Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) standardized its training and dive operations on a specially configured, backmount JJ-CCR rebreather more than a decade ago. Though the configuration is...
Making a list. Checking it twice. Gonna find out which breathers are naughty or nice. That’s right! It’s time again for InDEPTH’s Holiday Rebreather Guide. This...
We make a deep dive into the world of sidemount diving, and examine seven leading sidemount systems with guest editors Steve Davis and Stratis Kas.
Stories are at the heart of diving culture. Accordingly, we asked over 30 internationally recognized explorers, educators, engineers, pioneers and producers, who have each made significant...
Sidemount divers represent a large, vibrant, evolving community, call it a subtribe, within the cave, tech, and rec diving communities. Here InDEPTH chief Michael Menduno, sits...
Passionate Greek-Italian photographer/filmmaker, author, and cave and sidemount instructor Stratis Kas reviews the nuts and bolts, err the what, which and why of sidemount diving. In...
Over the last three decades, two broad, distinct styles of sidemount configuration have evolved as a result of environmental differences and have come to be generally...
From sumping through Wookey with a pair of repurposed, WWII Bomber O2 tanks filled with air; to wearing side mounted, bailout rebreathers enabling explorers to logistically...
Sidemount was considered heresy back in its early DIY days—please pass the inner tube. And even though there’s now a plethora of commercial kit available, sidemount...
Jeff Loflin Jeff Loflin was one of the first international ambassadors for sidemount diving and was instrumental in helping to bring sidemount diving to the open...
