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Lawrence, Bill Fisher, Eric B.
Bill Fisher has been on 4 Guadalupe, 1 Fiji and 1 Bahamas trips. Bill has also written several articles that have been published in Shark Diver Magazine. GET DOWN BRO!

It is our great pleasure to express our gratitude to all of you who have made us so successful over the past 10 years. With over 7000 friends that have traveled with us, all of you have become part of our family.

Lance A. Well if you have met Lance on any of our trips, you undoubtedly have a story to tell, or if he wasn't on your trip everybody was probably telling stories about him! 10 Farallon, 6 Guadalupe, 1 Fiji, 1 Cocos, 2 Bahamas, and pretty much every party we have ever thrown since 2003. He is a brilliant videographer and the friendliest guy you would ever want to know. If there are good times to be had you will probably find Lance in the middle of the action!

May the sharks always be with you, Bro!

Joe R. has been shark diving with us since 2004. He's accompanied us on 3 Guadalupe, 1 Socorro, 1 Fiji and 1 Bahamas trips. He's spent many years diving off of Rhode Island, as well. Joe is an amazing videographer and editor. He has a fantastic shark documentary coming out soon. We will let you all know when it is released.
Joe is the MAN!

Our very own Dr. Bruce Watkins. Bruce was on our very first trip to the Farallons and has been back countless times since. He is actually coming on our first trip of this season. He is a great friend and colleague. To his credit: Magazines/Journals - 314 articles published in major National/International magazines 73 Scientific Journal Publications, 5 patents. Over 1000 photographs in magazines/books/advertisements worldwide including: National Geographic Books, Ocean Realm, Newsweek, San Francisco Chronicle, Outside.

Linda R. has spent her last 5 birthdays with us at Guadalupe on the Searcher. What flavor cake would you like this year, Linda? We love ya!

Sy R. has made 3 trips with us and celebrated his 80th birthday on his last trip. Sy tells me that he keeps coming back just for the sharks and the adventure. Yeah right!

Steve and Julie took a few days off in 2007 from rescuing dolphins to hang out with us on the Solmar V. Steve shot the images of Lawrence rescuing Bandit back in 2005.

Over the years we have had many professional photographers on our expeditions, but we have to say that some of the most exciting images have come from our shutterbug friends.

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Ted S. took this stunning image back in 2002.

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Chris H. took this now world-famous pic back in 2003. Chris is a California firefighter and he is heading to the Galapagos with us this October.

Kike Kalvo took this amazing shot in 2003.

Dean Karr's favorite shot!

Ian Lauder captured this just after Lawrence had to push the shark off of the cage with Giordian R.

Robert C's tiger close-up! Dude, you might want to duck! Oh did I mention Robert is 6'7"?

You might be getting all psyched up to watch another Shark Week on TV next week. Or, if you are a real shark aficionado you may be planning to steer well- clear of cable television's longest-running programming event. SHARK WEEK kicks off Sunday, July 27, at 9PM ET/PT with Mythbusters: Shark Special. This two-hour special follows the MythBusters as they hit the deep blue to take a bite out of shark folklore. Among the myths tackled in this special: "Do dogs attract sharks?" "Do the vibrations caused by a flapping injured fish attract sharks?" The show's climax features the construction of a 16-foot robo shark.

GWA weighs in: Sounds like the same old stuff that we see every year: "the world's worst shark attacks", "the most dangerous sharks," and, yes, again this year another ROBO SHARK!!! WTF! Hey, they are even going to have a ROBO DOG! Yeah, that's right a ROBO DOG. Let's see, if we put a mechanical dog in the middle of the ocean (where we see so many dogs) will a shark attack it? Are they really presenting this as science? YES, they are!

Monday, July 28, will feature Surviving Sharks at 9 PM, hosted by Survivorman's Les Stroud, and Day of the Shark at 10 PM., a special chronicling real shark attacks.
GWA: You all might like to know that we here at Great White Adventures were solicited to do this gig at Guadalupe island. We wholeheartedly declined to put mannequins and kayaks in the water to see what GWS's like to attack more. Yeah, that's right we told these BOZOS to get lost and find some other JOE and to take their stupid script and ridiculous stunts somewhere else. And they did - to the Bahamas!

Tuesday will kick off with Dirty Jobs: Greenland Shark Quest and How Not to Become Shark Bait, which will give us advice about how to avoid becoming dinner when swimming in the ocean. GWA: We are big fans of Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch, and it could be a good opportunity to showcase a lesser known shark. However, we will not be watching a show whose title refers to humans as shark bait, and whose goal is to "test how hard it is to get bitten by a shark".

Thursday will bring Mysteries of the Shark Coast, profiling Australia's northeastern coastline, home to more sharks than anywhere in the world, but where sharks are also disappearing at a rapid rate. GWA: Could be a winner!

Throughout the week, Discovery will run public-service announcements for the Ocean Conservancy, educating viewers about threats facing sharks. Well, that sounds like Discovery has been under a little pressure from who else? Shark lovers like our loyal shark fans and our friends at the Shark-L group. Good work people!
Last year's Shark Week was watched by 27.2 million viewers, the most successful Shark Week to date. This goes to show you that the average American still only wants to see KILLER SHARKS of Jaws fame. Unfortunately, that fear has been embedded in our minds since the 70s. Now with most of the sharks in the world floating in Asian soups, we are left building "ROBO SHARKS" and I'll give another loud "WTF"!!!!

If you would like to boycott "Shark Week" like many of our friends have been for the last few years, You have options! You could enjoy your very own shark week and join us on an expedition to Guadalupe! Or you could check out the many great videos on the market that DO show sharks in a positive manner, like our friends at Status productions (click the link below or the photo link above)
You can see some really cool shark videos by the Shark Task Force: http://www.sharktaskforce.com/