Katie Adamson hunting the blue water.
Photo by Robert Reyes
New to this edition is an editor experienced in blue water hunting. Waterwoman Katie Adamson is an environmental scientist and writer who resides in Honolulu. Her love for the ocean flourished in the grassy sand flats of the Florida coastline, where she grew up fishing for inshore saltwater species with her dad. After graduating to offshore pelagics, Katie eventually let the rods collect dust in exchange for the tranquility and challenge offered by spearfishing on a breathold. Katie was privileged to first meet Dr. Terry Maas during a trip to Panama with the humanitarian spearfishing organization, Diving For A Cause. It has been one of her greatest honors as a writer and editor to participate in the revision of spearfishing’ s most comprehensive and iconic publication, Bluewater Hunting and Free Diving.
Chris comes from a long line of fishermen, explorers and photographers so it seems natural he and his young family would follow. What started as a child’ s passion for the sea and spearfishing has grown into a full-time avocation. Chris is multi-talented, but his video contributions to this book are amazing and worth credit. Together with film-maker and spearo Richard Leonard, the pair produced the exceptional OneFish Spearfishing series destined to become a spearfishing educational and entertainment pillar for the sport.
Besides his commercial video / photography career, Chris edits the Ultimate Spearfishing Magazine, operates a dive shop and conducts custom-guided spearfishing tours for beginning and seasoned spearos. He even has his own line of spearguns 6. Chris says,“ I still can’ t believe that I get paid to have so much fun.”
Chris Coats Follow Chris at www. coatesmans. com