Drake Weston turns 18 today, Happy Birthday to you. And today’s blog post is about Drake. What is it like to teach a family member to SCUBA dive? When you have a family that is in the SCUBA business, you end up at one time or another teaching another family member to SCUBA dive. Drake,
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July 2003 I got my first introduction Into the world of SCUBA diving. Mask on, check. Breathy thingy, Check. Depth, 15 foot, I really don’t know, I didn’t check the gauges. Wasn’t really even sure you needed to check gauges. Water temperature warm. But at 15 feet in a lake my first time experiencing diving,
Have you ever thought, it would be nice to dive alone? Long-standing “rules” in the diving industry have typically been you always have to dive with a buddy. I am not here to say that is a bad practice because the term Safety in numbers comes to mind. However, SDI developed the Solo diving course
Have you ever heard of the game “Never have I Ever”? The rules are simple: You give yourself a point for every item you have done. So Never have I ever become an open-water certified diver. Well, I have so I get one point. Easy, right? There is a potential to get 60 points with
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I am now an open-water certified SCUBA diver, how often should I dive? The answer: the more the merrier. Diving is like a lot of other sports – The more you practice, the better you become at diving. The better you become at diving, the more your comfort level increases. The more comfortable you become, the
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Divers and boaters alike should know what these flags look like and the rules that go with them. The rules associated with them are to keep everyone safe. Please take a look at the rules for Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas Waters. In one of my classes, I assigned “extra homework” for a student. Here
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How did Fall get here so fast? In the blink of an eye it’ll be over. Holy cow! Can you believe that we are over halfway through the month of October? October, did I just say October? Why yes, yes I did. That means that it is time for the 18th Annual Underwater Pumpkin
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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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Does anyone know what is coming up??? If you follow us on facebook, you’ve probably seen the “traveling” animals… Does that tell you that the Safari Hunt is coming up? It should!!! Who is ready? If you don’t know what that is… check out the fun had at the 2013 and 2014 Safari Hunts. What
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All spring long I have mentioned that the rain equals diving. Boy does that feel like the understatement of the century after this weekend, whew! First off hopefully everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day. After a very rainy weekend, Memorial day here in the Ozarks turned out quite beautiful. As for the rest of the
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