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 Join LA Dive & Ride fan and Reef Check Board member for an informative presentation on the state of the world's coral reefs. Lydia Lim, a Reef Check Foundation board member, will be showing a video and talking about Reef Check's work around the world. Reef Check is active in over 90 countries and territories, a designated partner of the United Nations and based right here in our very own backyard.
Come on out and join your pals, meet some new diver buddies and get your dive knowledge on.
Details:
Where: The Smithhouse Tap and Grill - 10351 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025
When: 7pm Tues May 29th
Free valet parking
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 This month Craig Tsuyumine of, Save Japan Dolphins, will be joining us and bringing along a 15 minute version of the Oscar-winning film, "The Cove". This epic piece of cinematic history is one of the best documentaries ever made. Journalists, activists, film makers and world record holding free dive champions teamed up to create this astonishing film and change the world for the better. Craig will also be sticking around to give us more info on Ric O'Barry's Save Japan Dolphins and answer any questions about the film. It's a totally free event so feel free to bring your friends.
The Smithhouse - 10351 Santa Monica Blvd - Los Angeles, California 90024 - Corner of S. Beverly Glen Blvd. and Santa Monica Blvd. (screening room in back)
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Come find out more about the new Marine Protected Areas here in SoCal! Brian Meux from Santa Monica Baykeeper will be joining us to shed some light on the new MPAs. Where are they? Who they benefit and how Santa Monica Baykeeper is helping to keep watch over them.
A little more on Brian........
Before working at Baykeeper, Brian attended U.C. Berkeley where he majored in integrative biology with an emphasis in marine ecology. He earned a Master’s of Science degree in Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona, which aims to find innovative solutions and gives experiential learning related to sustainable development and ecological restoration and design. His master’s thesis analyzed Santa Monica Baykeeper’s Kelp Restoration and Monitoring Project. Brian began volunteering for Baykeeper in 2005 and joined the staff in 2007 as Kelp Program Coordinator, working to maximize restoration and monitoring of L.A. County kelp forests, and has personally witnessed acres of kelp forests recover in multiple locations off the Malibu and Palos Verdes coasts. An ongoing goal is to ensure local SCUBA divers have the opportunity to perform hands-on work making a positive difference for natural communities and marine resources as a whole. As Marine Programs Manager since 2008, Brian is also involved in outreach and advocacy for improved oil spill prevention and response, science-based marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, abalone recovery, and eelgrass habitat restoration. He is also participating in aerial boat surveys with the Baykeepers partners at LightHawk to help illuminate fishing types and locations off the southern California shores.
The Smithhouse - 10351 Santa Monica Blvd - Los Angeles, California 90024 - Corner of S. Beverly Glen Blvd. and Santa Monica Blvd. (screening room in back)
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Richard Theiss is a cinematographer, media consultant, and shark advocate whose work has been used by National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Google Earth/Ocean and many others. He has spent the past seven years filming the white sharks at Isla Guadalupe, more than any other videographer. He produced the highly regarded documentary, Island of the Great White Shark, and authors a very successful blog: RTSeaBlog – keeping an eye on nature.
Lecture Summary: Diving With Sharks & the Future of Shark Conservation
While you can travel the globe to see sharks in the wild, for U.S. divers there are two locations relatively close that offer some of the best shark diving in the world. Richard Theiss will introduce you to these locations and recount some of his up-close-and-personal experiences. But while seeing sharks can be exciting, the possible extinction of the species looms as a dark cloud over their future. Shark conservation has grown and matured over the years and is now at a critical juncture. Richard will explain where it goes from here and what we as divers can do to further the cause.
Hollywood Divers - 3575 Cahuenga Blvd West Los Angeles, CA 90068
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 This month Captain Chris Wade will be joining us and speaking about his role at California Science Centers and about the volunteer dive programs they offer.
Captain Chris is the dive safety officer at the California Science Center as well as the owner and operator of his boat Sea Watch. Come hang out with us Tues night, grab a drink and find out more.
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The founder of Disabled Veterans SCUBA Project, Melvin Pasley, will be our guest presenter this month. He does fantastic work teaching the men and women that have been disabled protecting us how to dive. Please come join us and show your support.
Check it out more here on our Facebook Event Page
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 This month's club meeting is all about Digital Photography.
Professional photographer Budd Riker will be doing a free digital work flow presentation.
Come out and see how the pros work.
Plus our friends at Blue Water Photo are paying the sales tax for all LADR divers
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they are donating our grand prize for the raffle. An AO Cooler Bag/Portable Rinse tank for you camera setup.
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Check out a recap of all of our little adventures in Andy's new blog. He'll be writing, from the instructor perspective about teaching people how to dive, our dive trips and conditions, watching divers grow and progress, new gear and about the random stuff that happens within our community of divers. Or you could step away from the computer screen and come join us so you don't have to read about it later!
Check it out here http://diveandride.wordpress.com/
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Yup, that's right...our very first dive club meeting!
Dive club meetings are a great way to get out, meet new dive buddies, and learn a little about the thing we all love. We're thrilled to announce that Captain Ray Arntz has agreed to give his presentation on the wrecks of Southern California at the very first LADR Club Meeting.
Get all the details here!
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 We had an incredible time in Cabo Pulmo and we're pretty sure no one in that village will ever forget us.
Our Amigo Lee hooked us up and took great care of us. There is so much marine life in the park it's mind blowing. Huge schools of grouper, jacks, snapper, tuna, amazing hard corals, whales, turtles, giant eels, the list goes on and on. Our Thanksgiving dinner turned into a gianormous feast with great friends who are all part of the LADR family. We even had Captain Ryan from the Humboldt join us with his family. We couldn't have asked for a better time with better people. Hope to see you all for the next trip!
Check out some of the photos from the trip here.
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 LA Dive and Ride will be auctioning off TWO Private scuba certifications this year at the TREVOR LIVE Silent Auction.
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.
TREVOR LIVE is their annual West coast fundraiser.
To find out more about The Trevor Project or about Trevor Live click here.
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