Carving a pumpkin on dry land is apparently too easy. So, for the 31st year, Extreme Sports Scuba divers grabbed their pumpkins, carving knives, dive gear and questionable artistic abilities and headed to Beaver Lake for the Annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving. On Sunday, October 4, 15 contestants met at Indian Creek Campground to find out
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Some dive destinations feel like places you visit. Others start to feel a little more like home. For Extreme Sports Scuba, Mermet Springs in southern Illinois has definitely fallen into the second category. Over Labor Day weekend, divers began trickling into the Metropolis area on Friday for three days of diving September 5–7. By the
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I’ve been called the scuba blogger for a long time, so I figured I could use the Extreme Sports Scuba blog to discuss chocolate chip cookies. Stay with me. There is scuba diving involved. Eventually. It started with One Cookie. Chocolate chip cookies have always been my favorite cookie. Back in 2024, I thought I
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Once a year, Extreme Sports Scuba deliberately destroys the visibility at Indian Creek, hides stuffed animals underwater, and sends a group of certified scuba divers out to find them. We’ve been doing this for a very long time. It makes perfect sense to us. On June 14, approximately 18 divers gathered at Indian Creek Campground
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There are probably a lot of ways to celebrate your 70th birthday. Deb chose scuba diving in Cozumel. This should surprise absolutely no one. Deb’s birthday falls around Memorial Day, which usually means we’re spending the holiday weekend diving at the lake. But 70 is a pretty significant birthday, and this year Deb decided she’d
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This Memorial Day Weekend was brought to us by the Social Distancing Practices of 2020. I know none of us are living under a rock these days, so we obviously know that social distancing practices are in play for most states. The question is, which state practices what exactly. That makes things difficult. Especially because
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June 1,2,8 & 9 – Open Water Scuba Class June 13 & 14 – Check out Dives June 16, 18, 19 & 25 – Open Water Scuba Class June 26, 27 & 28 – Check out Dives June 27th – Annual Underwater Safari Hunt (THIS IS QUESTIONABLE)
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Do the air dump. Imagine this… you’re diving along, could be the ocean, the lake, a pond maybe, or even the swimming pool… Those are probably your bodies of water, correct? I don’t see anyone diving in a puddle… maybe… I know some who would be willing to try! Anyway, you’re diving along. You see
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Who has been counting the days? No, not until May 1st which means Missouri is opening back up. I’m talking about the Annual Warehouse Sale of course!!! So, this year we are adding a few extra days. This is to help with the social distancing measures that are still in place by the State of
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The weather is changing though. The last couple of days have been absolutely beautiful. It makes you want to get outside and play in the sun. Do some spring cleaning around the house. Really, just move on with your normal everyday tasks. Unfortunately, right now we’re not able to do that quite yet. This is
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