Body Glove at A1 Scuba!

Located in Denver Colorado A1 SCUBA is one of the most hard core dive shops in the country. Originally founded in 1959 by Ernie and Violet Busnardo, the shop has always been family owned and family operated, much like Body Glove. Today Ernie and Violet's daughter Lynn, her husband Scott and their son Shane run the shop. We attended the 28th annual TENT event last weekend and we were blown away with what we witnessed.

Day one opened with a screening of Drop Zone Fiji where 150+ divers packed themselves into a screening room adjacent to the dive shop. The movie was received with its' usual hoots and howls and upon its' completion we gave away a new EXO dive suit in a raffle. Saturday and Sunday were spent under a giant tent out in front of the shop where countless divers spent time meeting with all the brand vendors that the shop carries. We were lucky enough to connect with dozens of passionate divers with a thirst for knowledge about Body Glove, whats new and whats next.

The highlight, however, had to be Saturday night when our whole group 100+ divers were treated to a behind the scenes look at the Denver Aquarium, one of Denver's hottest dive locations. We're already looking forward to next year and hope to see some of you there. For more information go to: www.a1scuba.com

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.