Jean Michel Cousteau Exclusive Appearance at Dive N Surf this Saturday

Body Glove is extremely proud to host the world renowned Jean-Michel Cousteau at an exclusive appearance in the South Bay!! The dive legend and ocean conservationist will be on hand at the South Bay’s oldest dive and surf shop, Dive N Surf, on Saturday, February 18, 2012 from noon to 4 pm to sign copies of his memoir My Father The Captain, answer questions and shake hands with his Southern California fans.

Signed copies of My Father The Captain will be available for purchase for $50, $25 will go directly to Ocean Futures Society as a donation. Also available for purchase and autographs will be Explore SE Sanctuaries and Explore West Coast Sanctuaries for $25 each.

Dive N Surf is located at 504 N. Broadway, Redondo Beach, CA 90277. Store hours are Monday-Sunday 9am to 7pm.

Dive N Surf's 6th Annual D Man Festival

Cheyne Magnusson and Pro Gamer, Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel.

SUP demo area.

Moises Juarez of Tomorrows Bad Seeds.

Moises, Dre Davis and Sean of Tomorrows Bad Seeds.

Tomorrow Bad Seeds: Matt, Pat, Dre, Body Glove CEO: Robbie Meistrell, Jonathan Wendel, Moises, Sean and Jenny Lane.

The Black Pacific

Jim Lindberg of The Black Pacific

Photos By: Mark Kawakami

Tomorrows Bad Seeds Gets Certified

The Tomorrows Bad Seeds spent the last few days getting certified for SCUBA diving. Dive N Surf dive instructor, Dave Jensen, took the band from the classroom, dive pool and lastly out on the Body Glove boat, The Disappearance, to finish the course. All the band members passed and are now certified. Check out the Tomorrows Bad Seeds website here.

A Body Glove Oahu Dive N Surf Adventure

After five days of surfing on the North Shore the trip has finally made it full circle with a Dive N Surf adventure. Scott Daley and Jenna Meistrell had an epic morning of diving with Dave Kohler and Jordan Dossett from Island Divers Hawaii.

They started with a dive to 107 feet to the Corsair Plane Wreck. The plane was in great condition and has turned into a underwater habitat for fish, eels and other ocean creatures. Their second dive they went through a huge sea cave where they saw white tip reef sharks and a few massive sea turtles.

"The visibility on the south shore was amazing! When I put my mask on and looked down to the 107 foot depth I could see the plane with full visibilty. Then the giant cave that we dove through at a depth of 60 feet was the size of a large building with incredible sea life. To put it lightly they were in the top five dives of my life," said Scott Daley.

A special thanks to the entire crew at Island Divers Hawaii in Honolulu, Oahu for showing us an amazing morning!

Dave Kohler from Island Divers with Jenna Meistrell and Scott Daley.

The Corsair Airplane Wreck at 107 feet.

Jenna Meistrell and Scott Daley in front of the Corsair Wreck.

Dave Kohler and Jordan Dossett from Island Divers.

Jenna and Scott full of smiles or experiencing the side effects of nitrogen narcosis after checking out the Corsair Wreck.

Jordan Dossett with an octopus on his arm.

Scott Daley hanging out with a sea turtle.

Jenna hanging out with Body Glove colored fish!

And of course they had to make it full circle and finish the day off with a surf for the ultimate Dive N Surf adventure!

Dive photos by Dave Kohler, Dive Instructor, LA Country Lifeguard, Scuba Ambassador

Body Glove Announces BG Girl Bikini Contest at Beach Fest!!!!

Body Glove and Dive N’ Surf present Beach Fest Saturday June 12th. Join Body Glove, Dive N’ Surf, Monster Energy Drink, Power Balance, Volleyball Vacations, Sharkeez Manhattan Beach and Go Beachfest for a 4-man volleyball invitational and Body Glove bikini contest!

The volleyball contest starts at 9am at Rosecrans in Manhattan Beach, the after party and bikini contest kicks off at Sharkeez in Manhattan Beach at 6pm. Winner of the Body Glove Girl Bikini Contest will win a trip to Turks and Caicos Island, Body Glove swimwear and $1000 prize! Come in for Monster Energy drink specials!

Ladies submit your 3-5 best bikini shots and a short biography to Jenny@divensurf.com.

Kick off summer right with volleyball and bikinis!

For more information on the event go to www.facebook.com/bodyglove

Dusty Payne Featured On ESPN.com

Dusty Payne, Body Glove rider and recent WCT qualifier, has been receiving some much deserved love from the surfing community. Most recently, ESPN's Jake Howard featured the rider and his path taken to success. Congrats to DustyP and the recent come up!

New Dive N Surf Website

If you haven't noticed, Dive N' Surf has a new website up and running!!!!  A online store is being worked on and you will be able to buy merchandise directly from the shop.  Check it out when you have a chance.  www.divensurf.com

The Girls Next Door and Hugh Hefner

Dave Jensen from Dive N Surf has been teaching scuba diving to the three girls from the Playboy tv reality show, "Girls Next Door". Yesterday the 3 girls, Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt showed up at Dive N Surf to buy gear and then head out to Bob's boat, The Disappearance. Dave was taking the three girls out to finish their scuba training with 2 open ocean dives. I was on board to take photos of the event. As you can see I got no photos to post. Turns out their own photographer was supposed to be on the boat so they asked me to shoot photos they can use. Then they changed their mind and Hugh didn't want any other photographer shooting any shots. So I had to empty my card in front of them so I wouldn't use it for our company. I had to put the camera away and sit on the boat while the girls did their dives. First dive they couldn't finish so they came back in and took a rest. Second dive one of the girls couldn't do it any more and the other two went down and finished a set of their skills. We came back in and waited for Hugh Hefner to show up with his entourage of more girls. They hung out on the boat and watched the other 3 put their gear back on and jump in the water again at the dock. Keep an eye out for the episode and see tons of Body Glove Bikini's and Wetsuits featured on the girls. The show airs on E! channel.

DIVE N' SURF-FIND YOUR PASSION-CAMPAIGN

Body Glove International's art department has created a new campaign for the retail store, Dive N' Surf, in Redondo Beach, Ca.  The new campaign titled "Find Your Passion" will feature DNS team riders: Alex Gray, Holly Beck and Cheyne Magnusson.  The campaign has been created to help generate business and awareness to DNS through print and tv ads.  Look for a new window print to go up soon on the Dive N' Surf shop and Robbie Meistrell has booked air time with the local cable provider to run new Dive N' Surf commercials.  The commercials were filmed and edited by BGI video team, Greg Browning and Scott Smith.  Print ads will be coming out in SWOOP and School News Magazines.