As Much As We Hate the Hypocrisy of Thanksgiving Being Blended with Capitalism, We Also Like Having Health Insurance, And Mike’s Scurvy Is As Bad As We Stated Last Year (So Every Dollar Spent At Dive Alaska is Basically a Donation to a Make-A-Wish Mike)’ Letter From An Absentee Editor It’s that time of year …
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Aleutian Dive Expedition 2021 A NOTE ABOUT THIS TEXT: The following is a collection of posts made on social media regarding our 2021 dive expedition to the wreck of the SS Aleutian. It is somewhat disjointed, because these were published in chronological order over the series of multiple weeks in September 2021. If you would …
Join us from 12:00 PM-7:00 PM, Thursday, July 29th, for Dive Alaska’s First Ever (Maybe) Attic Sale! For those that don’t know, we have a relatively large lifted space in the warehouse of the shop that is absolutely chock-full of all manner of dive gear, cartoonishly large knives, vintage regulators, relics, mismatched fins, overstock freediving …
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Dive Alaska State of the Union December 2020: Sometimes the Blues Are Just Shivering Divers Hey gang, Ron here. This is a sudo-newsletter, sudo-social media update, but because I’m eating a nice breakfast chicken-noodle soup with one hand, and typing this on my phone with the other, they’re both getting formatted the same. If anyone …
Black Friday is starting on Wednesday and rocking till Saturday! Barter SZN is in full-effect, and Wednesday through Saturday… everything is negotiable. Like visiting an open air market in a foreign country. Come haggle over anything. It’s fun, we promise. Spend $2,020 or more and get 2,020 cubic feet of nitrox to satisfy your winter diving. …
The Great Unicorn Hunt What’s the big idea? Usher in the winter with The Great Unicorn Hunt! The Great Unicorn Hunt is Dive Alaska’s 2020 Scavenger Hunt. Hidden around Smitty’s Cove, Whittier, are a number of farm animals with identification tags on them. The game is simple; find a farm animal, bring it into the …
All Things Swimmy Breathy Well, hi there! We hope you’re having a great week, and we just wanted to let you in on a couple of the upcoming classes, community events, and other happenings around the shop, including: Probably Safe Spearfishing Class Basics of Apnea (Theory and Practical Exercise) Freediving Fun Time Tuesdays A Fox …
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While diving is a huge part of our business, it’s only half our name, and Dive Alaska is here to help locals and visitors around the state get back in their kayaks, out on their paddleboards, behind their dredges, and off in the woods. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the services we offer …
‘Member That Time Ron Yeeted His Face Into An Ice Floe With a DPV? It’s Time For The Most Embarrassing Thursday Throwback Ever.⠀ Hey gang, Ron here. Alex said he was posting these pictures if I didn’t, so I figured I’d stay in front of the story. You don’t need to read any farther.⠀ A …
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