Diving fair Podwodna Przygoda 2011 - announcement

On 5-6 February, the second edition of the diving fair “Podwodna przygoda” will be held. The event will be held in the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw.

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The first diving fair and the accompanying Nurgres, a conference for divers, took place in January 2010. They were visited by over 2000 people, more than 90% of whom were divers and instructors.

The event itself was very positively received. “When, in January 2009, we were in Dusseldorf with a group of divers and instructors, in a huge hall full of equipment, offers of trips, even opticians’ stands with corrective masks, joy mixed with slight anger – why do we have to go to the Dutch border to see something that could also be here? Then the decision was ripe to do everything possible and organise a real diving fair in Poland.” – says Maksymilian Allweil, the organiser of the fair.

This year, the organisers will have more space for exhibitors, and a larger room in which to hold the Nurgres lectures. Currently 6 speakers are already confirmed:

Agata BoguszSport Diver Instructor PSAI. The first and only Polish AIDA freediving instructor and apnea diving instructor of Umberto Pelizzari’s Apnea Academy. She holds four Polish records to her credit:
– Dynamics in fins – 150m 25.06.2010 Czech Freediving Pool Championships, Zlin, Czech Republic;
– Fixed fin ballast – 55m 05.10.2009, Triple Depth competition, Dahab, Egypt;
– Fixed weight without fins – 36m 07.09.2009, Triple Depth competition, Dahab, Egypt;
– Free immersion – 51m 05.09.2009, Triple Depth competition, Dahab, Egypt…

During his lecture he will introduce the issues of apnea diving.

Maciej Curzydło, He has been diving for over 20 years. In 1993 he became an instructor in CMAS. Since 1998, when he took the PADI instructor course, he started his professional training activity. Since 2004 he has been a PADI Course Director. Apart from DAN, EFR and PADI instructor courses he conducts technical training within the organisations: CMAS, DSAT, IANTD, TDI. Together with his wife he runs the Kraken Diving Centre in Krakow in Zakrzówek.

He will present topics:
– “Introduction to decompression theory – a diver’s perspective.”
– “Buoyancy in foam and dry. Balancing techniques and buoyancy exercises.”
– “Planning technical dives.”

Michał KosutPADI Course Director, DAN Instructor Trainer, DSAT Trimix Instructor Trainer, EFR &CFC Instructor Trainer. He has worked at DAN Europe as a manager in the training department and is currently a member of the DAN Europe Training Advisory Committee.Co-owner of the Diving Instructor School.

He will present the topic: “Analysis of fatal diving accidents.”

Witold SmiłowskiPADI Course Director, DAN Training Director. He teaches not only Instructor courses, but also Instructor Trainers. He has also been a Course Director at NAUI, an Instructor Trainer at IANTD and a three star instructor at CMAS. He started teaching his first courses 27 years ago. In 2006, he received one of PADI’s highest honours, the Platinum Course Director title. Co-owner of the Diving Instructor School.

Tomasz NitkaFreediver, excellent freediving theoretician. Winner of the 1st Polish Pool Cup – Stalowa Wola 2004, Rhein-Main Cup 2004 and Slovak Open 2004, as well as the final of the Polish SPORASUB Cup 2005 in Torun. He held several Polish records in such categories as static and dynamic. He took lessons from Umberto Pelizzari – as you can see successfully. Vice-President of the Freediving Poland Association. Since 2008 he has been an instructor of Apnea Academy.

He will present the topic: “Freediving. Diving after exhaling, or the power of the diving reflex”.

Dariusz WilamowskiHe has been diving since 1990. He gained his first experience diving in LOK, achieving the first degree. Going through subsequent stages of training, he found that recreational diving is not a stage he would like to stop at. Therefore, he went through the whole cycle of technical training and now he is a diver, who has full trimix privileges. In addition, he holds the Advanced EANX instructor qualification in IANTD and in TDI Extended Range.

He will talk about a record-breaking 264m dive in Italy’s Lake Garda and a deep dive solo.

A detailed schedule of lectures and a list of equipment exhibitors will soon be available on the organiser’s website.

The trade fair organisers have also announced a photo competition. In order to take part, by 20 January you need to send a photo in which the words “Podwodna Przygoda Diving Fair” have been immortalised to the following address: info@targinurkowe.pl.

Tickets for the fair are available at:
0zł – diving instructors,
10zł – divers,
20zł – others.

source:http://targinurkowe2011.exposupport.pl