Latest Sidemountdiving Podcast Episodes
E037 - Richard "Harry" Harris - Being an Explorer
Speaking Sidemount - August 28, 2019 01:59 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I catch up with Richard "Harry" Harris. A key member of the Thai Cave Rescue, Australian of the Year and cave explorer, Harry is one of the nicest guys I have ever met. Harry and I discuss, how he got into diving, cave diving and exploration, the connection...
E036 - Somos Los Cenotes featuring Phillip Lehman, Natalie Gibb & Vincent Rouquet-caltha
Speaking Sidemount - August 08, 2019 06:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsRecently a group of dedicated cave explorers and instructors from the Yucatan created an awareness campaign to highlight uncontrolled development of the Muyil region, south of Tulum, Mexico. Somos Los Cenotes... "We are the Cenotes" is the campaign and we invite your support by sharing...
E035 - Steve Lewis on Improving Sidemount Diving & Instruction
Speaking Sidemount - July 15, 2019 04:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsSteve Lewis is an absolute industry veteran and a passionate sidemount, CCR and cave diver. He has been at the forefront of instructor training since the early 90s working with TDI right from its formation and more recently becoming the Director Diver Training for RAID. Steve is an auth...
E034 - Marissa Eckert & James Draker on Sidemount Cave Diving
Speaking Sidemount - June 30, 2019 05:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsMarissa Eckert and James Draker are the owners of Hidden Worlds, Fort White Florida and extraordinary sidemount/cave divers and instructors. In this episode, they share their passion for cave diving and instructing and their love of dive travel. We talk about their backgrounds, philosophies ar...
E033 Cristina Zenato - Shark Conservation & Cave Exploration
Speaking Sidemount - June 08, 2019 08:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsCristina Zenato has dedicated her life to the protection and conservation of Caribbean Reef Sharks. From her home in the Bahamas, she has spent over 25 years interacting and learning about these amazing animals, to the point where she has real relationships with individual sharks demonstrated b...
E032 - Becky Kagan Schott on Photography & Sidemount CCR
Speaking Sidemount - May 20, 2019 05:36 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsFinally... in this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I got the chance to meet one of the world's great photographers... Becky Kagan Schott. We had a great time discussing; how Becky got into diving and photography, about Liquid Productions and their award winning features. We discuss diving th...
E031 - Yvonne Press on Open Water Sidemount Diving
Speaking Sidemount - May 07, 2019 07:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThis episode is very close to my heart!! I had the great pleasure to catch up with Yvonne Press an awesome sidemount and tech diving instructor based in Bali, Indonesia. We had a great time discussing; sidemount for open water dives, what it takes to be a good sidemount diver, how she teaches si...
E030 - Tom Steiner on Teaching Sidemount Diving
Speaking Sidemount - April 24, 2019 01:35 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode, I speak with Tom Steiner of Gozo Technical Diving. I was fortunate to get to know Tom very well during my two seasons training and working at Gozo Technical. Tom is an instructor trainer for a number of agencies and an absolute consummate instructor and diver both in sidemount a...
E029 - Cave Rescues & Recoveries with Edd Sorenson
Speaking Sidemount - April 09, 2019 06:11 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I speak with cave diving legend, Edd Sorenson. In addition, to his exploration of the caves of the Florida Panhandle, Edd was one of the original members of the International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery team. He has been involved in several successful ...
E028 - Wrecks & Caves of Sri Lanka with Dharshana Jayawardena
Speaking Sidemount - March 31, 2019 01:39 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode sponsored by XDEEP, I catch up with Dharshana Jayawardena or DJ. DJ is a pioneering underwater explorer in Sri Lanka. In addition to being an author, he is the founder of DiveSriLanka.com and is also a field editor for Asian Diver magazine. DJ has identified the origins of severa...
E027 - Sidemount Essentials with Matteo Varenna
Speaking Sidemount - March 21, 2019 00:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this episode, I catch up with Matteo Varenna. Matteo is a terrific sidemount diver and instructor and a great guy as well. In this episode we go deep into: his background in diving and sidemount what is wrong with Sidemount Specialty Instructor training and how this can be fixed why he...
E026 - Expedition Bjurälven with Micke Tilja
Speaking Sidemount - March 09, 2019 03:57 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this week's episode kindly sponsored by XDEEP, I interview Micke Tilja of Expedition Bjurälven, a project now in its 12th year undertaken by a team of awesome divers and support crew who brave the height of the Swedish winter exploring the Bjurälven cave system in the Swedish mountains. Mic...
E025 - British Cave Diving & the CDG with Michael Thomas
Speaking Sidemount - February 27, 2019 20:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsWhen it comes to the history of sidemount diving, all roads lead back to the UK and the sump divers of the Cave Diving Group or CDG. The CDG gained world-wide attention and recognition following their stellar contribution to the Thai Cave rescue. In this week's episode kindly sponsored by XDEE...
E024 - Toddy Style Sidemount with Thorsten Waelde
Speaking Sidemount - February 20, 2019 08:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this week's episode, I interview one of the world's top divers and explorers Thorsten Waelde or "Toddy". Toddy is the owner of Protec Sardinia and the inventor of the "Toddy Style" sidemount systems and a great guy as well. In this episode Toddy and I go deep into: his background in ...
E023 - Australian Cave Exploration with Ryan Kaczkowski
Speaking Sidemount - February 13, 2019 20:22 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsEvery now and again a dive image captures your attention and you say "WTF"!! One from a few months back was the expedition into Cocklebiddy Cave, Western Australia by a team of three divers, Stephen Fordyce, Liz Rogers and Ryan Kaczkowski. The pic was taken by Liz and features Ryan and S...
E022 - Cave Exploration in British Columbia with Peter Norris
Speaking Sidemount - February 06, 2019 04:49 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsMany thanks to Rebecca Barrett who introduced me to Peter Norris... a cave explorer from British Columbia, Canada. She mentioned Peter was involved in some pretty cool projects and had discovered a unique cave system on Vancouver Island called "Wet Dreams" so with that... I just had to learn mor...
E021 - Sidemount Customisation with Andy Goring SUMP UK
Speaking Sidemount - January 30, 2019 06:13 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsLet's face it, we all love to tinker with our sidemount equipment so in this episode, Andy Goring of SUMP UK and I discuss modifying your sidemount equipment. We cover: Andy's background in diving How he conceives, develops and produces his custom parts How small customisations can make a...
E020 - Multi-cylinder Sidemount
Speaking Sidemount - January 23, 2019 07:25 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this our 20th episode, sponsored by XDEEP, I discuss what it takes to complete decompression courses and dives in sidemount. I cover: Why additional training is necessary for multi-cylinder sidemount Choosing your cylinders Why traditional stage rigging is not recommended How to rig...
E019 - Sidemount Diving Niue Island
Speaking Sidemount - January 15, 2019 23:37 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this week's episode sponsored by XDEEP, I share my experiences sidemount diving at Niue Island in the South Pacific including a really cool interview with Shannon Hunter, owner of Buccaneer Adventures Niue Dive. I cover: Background on Niue Island and what makes it so special Consideratio...
E018- Sidemount & Cave Exploration with Natalie Gibb
Speaking Sidemount - January 09, 2019 03:40 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this week's episode sponsored by Shearwater Research, I speak with Natalie Gibb, consummate sidemount diver, cave instructor, explorer and co-owner of dive shop "Under the Jungle", Mexico. We cover: How Nat got into sidemount, cave diving, and cave instructing Her cave exploration proje...
E017 - Sidemount Diving Truk Lagoon
Speaking Sidemount - December 20, 2018 06:39 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this week's episode sponsored by XDEEP, I share my experiences sidemount diving at Truk Lagoon with Pete Mesley's Lust4Rust. I cover: History of Truk Lagoon and Operation Hailstone My planning to complete sidemount trimix dives in tropical conditions Using Michur's XDEEP Stealth 2.0 Du...
E016 - Dominican Republic Cave Exploration with Phillip Lehman
Speaking Sidemount - December 12, 2018 06:49 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this week's episode sponsored by XDEEP, I speak with Phillip Lehman, acclaimed graffiti artist, musician and music producer... but more to the point... amazing cave explorer and sidemount diver :)! We cover: How Phillip got into sidemount and cave diving His cave exploration partnership...
E015 - New Zealand Cave Exploration with Tom Crisp
Speaking Sidemount - December 04, 2018 18:25 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this week's episode, I speak with good friend and Kiwi cave explorer Tom Crisp. Tom has built a brilliant resume based on him just getting out there and finding projects that excite him and this has lead to the discovery of new caves in New Zealand as well as collaborations with the Wet Mules...
E014 - The Thai Cave Rescue with Erik Brown
Speaking Sidemount - November 18, 2018 07:14 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsLess than four months ago the world held its collective breath as a team of amazing divers from around the world supported by thousands accomplished the impossible, and rescued 12 boys and their coach from a flooded cave in northern Thailand. In this episode, Erik Brown shares his experienc...
E013 - Madagascar Cave Exploration with Patrick Widmann
Speaking Sidemount - November 13, 2018 05:52 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this week's episode sponsored by XDEEP, I speak with Patrick Widmann on the DRSS Madagascar Cave Exploration project. We cover: How Patrick joined the DRSS His cave exploration partnership with Phillip Lehman How the Madagascar project came about The logistics of exploring in remote ...
E012 - XDEEP Stealth 2.0 Deep Dive with Patrick Widmann
Speaking Sidemount - November 06, 2018 07:20 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this week's episode kindly sponsored by XDEEP, I am joined by cave explorer and designer of the XDEEP Stealth 2.0, Patrick Widmann. Together we discuss sidemount diving and do a deep dive into this very popular sidemount system. We cover: Patrick's background, his beginnings in sidemount a...
E011 - Sidemount Fundamentals - Equipment
Speaking Sidemount - October 30, 2018 06:21 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this week's episode, I start with a very special announcement... XDEEP will be joining us as the first sponsor of Speaking Sidemount. I have been diving the XDEEP Stealth 2.0 for the past five years and absolutely love this system. I am very appreciative of the support which will help me to c...
E010 - Audrey Cudel Interview
Speaking Sidemount - October 23, 2018 07:24 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThis week I interview my good friend Audrey Cudel. Splitting her time between her base in Gozo and Yucatan Mexico, Audrey is an amazing Sidemount and Cave Instructor and an absolute "ninja" in the water. In this episode we discuss: Audrey's beginnings in sidemount Her experiences with a varie...
E009 - Jill Heinerth Interview: Sidemount and Exploration
Speaking Sidemount - October 16, 2018 09:38 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsThis week I interview one of the world's great divers and foremost explorers, Jill Heinerth. Jill and I talk about: Her beginnings in sidemount and exploration Considerations in fitting a sidemount harness for women Sidemount Rebreathers Bell Island, Newfoundland, Canada Jill's advice f...
E008 - Brian Kakuk Interview: The Caves of the Bahamas
Speaking Sidemount - October 09, 2018 07:34 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsExcellent interview with Brian Kakuk; cave explorer, cave/sidemount instructor and conservationist. Brian is a sidemount diving pioneer and the principal of Bahamas Underground. In this episode we talk about: The early days of sidemount diving How to choose a sidemount harness Cave diving a...
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