Olá amigos caçadores  do mundo!  Estou muito feliz pelo convite a escrever aqui e com muito prazer escrevo meu primeiro post no Spearblog!   Me chamo Diego Santiago e como vocês, sou um apaixonado pela Pesca Submarina.   Desde muito pequeno pescava de anzol com meu pai e logo fui perdendo a paciência de esperar o peixe vir até mim, e resolvi ir atrás deles! A Pesca Submarina veio somar meu gosto por esportes com a minha...

I can’t say it enough how well taken care of I was in Hawaii and how thankful I am to everyone that went way way out of their way to make our stay amazing. From Day one Kimi Werner (www.kimiwernerart.com) helped us plan every bit and made sure that we made the most of the conditions and had fun on and off the water. On Kona, Rob White of www.Bluewaterhunter.com took a day off of work to share some of his dive spots with us and it...

If you’ve gotten over that hint of jealousy seeing Big Mackerel, Doggies, and knowing that Roy has grown up surrounded by great family in friends. Remember this, it was all in Bali. When you have the World Record Dogtooth Tuna spot in your back yard, where do you go for vacation? Roy had the chance to head to Japan a few years back and after climbing out of the 16C degree water with only a pole spear and his board shorts. The...

Sometimes it is only when someone is already gone that you can full appreciate what they’ve added to your life.  Roy lived life to its fullest and made sure those around him enjoyed theirs as well. He enjoyed eating his catch “Caveman style” on the beach with a little fire and throwing the fish right on the coals. A trick that I think I’m going to have to try at some point in the coming years… When I do get...

words from Yota:  (Roy’s brother) Roy and i used to bow hunt wild boar in Java. Our family moved to Bali. there was no boar in Bali, no place to hunt here we thought. We went fishing off the beach one day and saw a few local spearfisherman bringing in some small fish. It looked like a good hobby. So we decided to make a gun together. The first gun we made was very ugly. The rubber was made from a motorbike tire tube and we made the...

From Phil: “All I’ve got is memories of Roy, like the time there was no tuna and we were drift diving over blue water. Roy shot a rainbow runner. up high so he could hang it. waiting another 3 minutes another rainbow runner came up from the blue. I waited a few minutes Roy told me to shoot it. So I did up high. So then we were both hanging Rainbow Runners from our spears drifing over blue water. Roy says to me. “oh bro...

Stew has been lucky enough to be one of Roy’s best friends and dive buddies for the past few years. You can learn something from every diver you encounter in life but as Stew describes Roy’s 6th sense for fish and his unexplainable magnetism that draws them to him, you are reminded that some people just have it. Roy Ogi:  Fish Magnet “Roy has been so generous with sharing his gift of the sea. In most likelihood, just...

Roy with a nice Mackerel Roy was a regular at one of our favorite and also the most dangerous spots in Indonesia to dive.  While most of us think that diving in downcurrents and whirlpools is something out of a bad dream, Roy has found a way to work with these conditions and become consistently successful maneuvering through them to find the best of fish. One of the best parts about diving in Indonesia is there aren’t that many...

As you travel around the world you start to find that each area has a diver that stands out from the rest, sets the standard, and draws people in with their skill and love of the ocean. For Bali, Indonesia, the stories and legends lead back to Roy Ogi In the 10 trips that I’ve made to Indonesia Surfing and Diving I’ve never been able to step from the shadow that Roy has cast on the spearfishing community there. Within a few...

Pat Swanson with the World Record Snapper in New Zealand. One of the coolest things about this sport is the people you meet. This week I was in New Plymouth, New Zealand and met with Pat Swanson who is a multiple national champion and world record holder for Snapper which is one of the most sought after fish in New Zealand and Australia. Pat made sure I had a good sampling of the Kiwi beers and we talked about tactics, travel, and...