Interested in becoming a Divemaster
Sorry this was to long to respond as a comment: Becoming a Divemaster is likely the most challenging and fun thing that you can do in diving. It open doors to the physics and physiological changes that are incurred with diving. The curriculum that the Divermaster course covers will position you to go further if you choose as this is the point that you put all the things together, theory, math, experience, etc. that will help you become an instructor if you so choose. The only part that is missin...
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Dry Suit
Don’t know where it came from but a good start on the ends and outs of dry suits. For those that would like more information there are many places on the web to include the manufactures sites themselves e.g. Diverite http://www.diverite.com/ and DUI http://www.dui-online.com both make great suits. As already indicated the drysuit is a waterproof shell made from a membrane type material: neoprene, foam rubber, or a hybrid of both. Both have advantages and disadvantages that should be researched b...
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Instructional Games
I posted this on another list and am hoping that the instructors here may benifit from it as well as provide their .02cf worth. Ok all as I do not post much I guess it’s my turn to return the favor for some of the good things that I have gleamed from the I2I group. All games, like the one that I am about to introduce, are there to help students get comfortable in the water while concentrating less on the actual skill it takes to perform the game by doing it. As instructors this is what we strive...
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To Pony or not to Pony that is the question.
I have seen a bit of talk about Pony KAK Bail Out Bottles, Spare Air, etc and thought I would put a word or two down on the considering that there are some miss-conceptions about these Clean Clean false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.00...
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