In March of 2019, our team Newton County Rescue and Recovery (NCRR) was called to Beaver Lake to assist the Benton and Washington County dive teams in searching for and recovering a couple of people that had drowned. The water temperature was around 45 degrees for the dives we did. The visibility was less …
Equipment Maintenance Seminar When: Saturday, February 2, 2019 Who: Grady Weston AND YOU Where: Extreme Sports SCUBA classroom Why: Because there will be donuts!… Haha, just kidding! To learn Equipment Maintenance How much: FREE So this month, if you have been following along, we have been talking about equipment maintenance. So far we have covered Cylinder …
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Picture this, you’re driving down the road. Minding your own business. Then… Red lights in your mirror. Oh-oh, what did I do wrong? Let’s face it, that’s the thought most of us have. After this past winter and spring though, I’m developing a new appreciation for the Firemen, Police, and Sheriff’s of Benton County Arkansas …
Safari Hunt weekend was also another big weekend for Extreme Sports Scuba… Why? Well we had a bunch of new certifications come on board to the group! Deb and Grady set it up with the help of Dan La Due, Doug Lord, and Rachele Lord to do open water dives Friday afternoon and Saturday morning …
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So I hope that you were able to participate in all the fun or at least some of the fun we had at Beaver Lake on Memorial Day weekend. If you weren’t, at least you hopefully enjoyed the posts and will be able to participate next year (hint hint!). If you have missed out on …
So we’ve covered a bunch of topics that happened during Memorial Day Weekend at the lake, but we’re not finished yet! Not only did the kids work on their certifications but a lot of other students worked on different certifications as well. There were 4 adult students completing their Open Water Certifications, 5 students completing …
Saturday morning started off with breakfast. That’s one of the best things about going camping I’ve learned, food! (Remember I’m the pregnant girl who likes to eat) I made a batch of cinnamon rolls to take down plus there were choices of cereal and milk for breakfast. Around 8-8:15 everyone packed up and headed down …
Part of the certification process for all open-water divers is going to the pool and running through a specific set of underwater skills. Normally in the summer months, we use Deb & Grady’s 10 ft deep pool, but in early May, their pool wasn’t warm enough so the junior divers used the pool at 5 …
This month we’re excited that the next round of Junior Divers is working on their Open Water Scuba Diving Certification through Extreme Sports Scuba. It is so exciting that Scuba Diving International (SDI) allows junior divers starting at the age of 10. Friday, May 2nd, and Saturday, May 3rd Chloe Lake, Tori Willoughby, and Dylan …
If you missed the Underwater Photography Class presented by Brian Head on Saturday, you sure missed out on a great, informational class, however, I’ll do my best to do it justice right here. Classroom The class started out in the morning at Extreme Sports Scuba for the classroom sessions where we received informational handouts as …