Tekstreme / Emperor Divers News
10 May 2008
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 TEKSTREME DIVING NEWSCongratulations! - [Sunday, April 13 2008]
Congratulations to the following people who completed their TDI courses last month:ADVANCED NITROX Petra Kooiman & Mohammed Fared DECOMPRESSION PROCEDURES Mohammed Fared EXTENDED RANGE Nick Hough PELAGIAN CCR Grant McHattie & AnneMarie Mcateer INSPIRATION/EVOLUTION CCR Jan Erik Sevland & Tale Sevland ADVANCED TRIMIX CCR Mark Davison ADVANCED TRIMIX Frithjof Smith Well done to all and safe diving. Aaron. Tekstreme Diver wins Freediving Medal - [Thursday, November 8 2007]
Anna Von Boetticher is a Tek Diver...or so we thought! Imagine our surprise when we discovered she was competing at the Individual Freediving World Championship!  In March 2007, she took a freediving course in Dahab and got hooked; so hooked in fact that she won a 'Best Newcomer' Award at the UK Championships in July 2007 with stunning dives to 43m in the Constant weight with fins discipline and 28m in the constant weight without fins. Her next venture was a trip to Dahab for the ‘Triple Depth’ Competition in Dahab. Helped in training in Dahab with big names like Sara Campbell and William Trubridge obviously gave Anna confidence as she broke the German National records with a constant weight with fins dive to 52m and with no fins (that's without being allowed to pull on the rope) to an incredible 35m. These dives gave Anna the eligibility to enter the Individual Freediving World Championship in Sharm el Sheikh where she would be competing against the World’s top freedivers. Anna came 7th overall in constant weight with fins, breaking her own German National Record with a dive to 55m. A dive with no fins to 38m broke another of her records and won her the bronze medal...quite an achievement for someone who has only been freediving for 8 months! 'But I only did it to improve my Tek diving!' Anna proclaimed at the awards ceremony. She admitted to being very nervous before the competition but actually found the dives 'quite easy' She reckons the fact that she has already been deep as a Tek diver has helped her enormously by taking away the fear of depth that some newcomers have. Asked if she plans to stick with freediving in future, Anna laughed and said she would be coming back to Tek dive with us soon as it's the only way for her to see anything at depth; she freedives with her eyes shut!  Tekstreme support World Freediving Competition - [Thursday, November 8 2007]
Tekstreme provided a team of safety divers for the AIDA Individual Freediving World Championship, held at the Apnea Academy in Sharm el Sheikh during the first week of November. Bad weather and the arrival of an Oceanic whitetip added to the excitement at a competition where 26 National Records and 1 World record was broken.  New Megalodon Courses at Tekstreme - [Tuesday, November 6 2007]
Starting from the first of November Tekstreme is pleased to offer you courses on the Megalodon rebreather right up to mixed gas level. Whether you want to learn on the standard Meg or the Copis Meg we can order your unit, get it sent to us here in Sharm so all you have to do is turn up and start your course.For information about the course you can contact us at Tekstreme or check the unit out on the factory site at www.customrebreathers.com  Impressed divers complete Kiss CCR training - [Wednesday, October 17 2007]
"We have just completed our Kiss CCR training with Paul Vinten and wanted to drop you a note to give some additional feedback as we enjoyed the course so much. Paul has been a complete professional throughout our weeks training, he has been incredibly helpful, patient and has at no point let our existing friendship compromise his standards of teaching. He was always willing to spend as much time as necessary on the theory side of the course, and took the time to fully explain the answers to any questions we had. Both Charlie and I found the course challenging, but thanks to Paul we are now happy to jump in on our own, confident that we could cope with any eventuality. We would have no hesitation in recommending the course to others and intend to follow up our training with a Trimix course once we have clocked up enough hours. We would like to pass on our thanks to Paul and all at Emperor in Hurghada." Collin Nunn and Charlie Bennett The Pelagian DCCCR - [Monday, October 8 2007]
Hi All,After a very busy ten days of evaluating and diving we are pleased to offer you courses on the Pelagian rebreather. Andy Fritz who makes the rebreather came over to Sharm to show us his unit. The pelagian is a Diver Controlled Closed Circuit Rebreather, in other words, a manual rebreather. It is similar to the Kiss except that you have a needle valve to determine the flow. This flow can be changed by the diver in the water. There is also a manual bypass that can be activated to control the Po2.   The best thing about the unit is its weight. For the traveling rebreather diver this unit weighs in well below your travel allowance. With an empty scrubber and no cylinders with a normal backplate and wing you can put the whole lot into a bag and have a weight of 11Kg. Truly a portable rebreather.Tekstreme can now offer you courses on the Pelagian up to Mixed gas level. We can also order your unit and have it shipped to you without the bypass valve ready for your course. The bypass valve will be here waiting for you. Mine Quest Photo selection - [Saturday, February 17 2007]
Hi all,Following our trip to the Bell Island Iron Ore Mine Expedition, Vlada Dekina has kindly added all her photographs of the trip on this website: www.wrecksandreefs.com/mine.htm Please take the time to have a look. If you have any comments about them, either drop me a line or ask Vlada herself. Safe diving. Aaron. Tekstreme Safari January 2007 - [Sunday, January 28 2007]
On 5th January, tekstreme set off for their first safari of 2007. Click here for the full article.Day trips to the Rosalie Moller - [Friday, January 26 2007]
Although most places in Egypt seem to be expanding in size all the time and boats seem to be getting bigger, the time to get from one place to another seems to be getting shorter. A new boat called SKY K has starter running trips from Sharm el Sheikh out to the Rosalie Moller a couple of times a week. The trip departs around 0600 from the main port and takes three and a half hours to reach the wreck. Once there, the boat will tie up and you have three hours in which to enjoy this stunning dive.On a recent trip, 8 rebreather divers and 4 open circuit divers spent an hour on the wreck and incurred only 30 minutes deco. There is so much to see on the wreck that you could spend a lot longer on the bottom. With a maximum depth to the bottom of 55m, you can do a multilevel dive to around 45 for the holds and engine room and then up to 35 for the upper deck, cabins and bridge area. Truly worth getting up early for (but not as early as the Thistlegorm!!) This trip may not be for everyone, so we will advise who is suitable to go depending on their current certification level. Safe Diving.   A spot of cold water diving - [Monday, January 15 2007]
In our Quest to get out and do more varied and interesting diving, I am off to Newfoundland to do a bit of cave diving, hopefully bringing back some ideas with me to Egypt. The link below is the Blog to the expedition, so please have a read every few days to see what we get up to. Happy diving.bellislandexpedition.blogspot.com Aaron Bruce Tekstreme goes Free Diving - [Monday, October 30 2006]
Last week saw the Tekstreme team doing support for William Trubridge's World record attempt at the free diving discipline of "constant weight without fins" to an incredible 81m. You can read Williams diary of the work up and attempt day at this link. Irrespective of what happened on the day we all had a superb day and had the pleasure of working with some true free diving professionals. All the team wish William the best for the future and hope to welcome him back soon. Daily rebreather try dives - [Sunday, October 1 2006]
 Not only is the Rebreather Try Dive Weeks going well, but daily rebreather try dives are becoming quite popular. This week saw our biggest single try dive session when 5 eagre divers signed up to try the Ap Valves Inspiration/Evolution. Unfortunately you cannot see the smiles on their faces!!!!! Sharm wins Tech Award - [Thursday, April 6 2006]
 Tekstreme in Sharm El Sheikh won the ‘Best Performing Development Centre’ from TDI recently.Aaron Bruce, Tekstreme Manager, said, “Recognition is always welcome and the award was for achieving the best performance with regards to student output as well as high recommendations from the people we taught.” Brian Carney, CEO of TDI presents the prize to Aaron and Mickael. Rebreather Try Dive Weeks in Sharm El Sheikh - [Monday, November 21 2005]
New Year Resolution - I must try breathing a different way! Solution - Sharm El Sheikh Rebreather Try Dive Weeks Spend a week diving on 5 different rebreathers.  The Tekstreme team are offering you the chance to visit Sharm and dive every day on a different rebreather. You will be able to dive on the Draeger Dolphin, AP Valves Inspiration, Evolution, Jetsam Sport Kiss and the Innerspace Megalodon. Each day you will be given a briefing on the rebreather of the day; how it works, what skills we are going to do and what to expect whilst diving the unit. The first day will de spent diving from the beach and the other four days diving from a boat. You will be diving twice each day to get the most out of the rebreather experience. At just 450 Euro pp, this is a fantastic opportunity to 'try before you buy'. And once you've completed the week and would like to go down the rebreather route, we can help organise a course and purchase the unit that really impressed you! This is going to be popular, so book today! Take a deep breath and contact tech@emperordivers.com Tekstreme 'secures' Hebat Allah wreck - [Friday, November 18 2005]
Hurghada's Tekstreme manager, Paul Vinten reports:On Sunday 13th November, Tekstreme took part in a project to install permanent mooring buoys on the newest attraction to Hurghada - the artificial wreck reef 'Hebat Allah'. The heavy duty mooring lines, buoys and diver shot lines were all provided by the Red Sea Association and the job of actually fixing them was then passed on to Tekstreme. Paul Vinten enlisted the help of Acmed Adly, manager of Marlin Inn Diving centre in providing the boat and an extra diver in the water. We then went out to do the job.  We dropped the initial shot line using a GPS just to the stern of the wreck which is where the first mooring was planned for. The first heavy line was then attached to the stern anchor winch as quickly as possible in order to give the boat something to tie on to and provide a stable work platform.It was then just a matter of one of the support divers relaying lines to the bottom divers to fix the remaining three lines. A further heavy duty mooring was fixed at the bow of the wreck to the port side bollards, and two diver shot lines on thin line were fixed to the top of the two masts to provide an ascent line for comfortable decompression stops rather than using the boat's bouncing anchor line. Once the lines were fixed to the wreck, it was a simple matter to attach buoys on the surface to mark the lines for the boats to pick up using grappling hooks. This should now ensure that no damage is done to the wreck by careless dropping of shots or tying to the wrong places and should provide easier access to what is fast becoming one of the best sites on Hurghada. While we were working we saw large shoals of fusiliers, a huge grouper and even an eagle ray passed by to see just what was going on! Hurghada's new 'tech' wreck blooms - [Monday, July 11 2005]
Just six months on from its deliberate sinking, a new wreck in Hurghada is home to a colourful variety of marine life. Best suited to technical diving, Tekstreme's, Paul Vinten, describes the dive!November, 2004, saw the Red Sea Association and the Egyptian Navy join forces to create Egypt's first ever artificial wreck reef.  The wreck of the Hebat Allah, a 51m, 300t freighter, had been sitting on top of the reef, south of the main port for several years after running aground. The RSA bought the wreck from the owner and the Navy towed it out to a pre-planned location and sunk it. The original plan was to sink it in 30m to give a new dive site to all levels of divers in Hurghada. Unfortunately, due to weather conditions, the wreck was released early and drifted into the wrong position as it sunk.  It came to rest between the popular sites of Gota Abu Ramada and El Aruk Giftun at a maximum depth of 46m with the stern mast rising up to 27m. The freighter now provides an ideal site for technical divers either looking for a wreck on which they can get a long bottom time, or for training on decompression and extended range courses. The interior of the wreck was lined off before the sinking and so penetration is very safe and easy, with several large arrows pointing towards the nearest exit. In only six months the amount of marine life is already diverse with large grouper and lionfish hanging around the decks, shoals of fusiliers cruising over the stern and bow sections and large hard corals growing from the railings. The wreck is easily accessible from a day boat, being only 45 minutes from Hurghada, but can only be located with a GPS and echo sounder. No permanent mooring is planned for the wreck to discourage unsuitably qualified divers from diving the site, so a shot line (not anchor) must be placed on the wreck, with a decompression trapeze highly recommended for the end of the dive. Tekstreme in Hurghada regularly visits the wreck as part of a course or guiding visiting technical divers, and it's great to see the marine life developing at such a fast rate. For more information, contact info@tekstremediving.com Tekstreme Hurghada completes first SDI/IT course - [Monday, July 11 2005]
Tekstreme Hurghada recently completed its first Instructor Training course for SDI (Scuba Diving International). This is the recreational diving arm of TDI (Technical Diving International), the largest technical training agency in the world.
The student, Alexandre Bernardo, from Portugal had previously dived with Tekstreme in Sharm where he completed his Advanced Trimix course. Alex decided to become an instructor, with a view to becoming a technical instructor in Portugal, and chose Tekstreme Hurghada to help him achieve this. 
Alex, already a PADI Divemaster, chose the SDI Instructor course due to its flexible recreational diving courses for students. After a hard-working six days, Alex was of a suitable level to progress to the instructor examination, which lasted a further two days and was conducted by Tekstreme’s Instructor Trainers, Paul Vinten and Aaron Bruce. “Having made a great job of all aspects of the examination, Alex will go on to become a very competent instructor. He even completed his TDI Basic Nitrox Instructor course the very next day!” said Paul Vinten. Alex thoroughly enjoyed both the courses and the subsequent diving, and is looking forward to returning to Tekstreme to complete his Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures Instructor course once he has enough experience and student certifications to do this. Tekstreme Team supports Freediving Event in Dahab - [Monday, June 20 2005]
Tekstreme Diving, the technical diving arm of award winning Emperor Divers in Dahab, was asked to support the Freediving Competition at the world famous Blue Hole in Dahab. The event was organised by World Record Freediver‚ Lotta Ericson’ from Sweden and took place 10 - 15 June 2005.Report by Anita Oswald, Technical Supervisor, Tekstreme Diving Dahab Dahab is a small community sharing the passion of being underwater as well as being underwater while holding your breath! Our Tekstreme Team is used to regularly diving the Blue Hole, depending on what mixes we are going for and if on open circuit or on rebreathers. We know the range from the surface down to the bottom. It made it even more interesting to be on the other line while the free divers attempt to go and set a new national record for their countries. As Lotta said, “I really would like somebody to support us who understands freediving.“  We agreed to support the event and cover the range from 40m down to the bottom during the discipline - constant weight. The freediver descends and ascends using his fins/monofin and/or with the use of his arms without pulling on the rope or changing his ballast; only a single hold of the rope to stop the descent and start the ascent is allowed. After having exchanged the official tops (the times the participants have to start their dives) with the International Judge Jonas Nilsson, we got ourselves ready. It is a very special atmosphere at the platform just before the official tops, free divers are warming up, last checks, to make sure everything is ready for the dive. There are so many people involved in the whole event that you just know that everybody who is part of the team shares one thing, the love for being underwater and specifically being underwater while holding your breath’. We are talking about human beings going underwater to depths which pass the 100m range, which a few years ago, the medicals said would be impossible to achieve. Freediving and technical diving is very different but even so I find a similarity when diving on closed circuit rebreathers, possibly it is the silence, and no bubbles. I was waiting down at 60m to make sure there were no violations like touching the rope, when I saw the competitors coming down. I was amazed about their performance and how beautiful it actually looks. I only wanted them to suceed and wished them all the oxygen they needed to reach the surface safely! After the agreed bottom time I started my ascent to the first deep stop, following the deco stops, where in the shallower, the safety freediver came down and checked on me. Very kind, what a nice teamwork. Fortunately there were no black outs or any other problems during the whole event. The new national records are: European records: 66m Constant weight Lotta Ericson (Swe) 2005 06 13 85m Variable weight Lotta Ericson (Swe) 2005 06 14 Nordic Records: 80m Constant weight Timo Jattu (Dk) 2005 06 11 85m No Limits Timo Jattu (Dk) 2005 06 14 90m Variable weight Timo Jattu (Dk) 2005 06 11 Danish Record: 62m Free Immersion Timo Jattu 2005 06 14 Italian record: 60m Constant weight Linda Paganelli 2005 06 13 United Kingdom Records: 51m Free Immersion Paul Whincup 2005 06 10 65m Variable weight Paul Whincup 2005 06 11 77m No Limits Paul Whincup 2005 06 11 Israeli Records: 77m Variable Weight Erez Beatus 2005 06 15 6.01minute Static apnea Erez Beatus 2005 06 14 Constant weight: Denmark / Timo / 80m - Swedish / Lotta Ericson / 66m – Italian / Linda / 60m Variable weight: Denmark / Timo / 91m –   Tekstreme makes IT three! - [Wednesday, May 4 2005]
Paul Vinten and David Peart, Tekstreme managers for Emperor Divers Hurghada and Dahab respectively, successfully completed a recent Instructor Training Course in Hurghada.Under the teaching of the largest technical diving agency in the world, Technical Diving International (TDI) and it sister recreational diving arm, Scuba Diving International (SDI), Paul and David completed the IT course and are now qualified to conduct Technical Diving Instructor courses at various levels including Nitrox Diver, Extended Range Diving, Advanced Gas Blending and Advanced Trimix. Along with Aaron Bruce, manager of Tekstreme Sharm El Sheikh, this brings the total number of full-time, in-house Tekstreme Instructor Trainers to three  Tekstreme Sharm El Sheikh was also given an Achievement Award by TDI for their growth and expansion over the past 12 months. Hurghada and Dahab hope to follow this auspicious award shortly!!Paul Vinten accepts the Achievement Award from Paul Montgomery, TDI HQ, on behalf of Aaron Bruce First full Tekstreme safari - total success! - [Friday, December 3 2004]
With new Tekstreme teams now up and running in Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh and Dahab, Paul Vinten reports on the first Tekstreme safari from Sharm. Rather enjoyable it seems!Report from Paul Vinten, Tekstreme tech safari, 18 - 25 November  "We left from Sharm going north with 11 trimix divers on a mixture of Closed and Open circuit systems. The guides were myself along with Michael Heuze who runs tekstreme in Sharm.  It was our responsibility to oversee all the gas mixing and blending in order to ensure the guests had their required trimix and decompression gases for the dives. In addition to this, we had to give 'slightly different' dive site briefings to those given on the day boats!  Our diving included a long penetration dive on the wreck of the Rosalie Muller, dives to over 100m on the beautiful walls at Ras Mohammed, explorations of the deep caves at depths of down to 90m at Jackfish Alley and a tour down the stunning canyon of Thomas Reef at Tiran. The safari was a great success and as the guests departed, they were already talking of next year's trip!" Want to go tech diving? email tech@emperordivers.com Powered by Coranto |