656"]
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The TEKDiveUSA.2014 Gala Dinner Part 2

The TEKDiveUSA.2014 Gala Dinner Part 2
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The TEKDiveUSA.2014 Gala Dinner And Rubicon Raffle

The TEKDiveUSA.2014 Gala Dinner And Rubicon Raffle
  The  TEKDiveUSA.2014 Gala Dinner featured a raffle and fundraiser for the Rubicon Foundation.  Light Monkey blew everyone away with a special presentation of a $10,000 donation to the Rubicon Foundation to support Project Pink Tank at the TEKDiveUSA.2014 awards ceremony. Together with the raffle, over $14,000 was raised! Amazing prizes were donated by the following sponsors: Atomic Aquatics Big…
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TEKDiveUSA.2014 Exhibitors Part 2

TEKDiveUSA.2014 Exhibitors Part 2
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2014 TEKDiveUSA Awards

During our 2014 Gala, we presented the 2014 TEKDiveUSA awards. These awards were voted on by the public and we could not have been more pleased with the winners.  It was an astounding group of individuals and it was a pleasure to share the stage with these incredible technical divers. TEKDiveUSA Media Award  The inscription…
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2014 TEKDiveUSA Photo Contest Winners

Our photography contest was a huge success.  We were amazed at the quality of images we received.  It was fun to see the results of the public voting and the winning images were worthy contenders.  We had many great submissions, thank you to all who participated - both photographers and voters! And a big thank…
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2014 TEKDiveUSA Staff & Voluteers

Our volunteers and staff were the heart and soul of the show.  We could not have done it without you. Your contributions to the inaugural TEKDiveUSA did not go unnoticed.   We are humbled by this amazing technical dive community and honored to be a part of it with you.
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2014 TEKTalk #3- Douglas Ebersole MD

Douglas Ebersole, MD is a cardiologist at Watson Clinic LLP in Lakeland, Florida specializing in coronary and structural heart interventions. He is also an avid technical diver, a cave diver, a CCR trimix instructor, and a cardiology consultant for the Divers Alert Network. His medical background and diving experience gives him a unique perspective on…
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2014 TEKTalks #2- Jill Heinerth

TEKTalk #2 is available for your viewing pleasure. Jill Heinerth has dived deeper into caves than any woman in history and is a member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame. She is an author, award winning film maker, explorer and avid CCR diver. Heinerth is a thought leader and risk assessment expert in the…
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2014 TEKtalks #1- Mark Powell

TEKDiveUSA is pleased to present the TEKtalks series.  Relive some of the highlights of our 2014 conference with these mini presentations from our amazing speaker lineup. Renowned author, Mark Powell, is one of the UK's best known technical diving instructors. In this TEKDiveUSA TEKtalk, Powell gives an abbreviated version of his talk- Why Divers Do…
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KISS OS Diving System Raffle Winner

Congrats to Joe Radomski, of New York on winning the KISS OS Diving system raffle! Enjoy your new rebreather. And a special thanks to KISS Rebreathers for their amazing support of the first ever TEKDiveUSA. [caption id="attachment_1226" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Drumroll please...[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1227" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The winner is.... Joe Radomski![/caption] [caption id="attachment_1228" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Congrats…
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How To Recover a Space Engine

The F-1 rocket engine is still a modern wonder. Each one produces one and half million pounds of thrust generating 32 million horsepower whilst burning 6,000 pounds of rocket grade kerosene and liquid oxygen every second. On 16 July 1969 the world watched in awe as five F-1 engines fired in concert, beginning the historic…
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WARNING: Scuba diving is an inherently dangerous sport that can result in serious injury or death if you do not receive the proper training and practice safe diving techniques. The ideas, topics and material presented at TEKDiveUSA are those of the presentor, and TEKDiveUSA LLC does not endorse, support, advocate or accept liability for any of said material / content.

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TEKDIVEUSA.2020 POSTPONED

TEKDiveUSA has been monitoring the evolving situation on coronavirus both in the U.S. and around the globe. Due to the public health emergency we are currently facing, we believe that it is not possible to move forward with TEKDiveUSA.2020 as planned. 

 

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