Whether you are a new diver or a seasoned diver, it is always good to know the correct terms. Here is a list of the most common terms we use with their correct definition. Terminology 1st Stage – The portion of your regulator which attaches to the tank. This first stage reduces the pressure from …
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 …
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 …
How often should I service my dive gear? Every year around this time you hear, bring in your SCUBA gear to get serviced. Don’t forget, etc etc. Then Grady puts on a SCUBA gear maintenance class. This usually is a couple hours one day. He goes over everything that needs servicing and the y’s as …
Why should we cancel or abort a dive? This past Monday, January 1st of the New Year 2018, our dive club at Extreme Sports Scuba did NOT have our annual Polar Bear Dive. On the 27 of December, a decision was made to cancel the dive club dives for the day due to the predicted …
Merry Christmas Eve, Eve, Eve. Yes, that means we’re 3 days away from Christmas. I swear that’s a scary thought. Hopefully, you have all your Christmas shopping done and if not, make sure you check out this post for your one-stop shop for our featured SCUBA products. This year we tried to help take the …
Guys, it is that time of year… Santa will be here just before you know it… but you still have to find those perfect gifts for your loved ones on your Christmas shopping list. Today we have a treat for you… We have gone through and collected the best dive gear for $100 or less. …
This makes the second Wednesday type blog post for the week. Unfortunately, we had to. It would have made an extremely LONG blog post had we put men’s and women’s watches in the same blog post. With Christmas just around the corner, we didn’t want to wait a whole week for the men’s watches. That …
Here we are quickly approaching December. December means that Santa is visiting in case you missed that Memo. I wanted to make sure we’re all on the same page. You’re welcome. I’m sure you’ve probably heard mention that we recently (wow a month ago) went to DEMA. So for a couple years, we’ve looked at …
So, who is still running on the tryptophan-induced coma? Who knows what a tryptophan-induced coma is? Well, tryptophan is what you get when you eat turkey and supposedly it is associated with sleepiness. Since we just celebrated Thanksgiving, that means that if you ate turkey you had tryptophan. Okay, I believe the word you might …