In addition to the HD clip I uploaded from February 8, 2009, I assembled a new clip from all of the mud dives I could find. The new clip is called “A Decade of Mud Diving”. John suggested that I assemble a “Best of Mudlover” diving clip, and I thought it was a great idea. Thank you, John, for the suggestion.
I updated the gallery with a couple new photos I shot in my new “aussie” briefs from Skinzwear.com. I had to go to a lot of work to get an authentic photo, so I hope you all appreciate it!
Finally, I recently reincarnated the links page, which will grow as I get time to add back some of the old links that are still good.
Check out our clipstore for some mid-winter mud fun.

On February 8, as the sun descended into the western sky, I ventured out to see what wonderful mud would be revealed by the extreme low tide. The full moon brings the lowest tides and the wind was blowing from the west, which pushes even more water out of the estuary. I set out with my video camera, hoping to record something, although I was pretty sure I wouldn’t be doing any total immersion. The water in the creek felt like it was about 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Someone said it was 45F, but I don’t think it was that warm.
I paddled to an interesting tributary of mud that looked promising. I pulled my boat up the muddy channel, set up my video camera to shoot some video, and tried to make a good show of it.
I am anxious to point out that the video was shot in high definition. This image is 25% of the original video frame size. I also used some fancy filters to soften the contrast for a very cinematic look and to preserve the detail in the mud without losing highlight detail. This is the face of the future. (update: I posted a teaser in the movie section)