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TV show - FreediveWI - 08-14-2003
The FOX network has a Saturday morning kid's adventure show . They called up my friend Gert, who owns Deep Blue, to do a segement on kids wreck diving in Lake Michigan.
Gert just happened to have two kids who fit the bill perfectly. Acutally, there skills were better than many tec divers I know- great trim, line free ascents while under control, ect.
Next they needed a boat and an underwater photographer. In steps, my father-in-law, Jerry to provide the boat and shoot the underwater video.
I went along as crew and freediver support.
You couldn't have asked for a nicer day out on the lake. It ws FLAT calm and the water was a balmy 68 degrees down to 90'- as deep as we could get. IT was so warm that I did the second wreck in my swiming suit.
The first dive was on the Willy and the second was on the Dredge #6. Vis was good, but not great like in the winter time. When the water warms up that much the vis seems to drop to around 30'. A fair trade-off in my book.
Here are some shots of the day.
Jon
Re:TV show - FreediveWI - 08-14-2003
Here they are filiming the Captain's segment.
Jon
Re:TV show - FreediveWI - 08-14-2003
The director giving her overview.
Jon
Re:TV show - FreediveWI - 08-14-2003
Filming Gert's predive briefing.
Jon
Re:TV show - FreediveWI - 08-14-2003
Gert and Jerry ready for a fun day on the water.
The episode won't air until Feburary. I guess they film these things pretty far in advance.
Jon
Re:TV show - dfreeman - 08-14-2003
Milwaukee goes Hollywood.
Great to see some interest in the diving and wrecks of the big lakes. Usually we are forgotten in the Midwest.
Doug
Re:TV show - Omicron - 08-15-2003
That's pretty awesome...dang, to be that age and starting out diving - wish I would have started a long time ago.
Cool stuff - if you hear when that thing will be on the air let us know. It would be fun to watch.