OK fellas this may or may not work but I am looking at organising a few bits and pieces for the crew I met in Fiji.

If any-one is like me they have a stash of stuff that they keep as spares, but which more or less never see the salt water.

Old masks and snorkels, shitty flippers, and rubber for guns and handspears. Even odd bits of dyneema for bridles.
As an example, before I left to go to Fiji I changed my rubbers. The old ones were maybe 30% worn and were bound to sit in my spare dive box for a few months before being thrown out. They are the sorts of things I'm after. If you ordered a length of bulk rubber and have a leftover piece not long enough for your gun, I'll take it.
I want to send the gear to be distributed throughout the village of Yanuya.

I've got two masks, a snorkel and a few meters of rubber, plus a bit of fishing line ready to go. What do you blokes reckon?

Any-one looking to donate stuff can bring it to the next Southern Freedivers meeting. or t he one after, and hand it over to Gigantor or South. If you can't do this and want to help send me pm and I'll arrange to collect goodies or pay for postage to my place.

Oh yeah, if any-one is looking for some cheap second-hand gear I'll be holding an auction in a couple of months......

Seriously, they do it tough. It's third world. The islanders have to work and/or sell fish to send their kids to boarding school on the mainland if they want them to get a high school education. Many resort workers do long hours and get two or three days off a fortnight.
As for other services like health care, well in lots of places there's bugger all. Shops, a pharmacy and all that stuff is maybe a few hours boat ride away and fuel is expensive. New gear rare and pricey and lot of guys dive for their income.

Cheers Hodad

Guys, I will be donating some gear.

As Hodad says, there are some items that we NEVER use, so let's send them to some people who would really appreciate them.

Call it your good deed for the day.

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Should have a heap of old stuff in the shed. This will get me motivated to give the ol shed a good clean out. Bring em to the next meeting.

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Like a farken underwater ninja!

The fish were blinded by overexposure to his pure awesomeness!

Gees Hodad, I'll take back all the bad things Gigantor said about you.
Think I've got an old dive knife and old rubber. Will have a look. Would offer my 1.3m Rob Allen we want to help them to catch fish!

Thanks boys get into your shed/cupboard/livingroom dive stash and clean out the clutter. South I think your 1.3 would be well recieved.

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ill have a good look around, im sure i have a bit of shit lying round th garage

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IAN its ryan i have that much diven and fishing gear its not funny

i have many things to get rid of and my old mans on my back about it as well but im not talking about pilling a load of shit wif u i hav same serous ok stuff

i hav a hawine sling many flipers many mask and many old rods gloves the lot so if your intrested let me no u can came around here and have a poke around

also it will give me a chance to show u my NEW SPEAR GUN its sweet

catch ya bro

Hey Ryan yep keen to pillage your gear. Good work on choosing an edge you won't regret it. What type of muzzle did you choose?
I'll give ya a call.
Cheers

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hey ian if u want to came around this weekend to hav a look at my new gun thats fine by me also i got a new float and line

give me a call on my mobile

hey ian hav u been out diven this week its been flat since monday i mean dead flat ?? anyways im free this weekend if your keen on having a look at my gear for the fijiens also i need help with loading my gun its impossable for me to load a 18mm rubber on a 1 meter gun at this point in time i heared form a friend if i load the gun and leave it for a hour the rubber will be streched and it will become easyer to load

Do you load it holding the handle at the start? Sorry if I'm stating the obvious but try grabbing the rubber with your right hand and the handle with your left (other way if your left handed) and push the gun up to your chest pad whilst holding the rubber. Then load like normal. Better leverage of your chest.

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yes i do do that its just the fact that the gunss big has no flat butt on the end and the rubber is to hard for me to pull bak ill probly hav to end up buying a new one

Hey Ryan I'll come by and check it out. Maybe you need a loading pad. It's rare for a stock gun to have the rubber too short.

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call me bro on 52632575

Hey guys Gigantor delivered some gear over the weekend, a big thanks to all who have contributed and to those that have committed to contribute. This stuff will be back in the water in hopefully a few weeks, in the hands, and on the feet and faces, of some very appreciative people.

Cheers Hodad.

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