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The NOGI Award Bert Kilbride won the NOGI Award in Diving Education for 1987
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The NOGI Award was presented to Bert in Chicago during the "Our World Underwater" show on April 23, 1986. As you can see from the picture above the award itself resembles the "Oscar" of the screen actors fame. In fact we like to refer to it as the"Oscar of the Dive Industry". Actually it is more rare if not more prestegious that the real Oscar. There are only four catigories with one award presented in each catagory per year; arts, science, sports/education and distinguished service. Bert recieved his NOGI for creating the "Resort Course". Due to Bert's efforts his Resort Course has introduced more people to SCUBA than any other single factor. In accepting the NOGI Award Bert joined the ranks of some very well know people. Jaque Cousteau, Stan Waterman, . . . . . . . All famous names in the diving industry. It's one of the few times we have ever seen him in a tux! |
The NOGI (New Orleans Grand Isle) Award is the oldest award in the diving industry, dating back to the 1950s when it was initially presented to world-class spearfishing champions. In the 1960s, the award began to be presented to top achievers in the underwater world by the Underwater Society of America. Each year it is presented to distinguished divers, as selected by their AUAS peers, in the categories of arts, science, sports/education and distinguished service. Past winners of the NOGI Award include diving luminaries Jacques Cousteau plus both his sons, Jean-Michel and Philippe, as well Peter Benchly, Scott Carpenter, and Sylvia Earle.
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