I wanted to share a report about a once in a lifetime Spearfishing event we held in San Diego , California it was called the “Legends of Spearfishing” , I have been hesitant to post a report about the event , because I was hoping somebody with better writing skills would do a write up for the board ,.. Anyways this event was one of those events you had to be there to truly appreciate .. It all went by so fast it was like a hazy dream …
How it came to be = about 6 or 7 months ago ,I was in the James & Joseph Dive shop looking at the mini spear fishing museum they have in the shop ,, as I was going threw Jack Prodonavich’s personal photo album , I mentioned to the shop owner “ man what I wouldn’t give to hear story’s from these guys” … then the light bulb went off
Some of these guys are still alive … so I approached the owner of the shop & asked “ would it be possible to invite some of these divers from the older generations to speak to some of the younger guys in the sport ?? Maybe we could have a small keg and BBQ ??” he didn’t even flinch he said “ no problem you have the keys to the shop” .. so I started approaching local San Diego divers and shortly there after had a small list of legends confirmed .. Things were ready to go for this small event ,, but I realized we are going to need a few raffle prizes to pay for the Grub and Grog .. This is the part of the event I hate , getting sponsorship:head .. So I called Sheri Daye to ask for some advise on the event , she was very helpful as always, and seemed exited about such a cool event , so half joking said “why don’t you & Art Pinder come over , it would really make this event special” when she said “sounds like fun we would love to come over” I almost crapped myself:blackeye …
So now a little bit of panic starts to set in , so I went straight to the Brains of are club John Haffner , within days he had everything laid out ,he had the Dive shop, Artist , and are Dive club fully involved , I’m talking spreadsheets , monthly meetings , conference calls every 7 days ,, this guy is no BS
Once we had the God Father of Spearfishing Art Pinder attending , everything else came easy , it really helped bring in allot of these legends , and getting sponsors
To Be continued …. In the meantime enjoy this video of one of the speakers , Bill Wagner [ame="http://vimeo.com/21540513"]Bil Wagner Legends on Vimeo[/ame]
BIG thanks to Kris Cram for the videos this guys amazing
How it came to be = about 6 or 7 months ago ,I was in the James & Joseph Dive shop looking at the mini spear fishing museum they have in the shop ,, as I was going threw Jack Prodonavich’s personal photo album , I mentioned to the shop owner “ man what I wouldn’t give to hear story’s from these guys” … then the light bulb went off
Some of these guys are still alive … so I approached the owner of the shop & asked “ would it be possible to invite some of these divers from the older generations to speak to some of the younger guys in the sport ?? Maybe we could have a small keg and BBQ ??” he didn’t even flinch he said “ no problem you have the keys to the shop” .. so I started approaching local San Diego divers and shortly there after had a small list of legends confirmed .. Things were ready to go for this small event ,, but I realized we are going to need a few raffle prizes to pay for the Grub and Grog .. This is the part of the event I hate , getting sponsorship:head .. So I called Sheri Daye to ask for some advise on the event , she was very helpful as always, and seemed exited about such a cool event , so half joking said “why don’t you & Art Pinder come over , it would really make this event special” when she said “sounds like fun we would love to come over” I almost crapped myself:blackeye …
So now a little bit of panic starts to set in , so I went straight to the Brains of are club John Haffner , within days he had everything laid out ,he had the Dive shop, Artist , and are Dive club fully involved , I’m talking spreadsheets , monthly meetings , conference calls every 7 days ,, this guy is no BS
Once we had the God Father of Spearfishing Art Pinder attending , everything else came easy , it really helped bring in allot of these legends , and getting sponsors
To Be continued …. In the meantime enjoy this video of one of the speakers , Bill Wagner [ame="http://vimeo.com/21540513"]Bil Wagner Legends on Vimeo[/ame]
BIG thanks to Kris Cram for the videos this guys amazing
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