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Art Pinder Photo Gallery
Art Pinder's website
recently went off the web, but his photos
are just too good to leave behind, so I
reposted
the pages here on Florida Skin Diver.
Legendary spearfisherman Art Pinder passed away
at home on Tuesday January 7th, 2014 at 84
years young. Rest in peace Art, and thank you
for everything you shared with us!
I met Art Pinder in 2003 and he invited me to go diving with him, first offshore from Miami,
and then to
the Bahamas. Our purpose was to take
photographs and video of Art shooting fish and
record the events for an article in
Spearfishing Magazine. These adventures lead to
the
cover story for the Fall 2003 issue. Chad Carney

Poster from Spearfishing Magazine 2003
One of my by best photos of Art with his
sling - Chad Carney
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Friends
Sheri
Daye and Art
Pinder
before and
after going
spearfishing

Don
Delmonico,
Art, & Del
Wren with
Sheri Daye
at
The Blue Wild
Art &
Chad Carney

Jack
Kearns,
Sheri and
Art Sheri, Art &
Chad at the
Miami 2003
DEMA Show

Back row -
Art, Bill
Cardet &
Chuck Hartz.
Front - Bill
Alderman &
Carl
Starling
aboard
"Hartz
Desire" in
the Bahamas
Alice
and Art
Pinder
Art and
Terry Lentz
Sheri Daye wrote a
wonderful book in 2009 about Art and his adventures
and brought it to the world's attention in her
Blue Wild Expo
Art Pinder
"The King of Sling"
by
Sheri Daye
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Art Pinder's world of
adventure revolved
around the sea - a world
he conquered with a
primitive, simple weapon
called a sling. With
this underwater bow and
arrow, he brought down
legendary fish - a
7-foot sailfish, a
10-foot tiger shark, and
a 587-pound Goliath
Grouper.
Armed with homemade
diving equipment crafted
by their father, Art and
his brothers were some
of the first to venture
into the underwater
world while it was still
a foreign and mysterious
place. For years the
Pinder brothers
dominated the sport of
underwater hunting. In a
class by themselves,
they were undefeated for
many years. In a
surprising move, jealous
tournament directors
kicked Art out of
competitions. However,
that was not the end of
Art's hunting career -
he made an amazing
comeback decades later.

Just as intriguing,
Art's fascinating
journey on land touched
the lives of famous
personalities,
including: producer
Frank Satenstein,
journalist and
Ambassador Clare Boothe
Luce, boat builder Don
Aronow, actress Esther
Williams, and
multi-millionaire
Huntington Hartford and
his wife Marjorie
Steele.
No matter where Art
went, men admired him
and women were drawn to
him. Art's magical
journey was filled with
ocean adventures, shark
encounters, life-saving
rescues, irresistible
seductions, and
practical jokes - all
against the backdrop of
Miami Beach in it's
heyday.
Every sport has it's
legend. In the
spearfishing world, Art
Pinder will always be
remembered as the King
of Sling.
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 Author Sheri Daye
http://www.thebluewild.com/index.htm

Art took this photo many years
ago of me & my
camera before
going diving
© 2009
- 2014 All rights reserved.
No portion of this site may be
copied or redistributed without
prior permission from Art
Pinder.
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