Letter to the Editor It’s always weird starting these newsletters. Imposter Syndrome and all that jazz. Michael Menduno once told me that he loved reading the shop’s newsletters, because “they’re always bordering on completely unhinged.” Mike passed away last year, but as one of his friend’s described him, “Menduno was a force of nature.” …
Dive Alaska State of the Union: Attic Sale #5 (Diving ‘n Jiving) Read More »
Letter From the Editor You know what they say? They say a lot of things. They say the only non-negotiable things in life are death and taxes; but, Al Capone might try. They say you can tell which way is “north” by which side of a tree moss grows on; but, that doesn’t help you …
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NOTE: This is a compilation of narrative from a handful of members of the Alaska Karst Unified Exploration Project, aka AKUEP, from the inaugural project in 2024. Dive Alaska does not conduct these projects; however, employees and members of Dive Alaska make up some of the founding members, and Dive Alaska donates equipment and resources …
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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 …
Kinda First Ever DAK Attic Sale! (12-7 PM, Thursday, July 29th) Read More »
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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 …