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AirBuddy

AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear by Jan Kadlec is a winner of the 2021 Bronze A' Design Award in Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design.

AirBuddy is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.

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AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear by Jan Kadlec Bronze Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Award Winner 2021

AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear

From a distance, AirBuddy resembles a miniature inflatable boat - a marine motive that creates emotional connection with the main customer segment, the boaters. With the vision to create the smallest, lightest, and most powerful recreational SSBA unit, the design is functional and naturally respects the laws of physics. Hence why the air reservoir (float) is using toroidal shape, the second-best shape (after sphere) to distribute the hoop and longitudinal stress created by the air pressure in its walls. AirBuddy's design conveys ease of use, yet robustness and technological excellence.

AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear by Jan Kadlec Bronze Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Award Winner 2021
Bronze Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Award Winner 2021 AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear
AirBuddy designed by Jan Kadlec
AirBuddy - Bronze Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Award Winner
Jan Kadlec's AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear
Bronze Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Award Winner 2021 AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear
AirBuddy designed by Jan Kadlec
AirBuddy - Bronze Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Award Winner
Jan Kadlec's AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear

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AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear

AirBuddy is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. AirBuddy is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. AirBuddy splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.


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Jan Kadlec

Jan Kadlec

Technology enthusiast, experienced business professional and a passionate diver. Inventor of AirBuddy, a small, lightweight and easy to use equipment for recreational diving. My vision is to bring the ease of snorkeling into the fascinating world of diving, so that more people can explore and appreciate the beauty of our marine life.

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AirBuddy, OXY Pty Ltd

AirBuddy, OXY Pty Ltd

OXY Pty Ltd, designs, manufactures and retails battery-powered Surface Supplied Breathing Apparatus (SSBA) under our registered brand AirBuddy. AirBuddy provides a lightweight, compact and hassle-free alternative to Scuba tanks and is typically used by recreational divers for shallow-water diving to explore reefs or perform underwater maintenance of their boats.


AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear by Jan Kadlec Bronze Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Award Winner 2021

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