by Gene Muchanski
Executive Director
Dive Industry Association, Inc.

Dive Industry Association, Inc. has published its 2014 Digital Trade Publication & Directory.  The 28-page digital publication can be viewed and downloaded FREE of charge at http://www.DiveIndustryDirectory.com   The print version is being made available to all DIA Members, Advertisers, Retail Dive Centers, and Diving’s Top 100 Influencers.  The print run was undertaken specifically to put a print copy in the hands of every Dive Store Owner.  Retail Dive Center’s may request their complimentary copy from gene@diveindustry.net .   Undistributed copies will be made available to “Friends of the Industry” for a $20 donation to our Non-Profit Organization, Dive Industry Foundation to help promote scuba diving to the general public.

The 2014 Digital Trade Publication & Directory was designed to become the industry standard in Trade Publications to promote our Members Worldwide and to stimulate economic development in the watersports community.  Our goal is to introduce our Members and Watersports to the world in order to grow our industry.

Dive Industry Association would like to thank James Sinkway and his Team at Jolly Roger Publishing for doing such an outstanding job with both the digital and print version of the directory.   JR Publishing also hosts the Directory’s web site.   We would like to thank Pascal Lecocq for the use of his beautiful painting “Carving The Tiger” that was used for our front cover.  DIA would like to thank all of our advertisers; Beneath The Sea, Visible Divers, Unicomm’s Travel & Adventure Show, Bottom Crawlers, Bill Beard’s Costa Rica, Diving Top 100, and Surf Expo.  We could not have printed so many copies without your financial support.  And lastly, we would like to thank all of our Directors, Advisors, and Friends of the Industry who have given us professional and financial support to make this directory the first of many to come.