The Abbot Kinney Festival began in 1984, as an annual community event to celebrate the tradition of Venice as a unique and diverse community and to pay homage to its founder, Abbot Kinney. This year, Ocean Adventures once again set up the bubble- making machine, balloon fish and created an underwater experience on the surface, attracting divers old and young and those interested in becoming divers.

In 1989, the Festival sponsor, The Abbot Kinney District Assn, was incorporated as a non-profit, 501c3, serving the community at large. Managed by a largely volunteer Board of Directors, the AKDA has contributed funding towards numerous local youth and beautification projects, including planting the palm trees that line Abbot Kinney, providing playground equipment to Westminster School, as well as offering support to local projects and organizations such as Inside Out Community Arts, Venice Arts, Venice Mural Restoration and the Venice Family Clinic.

Over the years, The Abbot Kinney Festival has grown tremendously. The event, which is free to attend, extends the span of Abbot Kinney Blvd from Venice Blvd to Main St (including most side streets) and attracts nearly 150,000 people. Visitors enjoyed a large Youth and Family area, over 300 Arts and Craft Vendors, multiple stages of live music, a Green Living Area and diverse food choices.

In 2007, the Festival began the journey of "Going Green" and continues to look for ways to lessen its impact on the environment. The organizers strive towards producing a zero waste event. OADC has been involed in this event for the last 8 years.

PINNACLE is an attitude about life, globally inspired, environmentally impassioned, and technologically state-of-the-art... PINNACLE is about merging you with the elements, immersing you into an alien yet beautiful world and enhancing your EXPERIENCE...

PINNACLE is the end result of over 30 years of development. The evolutionary process began back in 1969 when John Gordon made his first wetsuit. Since then, John and his team have been constantly honing and developing products, creating the world's first wrist seals, ripple knees and heat-reflective laminates (forerunner to today's titanium lining) in the process. John has worked with NASA and the European Space Agency and designed drysuits for the British and Dutch navies. He resides on the European committee writing directives for wetsuits, drysuits and other marine safety equipment. John's specialty has been identifying obstacles and finding the right TECHNOLOGY to overcome them. His string of design awards pay testament to his insight, ingenuity, and tenacity

As the company has grown and evolved, it became the innacle that you see today. The spirit of IMAGINATION and nvention continues with the introduction of Merin, an internationally patented wetsuit-lining perfect for the 21st century. The love of adventure, insightful imagination, and practical experience has led to today's Pinnacle.

Wetsuits and drysuits are complex garments. They are, at their core, survival suits, regulating our body temperature in a cold harsh environment. But, as sport divers, we also demand that our suits are comfortable, stylish, high-quality and low- maintenance. The main reason we wear a wetsuit or a drysuit in cold water is simply to keep warm. Ensuring that our body temperature remains stable is not only pleasant - it is downright vital. WARMTH is the single most important priority for us at Pinnacle, followed closely by COMFORT, because there's no point being warm if your mobility and enjoyment are restricted.

Pinnacle takes the best available design features, production techniques and materials to create QUALITY wetsuits, drysuits, and accessories that are built to last. Need a new suit? Just browsing? Stop by the shop and check out our newest arrivals.

Steve Ladd has been traveling the world and taking amazing underwater photos for years. On his first attempt submitting a photo for consideration for publication, he was rewarded! Divers Alert Magazine chose Steve's stunning shot for the September/October issue! The staff at Divers Alert Magazine select only six photos a year, publishing one photo, every issue, on the back inside page of the magazine. With the photo, a cutline is published with the photographer's name, a brief description of when and where the photo was taken and the equipment used. If you did not receive the latest issue, drop by the shop, Steve will be more than happy to show it to you!

Farnsworth Bank, located one and one half miles off of the windward side of Catalina has the feel of an open ocean dive site but is really close to shore. This is a very unique site to any other in Southern California, a seamount begins at 50+ feet and drops to 300 feet. Farnsworth is famous for the abundance of Purple Hydrocoal and sea life, more so than any nearby island off our Coast. Boat trips to this site are scarce so don't miss out on this one! Call OADC at 310.578.9391 to sign up and for more information. Due to the depth and conditions, you should be an advanced certified diver for this trip.

Come join us and book early for our last dives of the year.