Country of residence: Hawaiʻi, USADiving since: ChildhoodLevel/Agency of Certification: 20+ year PADI Divemaster , Captain, Professional level, Freediver PB 175ft. Static: 5:45 Juan Oliphant is an underwater photographer, filmmaker, and PADI Divemaster who grew up surfing and snorkeling on Oahu's North Shore, where the ocean became the foundation of everything that followed. After a near-fatal zip-line accident that broke his back, femur, and foot and left him temporarily paralyzed, he returned to the ocean as part of his rehabilitation and encountered...
Country of residence: Hawaiʻi, USADiving since: Childhood (professionally for over two decades)Level/agency of certification: PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT), 20+ instructor specialties, freediving instructor, and tech diving experience Ocean Ramsey is a marine biologist, shark researcher, freediving and scuba instructor, and conservationist who has spent more than two decades studying sharks in the wild. A PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer with more than 20 instructor specialties, she is best known for freediving with great white sharks without a cage...