Technosport, Inc. Spearfishing Gear.

Dear divers and friends,

Once again I am happy to see that the tournament concluded very positively with a great improvement in the catches, the size of the fish, and the excitement level of the tournament in this year's Omer 2nd Annual Hatteras Open. With 43 divers coming from Canada, Brazil, Italy, Puerto Rico, California, Florida, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana, Conneticut, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, New Jersey, Virginia and North Carolina it would be an understatement to say there was a very diverse group of divers all sharing a common interest for blue water hunting and freediving.

It gave me great satisfaction to see such a group of great divers with good attitudes in a locale like Hatteras taking advantage of its great spearfishing potential.

This was only the second year of this tournament and the caliber of diving and catches increased ten fold over last year. Only the 1st place diver last year managed to spear three species while this year more than the first top ten divers did. We also had at least 10 fish over 55lbs this year compared to only one last year. I think you'll agree that it was a great move to have the tournament in July.

Next year I hope one of you actually manages to land a tuna to top off the list of top blue water species so we can do without the fish stories. Thanks again for coming and I hope to see you next year, clear waters, big fish, and safe diving to all.

TOP 30 OVERALL STANDINGS

Cameron Kirkconnell FL, 169 pts (African pompano 17lbs, AJ 74, cobia 34, wahoo 22)
Blake Gaylord FL, 138 (AP 17, AJ 88, cobia 33)
Robert Reyes PR 126 (AP 31, AJ 45, cobia 22, wahoo 14)
Peter Curtis FL, 116 (AP 31, AJ 60, cobia 25)
Ralph Tieman CA, 114 (AP 32, AJ45,cobia 37)
Francisco Loffredi BRAZIL, 113 (AP 32, AJ 38, cobia 43)
Sasa Bratic FL, 107 (AP 35, AJ 46,cobia 26)
Jerry Guerra Jr. FL, 101 (AP 29, AJ 47, cobia 25)
Leo Ramos FL, 90 (AP 37,AJ 30, cobia 23)
Larry Shuldt CA, 86 (AP 16, AJ 36, cobia 34)
Guy Nesbit TX, 84 (AP 26, AJ 38, cobia 20)
Paulo Junior BRAZIL 81 (AP 33, AJ26,cobia 22)
Marco Figundio ITALY 80 (Amberjack 55, AP 25)
Dana Ravenberg, NJ 79 (AJ 59,AP 20)
Ron Krauss,TX 78 (AP 18, AJ 30, cobia 30)
GR Tarr, FL 75 (AP 31, AJ 44)
Gary Sanchez,FL 62 (AP 20, AJ 43)
Ernie Ripley,FL 62 (AP 27, AJ 35)
Jerry Guerra Sr.,FL 59 (AP 18, AJ 41)
Philippe Virgili, CANADA 59 (AP 19, AJ 40)
Mike Stallings,VA 56 (AP 15, AJ 41)
Jason Gredell,VA 55 (AJ 55)
Bill Ernst,CA 54 (AP 17, AJ 37)
Alex Wazlak,VA 48 (AJ 48)
Bruce Dutton,FL 46 (AJ 46)
Alper Savas,NC 36 (AJ 36)
Joey Daniels,NC 30 (Mahi-mahi 15)
Jed Dixon,NC 24 (AP 24)
Patrick Lopez PR 23 (AJ 23)
Jorge Ramirez PR 19 (AP 19)

If you have any more concerns want to make a suggestion or a comment for next year or have any other matters feel free to e-mail me.

Safe diving to all,

Mark Laboccetta
Organizer & Vice President
Technosport Inc.