Diving with Sharks in Denver

We had the amazing opportunity of diving in Denver, Colorado’s Downtown Aquarium with Shane Taylor from A1 Scuba. We dove 22 feet with Sand Tiger sharks, Brown sharks, Zebra sharks, Nurse sharks, Saw fish, barracudas, Guitar fish and so many other aquatic critters. The sharks were literally inches from us! A 250+ Lb. A Pacific Green Sea Turtle loved hanging out with us. He sat on Francey’s head and shared a few love moments with me gazing into my eyes! It was love at first sight.

A1 Scuba, located in Denver, CO works hard bringing awareness to the depleting shark population. Divers who find a shark tooth while diving in the Aquarium, are invited to take these teeth found and in return, A1 Scuba asks for a donation. 100% of the donation is used for shark conservation and field research projects. A crazy fact is that some sharks will loose over 30,000 teeth in a lifetime!

It is important to remember, that annually, nearly 100 million sharks are being removed from our oceans; in fact, some shark species have been depleted by 80% in the past couple of decades (including hammerheads and great whites). The majority of which are being killed only for their fins. In most cases they are caught, stripped of their fins (which do not grow back) and tossed overboard to die a slow death as they suffocate sinking to the ocean floor.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to A1 Scuba for this incredible experience.

For information on how to sign up to dive in the aquarium please visit: http://www.divedowntown.com/programs/dive-with-the-sharks.shtml

And more information on A1 Scuba’s conservation efforts can be found at: http://www.divedowntown.com/conservation/

Keep Your Ocean Blue!

Shark Shot.

Check out those crazy teeth!

Shark teeth we found in the aquarium.

Matt Chernega, Francey Marzicola, Jenna Meistrell and Shane Taylor.

The aquarium from the outside.

Best Winter Ever Morning Message from Holly Beck

Here is a nice morning update from Holly Beck about her epic winter. Stay tuned for more to come

Happy best winter ever in Southern California! Even though I haven't been home nearly enough to fully savor it, the days I have surfed close to home have been pretty darn amazing. Hope you've been scoring as well. If this morning's ridiculously high tide has you waiting around in front of the computer like I am, here are a few links you could check out while waiting for the tide to drop.

1. A really detailed audio and visual jaunt through pre-earthquake Haiti. You've seen nothing but destruction and chaos on tv lately, click here to see how it looked before the ground shook and the buildings fell, along with a taste of what the waves are like. Turn up your volume. The accents of my fellow travelers are definitely entertaining.
www.surfcaribe.com/Default.aspx?tabid=248

2. A quick little feature on my travel philosophy and addiction. No surprise to many of you, but a nicely put together article and photos.
www.bootsnall.com/articles/10-01/how-i-travel-holly-beck.html

3. Jettygirl.com unfailingly supports women surfers, even the dedicated ripping girls you've never heard of, unlike the rest of the surfing world. They put together a cool feature comparing the answers of an incredible number of surfing females to the same five questions. Here's a link to my answers, then you can scroll down to a list of names of others who answered as well.
www.jettygirl.com/features/2010/holly.beck.html

4. Finally, with a couple weeks at home I got to work updating my blog.
Click here and scroll through for the three most recent posts:
www.hollybecksurfs.blogspot.com

or pick and choose from what you find most interesting:

I'm not afraid of Great White Sharks: http://hollybecksurfs.blogspot.com/2010/01/im-not-afraid-of-great-white-sharks.html

Spending ten days in the same pair of jeans in Baja: http://hollybecksurfs.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-like-spending-ten-days-in-same-pair.html

I'm not a model, except when I am: http://hollybecksurfs.blogspot.com/2010/01/im-not-model-except-when-i-am.html

That's all for now. Time to skate down and check out the ocean! See you out there!
: )
Holly

Holly Beck and Body Glove Dive with Great White Sharks

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Body Glove and Holly Beck's Shark Diving Trip

Body Glove sent Holly Beck and our expert dive team down to Mexico to go diving with whale sharks and great whites!!! Check out some of the behind the scenes footage Holly shot during this once in a lifetime trip!