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I have both the book and video by terry maas. the reason for watchin the italian videos is to aquire different types of skills by differnet spearos. i try to take in as much info as possible........ and if you've ever dove the channel islands, which i'm assuming you have, alot of the techniques make for great diving over here as well.... I also speak to al schneppershoff as often as possible for his personal views on california diving. I also pick the brain of Andy Taylor, owner of Blue Water Hunters in Santa Barbara. Since I don't have 20+ years of diving under my belt, I feel the best way to learn is to dive and keep studying.......... BOOM! TAKE THAT, OLD SPEAROS!!! HAHAHA!!