it’s simple, right? Wrong. After a newly certified or advanced diver purchases some new dive gear, the hardest part about maintaining that new gear isn’t actually taking care of it properly, it is being able to locate and find it. Diving is a relatively small recreational sport with about 1% of the world’s population ever …
advanced courses = diving experience After a newly certified Open Water SCUBA Diver finishes his/her course. They might be asking themselves what is next. As an employee of Extreme Sports, I would love to sell every new diver an advanced course right after they complete their Open Water. However, this is not the “Extremeology”,as we …
we’re able to prevent accidents from occuring. One of the most important skills in diving is learning how to be aware of your surroundings on a dive. When it comes to a hose failure, you might have small failures that are barely noticeable; or maybe a hose that decides to ‘split’ open. Both of these …
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it’s means more than you’d think When traveling to a dive destination, rather if you’re in a large dive group or by yourself, tipping may be important. This guide will help you understand why we should tip as divers, when to tip, how much to tip, who to tip, and when not to tip. Share …
fear of being lost No matter how long you’ve been SCUBA diving, we all have that fear of losing our dive buddy at the worst time. Whether this has or hasn’t happened to your group, it’s bound to happen. The best way to prevent this from happening is to identify yourself. Let’s look at a …
Identifying Yourself Underwater – For your Buddy? Read More »
Facebook Instagram Youtube introduction When we take on a sport like SCUBA diving, we soon may find it is not a ‘cheap’ hobby. While this may be true, it does not have to necessarily be an expensive hobby either. For some people, renting gear can be a better choice for what they’re wanting to do …
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 …
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 …
Here we are, it’s back to school time. So today we’re going to talk about instructors… sound like a good idea? Think back to school… some of us will have to think back further than others, obviously, but think back to school. We all had those teachers we absolutely loved and some that we were …
Diving at the lake is a very relaxing, controlled environment, especially if you dive in “our cove.” Typically, the water depth will range from about 30 feet to 50 feet depending on the water levels of the lake. This is why we choose to do Open Water Check-out Dives at the lake. There are familiar …