Northwest Dive Club

Yeah most of the underwater stuff is at Marblemount just past the bridge and the B-roll is from the rest area by mile marker 101. My wife is living up in Diablo while she works on her Master's, so I get to spend every weekend in the Cascades. Sucks to be me, huh?

Thanks guys! Shot it all in one day in some very cold water. Spent about 8 hours just hanging out with them and letting them get comfortable swimming near me and the camera. Some of them were truly beat up. One actually swam into Jess's hands and just quit swimming! It was thankful to be held for a ...

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/37760696[/vimeo]

Some footage of Pink Salmon in the Skagit River. Hoping to shoot all 5 species this year... Hope you like it!

Chris

Thanks all for your kind words and maybe more importantly for letting me vent. I am less likely to strangle poor random people on my block over the next 48 hours. Picking up. Moving on.

Jan K wrote:Sad. Some things money can't buy nor replace.

Right. Like some things my dad left me before he passed and a watch that my mom gave me for my wedding. It's not the monetary value I'm hurt over.

Thanks boy-o's. They got some prints off a window but I'm pretty sure my laptop's on its way to Russia (no offense Vlad!) or India (Namaste MacBook). Either way I'm focusing on the silver lining: I still get to dive this weekend!

So I got home last night to find that my house was robbed. The bastard/s stole my laptop and a ton of other important stuff. It sucks. I feel really horrible. There is a bright side though: they walked past the rebreather, the can lights, regs, gates monstrosity, drysuit ect... No interest. Thank Go...

Happy birfday, Louie CK!

Martians. Somebody should check its butt for signs of alien invasion.

Happy B-Day man!

Here's to a year full of big adventure. Break out the good whiskey, lock up the guns and keep all yer clothes on till you get home tonight. Good luck Ballard.

Hey y'all, I'm looking to sell my large Bare XCD2 Tech drysuit. It's a 2mm compressed neoprene suit in nearly new condition (I've had it less than a year and I'm the first owner). It has Halcyon pockets, a Light Monkey balanced p-valve (take it or leave it) and I haven't trimmed the latex wrist seal...

Had an amazing dive at skyline last night. Viz was very nice. Where u thinkin bout?

Maverick wrote: I know I'm not the best writer...

Yeah you suck at writing but that didn't keep me from laughing all the way through that post. Nice write-up.

Congrats guys. Amazing work. Can't wait to see what's next!

There's no good shore dives north of Skyline that are worth it. I've tried. On the rare occasion that the wind comes out of the southeast/east you can get some good viz around Larrabee, but they say the poop blooms are going off there right now so... If you live in Bellingham it's about the same dri...

Yeah, I'm in. I haven't done any boat dives up in this area and would love to explore. How's this Thursday sound?

I got to hang out with a pod of Common dolphin last year while they tore a school of red-eye herring apart. There's some good examples of bubble netting if you watch carefully. These guys got very friendly with me and even used me as a screen to attack the school! [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/2242856...

I dove in a pond covered in green slime off of the 16th Ave exit. Wouldn't recommend it unless you are really into old beer cans and bottles.

Think that missile silo dive is only an hour or 2 from there....

Depends on what you're gonna use it for. If you guys have the money go for a gates. When all is said and done it'll be a lot more than $10,000 for a new one though. The EX1R would be a good choice. Brand new with camera, extra little things, monitor, lights, wide angle lens is gonna be around $20,00...

I'd love to dive the rapids. I heard people have peed their drysuits on that one. Honestly, I just want to go back. Every time John would tell a crazy story I'd say, "What time of year was that?" And he always said, "Oh around the end of September beginning of October." So, the p...

I got to see the prototype for this sub when I was living in San Francisco a couple of years ago. It's seriously cool to see in person. Those thrusters look a lot bigger in real life. If I remember correctly, this particular model was originally being built by Steve Fosset before he died in that pla...

Lundsyd, love the Lumpsucker! I'm still waiting to see my first one. Like the shrimp with the backlighting too. I'm sure everybody here is bored with Hooded Nudi's, but after seeing them for the first time last week, I really want to try backlighting some of them too. Anyway, awesome shots!

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/22083406[/vimeo]

Here's our video from Browning Pass. Yes, I was forced to shoot most of the underwater stuff on DV. No, I don't want to talk about it. I'm seeking therapy for the pain...

Also, Vimeo squished it, I think, but you get the idea...

Thanks peeps. I'll pass on the kind words. It'll mean a lot to her. I'm a little biased but I think she's a serious up and coming UW photographer in the PNW. :joshsmith: Curt, the CK was incredible. Thanks to you and Mel for everything. Those extra NDL's make a big difference when you're shooting fi...

Hey Guys, Just got back from Port Hardy late last night. All I can say is "Wow"! We've been lucky to dive some amazing places, but Port Hardy is easily right at the top of our short list. Had a bunch of video problems and ended up having to shoot on HDV mostly :angry: .... will get that up...

Sweet vid bro! Langley is by back-up spot when the winds are too crazy at Keystone, but I've never had a dive that exciting there. Warbonnet, Starfish shag party AND a beautiful nudi! Too cool. Langley night dive is definitely on the list now. Better make it quick though... I've heard that they are ...