Dive magazine

[Adrian Kelland]

Fancy sending one up from 30m? Should cause a few surprises if you get it right.

Not at the surplus on Marsh Barton John?

[parahandy]

I tend to alternate between getting the odd copy of both Diver and Diver. Theres a pretty good article on diving N.Wales in one this month forget which!!  
Find Diver's content a little repetative though as the same Topic and articles get recycled.  On the plus side both rags at least do articles about British and cold water diving. Few and far between in the Padi Journals.

[Steve Summers]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Steve L. @ Nov. 20 2003,18:59)]I think `Diver` is a far better magazine than `Dive`. Any one in the know as to why BSAC dropped `Diver` in favour of `Dive` a few years back ?

<font color='#000080'>Hi Steve,

I understand that it was to have more control over editorial content

Safe diving,
Steve.

P.S usually takes me about 5 mins to flick through it before binning it.

[Dominic]

Hmm... a bunch of 7ft balloons.. a few extra cylinders... some chains... the Stanegarth...

Could be highly amusing

[Adrian Kelland]

Why BSAC changed from Diver to Dive
Some details here
and similar here

[tom]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Adrian Kelland @ Dec. 02 2003,22:25)]Fancy sending one up from 30m? Should cause a few surprises if you get it right.

Filled with helium, obviously, so it would fly away after surfacing...

[Welshdiver]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Porg @ Nov. 21 2003,19:40)]For me, dive girl rules.  

Dive Girl makes me laugh! To me, it's in the &quot;So bad, it's good&quot; category!

I can't believe some of the articles they run, they have been the source of much amusement on club trips. e.g. the article on waterproof mascara. Who would want to wear mascara diving? I mean, you're coccooned in a drysuit, wet hair stuck to the side of your head, falling unceremoniously into the water - under these conditions, a bit of mascara is not going to transform you into a supermodel!!

[MartinS]

I find I actually read (with some interest) the articles in Diver, but after scanning through Dive, wonder why I wasted my money (again) this month. &nbsp;I got a year's subscription to diver at the Brum show (and a free backpack - yahoo!), and have vowed to never subscribe to Dive again - not even for 100 seven tenths t-shirts!
I have subscribed to the Beyond The Blue mag and am waiting on my introductory copy to arrive.
Regards, and dive safe
Martin

[Fiona]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (welshdiver @ Dec. 03 2003,10:48)]

Dive Girl makes me laugh! To me, it's in the &quot;So bad, it's good&quot; category!

Who would want to wear mascara diving? I mean, you're coccooned in a drysuit, wet hair stuck to the side of your head, falling unceremoniously into the water - under these conditions, a bit of mascara is not going to transform you into a supermodel!!

<font color='#0000FF'>I haven't read DiveGirl since they introduced it, at the time we all thought it was a total waste of a good tree. &nbsp;

However I do like LouiseT articles in Diver, very funny lady.

As for the mascara thing, I was diving at Capernwray once, yes it was a long time ago &nbsp; &nbsp;and a PADI diving instructor friend of my friend actually applied lipstick and mascara as she de-kitted, must be to impress her students &nbsp; &nbsp;

Fiona

[Lou]

I have to agree, Dive Girl is pretty awful. &nbsp;It could be excellent, even in it's current irregular, free format, but it just seems to be very &quot;fluffy&quot;.

I like Diver, it actually takes me some time to read it as I am interested in most of what it prints. &nbsp;I am keen to check out the new &quot;Beyonf the Blue&quot; mag though.

Lou