Men’s Journal, Apr. 2009
Got some time off and a desire to dive alongside a creature the size of a school bus? Follow this route.

Men’s Journal, Mar. 2009
A ban on chumming around this remote Mexican Island may cut off divers’ access to one of the world’s best shark diving hotspots.

That those of us wealthy enough to travel for fun find some form of self-enlightenment from exploring the poorest parts of the world is hardly a new phenomenon. Innumerable college backpackers find revelations in their wanderings through developing nations. And for years South Africa’s Soweto Township and the urchin-filled streets of Rio have drawn tourists [...]

It takes mere seconds of web surfing to realize I’m far from the only one to take offense at the rebranding of “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher as some sort of war correspondent, currently making his way through the Holy Land with the sort of ignorance that would fit perfectly into the classic wit of The [...]

One pleasant by-product of my past few weeks of unemployment has been a resurgence of motivation to write…gasp!…for pleasure. Not to mention an increase in general creativity, whether it be in the kitchen, on the page or in the sketchbook.

I had taken the day off, but when the email came through on my phone alerting me to an “important meeting” the following day, I knew the dread I felt was shared by my coworkers back at the office. We had all watched the media landscape over the past couple months and seen magazines bigger [...]

I’m not much for unbridled product endorsement, but a recent addition to my productivity suite has provided me such pleasure that I feel inclined to make mention of it. Evernote goes beyond simple list making, though it performs that task quite well, offering easy note taking via text, email, voice record and camera phone. It [...]

Scuba Diving Magazine, Dec. 2008
For one weekend, recreational divers can see the world through commercial diving hats at the Ocean Corporation’s Commercial Diving Experience.

Walking on the wild side in Savannah, GA. I had never shot anything more ferocious than a soda can until I took this assignment over the summer. I met up with a pair of young, born-and-raised Georgia boys on the outskirts of town, and armed with a knife, a .357 revolver and one muscle-bound pit bull for back-up I followed them into a patch of Lowcountry swampland in search of feral hogs.

Well, many long days of deciphering code later and I’ve created my online magazine-format portfolio site. And if I do say so myself, it looks pretty good. Please take a look around, post comments or send me an email, and definitely check back because the content will change often.

Scuba Diving Magazine, Oct. 2008 Ten tips for trouble-free dive travel. Download full article

Scuba Diving Magazine, Aug 2008 Ripping drift dives along lush reefs and dramatic walls draw more divers to Cozumel than any other location in the Caribbean. I took a look at the varied reef environments here and gave a service-heavy breakdown of Cozumel’s best dives, along with insiders’ tips from on-island diving experts that help readers [...]

A professional writer and editor specializing in adventure-travel and watersports coverage, Travis has contributed articles to a number of magazines, including Scuba Diving, American Way and Men’s Journal. He also writes hotel profiles for Orbitz, travel guides for Away.com and has contributed to Fodor’s guidebooks.

Scuba Diving Magazine, June 2008 When I stepped off the plane in the Bay Islands’ central hub of Roatan, two distinct faces of the dive tourism experience here immediately presented themselves. Outside the arrivals gate, taxi drivers jockeyed for fares for the 25-minute drive to West Bay, where the crowd is young, a variety of languages fills the air and [...]

Scuba Diving Magazine, Sept. 2008 Guadalupe shark diving operators may lose access to one of the world’s hottest spots for white shark cage diving. Download full article

Scuba Diving Magazine, Aug. 2008 Know what to do when an alligator attacks underwater? Ike Monreal survived, and you can too. Download Full Article

Scuba Diving Magazine, May 2008 A new “diving simulator” for Nintendo Wii lets gamers get wet from their living rooms. Download full article

Scuba Diving Magazine, Apr. 2008 From the planning stages to post-trip symptoms, here’s how to stay safe abroad. Download Full Article

Scuba Diving Magazine, Mar. 2008 Meet the Humboldt squid: Length; up to eight feet. Arms; eight, plus two grasping tentacles. Vitals; an inquisative, calculating brain and three hearts pumping cold, blue blood. Defenses; 40,000 teeth embedded in 1,200 suction discs–and one razor sharp beak. Food; anything it can get its suckers on. Download full article

Scuba Diving Magazine, Mar. 2008 Two dive instructors serve up a double shot of underwater action in a new dive travel and adventure TV series. Download full article