Sheri Daye pulled off another great event this year- The Blue Wild Expo is Miami's (and becoming the Continents) best spearfishing expo! This year had a lot of new exhibitors as well as many of the old standbys, with all the best spearfishing gear, at the lowest prices- I mean where else can you get a set of carbon fiber fins for under $100? Yep that's right many spearos
don't know that not only is the BlueWild an expo where lots of folk get see newly introduced gear, but its also a show where we can all buy in on the latest and best spearfishing equipment heavily discounted! This year was special as Dr. Terry Maas was there first hand introducing his freedive vest, as well as 
Sheri's latest addition... the "Spearfishing workshops"...all sorts of "how to" from speargun band tying, to spearfishing off a kayak, to tricks on catching more lobsters, to yours truly workshop, Speargun Building 101, a complete si
mple step by step guide to building a spear gun. But that's not all
, the BlueWild featured an awesome section on spearfishing art that in and of itself was a mini art show. Quite a few of our neighbors over in Europe came over not only sharing tips and tricks on apnea and spearfishing, but also bringing some pretty neat equipment, Juliano the man behind the wetsuit company Polosub was there exhibiting (and selling) has wetsuits- if any of you have tried a Polosub wetsuit then you know aside from being incredibly warm, they fit to a "
T", and rightfully so as all are custom made to order. Dimitris from DEEP magazine was there again this year, with a great presentation, and a great spearfishing magazine as well. Speaking of great spearfishing magazines, we
had our local boys representing with SPEARFISHING magazine, it seems they just keep upping the bar, on cutting-edge news on spearfishing our local waters, and even som
e international stuff too. Art Pinder was there, it was quite a privilege to be in such a legendary spearo's presence and also quite humbling to see one of my custom built trophys lined up along side his championship awards. Martin Stapanek from Florida Instructors International (FII) a legendary freediver and quite a spearo too, was there too, pro
viding some great tips on longer breathold and diving deeper as well as diving safety. This year FII organized the 1st Annual Fort Lauderdale Freediving Open on Memorial Day and everyone had an awesome time! And lets not forget our locals, you know the fellas we 
go to (sometimes on a daily basis) for spearfishing gear- Mike from Florida Freedivers, Ulysses from ScubasWorld, Dennis and Luis from Austins, Andrew from Nautilus, and even some not so local- Josh from Neptonics was there with bags full of spear gun trigger mechanisms, speargun tracks, speargun 
remote triggers...and lets not forget Daryl Wong with his awesome spear g
uns. We also had all the local dive clubs representing Florida making a splash as well. Top of the line spearfishing gear for cheap, spearfishing workshops, Freedive clinics, spearfishing contest (unfortunately cancelled due to 30+ mph winds), Spearfishing Raffles and spearfishing legends all under one roof, where else but at the Blue Wild Expo...see you all there next year.
Till next spearfishing report, tight bands, straight shafts, and smooooooooth triggers!
Tone
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