What concepts did you first encounter here?

[TSandM]

I was having a discussion about Bob's Gas Management article with him this morning, and I thought about how many times someone gets referred to that article from here. Which got me to thinking about a number of things that one might not encounter in ones basic training, but would run across here.

I know my introduction to DIR came from SB. I'm pretty sure the first mention of Ratio Deco I ran across was here, too, although the seminal article was elsewhere.

So what did you stumble across for the first time here? Backplates? Gas management? Trim? Something else altogether?

 

[on_two_wheels]

Ummmmm.....almost everything in one way or another. Meaning, some of the things I didn't pick up here directly, I picked up from a dive buddy I met here. That article is a GREAT resource. Not sure if there's a sticky for it but there should be!!

Of those direct & indirect topics include: Using a BP/W, drysuit, gear configuration, use of an SPG, gas management, improving consumption...the list goes on.

 

[Crush]

Two things that I thought were very useful:

1. Rock bottom calculations; and
2. The "120 Rule" (yes, I know it is approximate).

 

[*dave*]

Every skill and bit of knowledge I truly value, was introduced to me on SB.
I think that's a pretty sad statement on the training I received.

I came online in 05' to find out what happened to the At-Pac and discovered DIR. I've been learning ever since.

 

[wrybosome]

Says Lynne:I was having a discussion about Bob's Gas Management article with him this morning, and I thought about how many times someone gets referred to that article from here.

What was the answer?



I first learned about these on SB:

cave diving
Rock bottom and gas management
DIR (not that I am)
"tech" diving
The Obama conspiracy to destroy America
the scuba police
Vintage diving
liveaboards
the warhammer manouver
backplates and wings
lift calculations
deco theory

I could go on

 

[seaducer]

DIR
Rock Bottom
Gas planning

That a BP/W is cool for my kind of diving too.
Everything I should know about UW photography but neglected to learn.
Non silting kicks.
Back kicking. Before SB I would not have believed it.
C.O. detection, and why I need it.

I am sure there are more...

 

[Jim Lapenta]

BPW
Trim
That there were other agencies- Bet a few people don't like I found that out!
Gas Management
Buoyancy control and trim ARE for new divers
Rescue skills are part of OW training or should be
And mostly that people who you have never seen and never met can be the best friends when tragedy hits you. More so than ones who you are around all the time.

 

[Mike Boswell]

I have learned SO much on SB I couldn't begin to list it all - certainly all of the things listed above.

Good diving books to read, i.e. "Deco for Divers".
Good vacation spots, i.e. Bonaire.
Good equipment to buy (BP/W, HP100's).
Good safety stuff to look into (SMB's).
Stuff to put in my save-a-dive kit.
Dive movies to see.
Diving skills like finning techniques, buoyancy control and trim.
Dive planning techniques like gas management.
About scooters, doubles, rebreathers, DIR, Fundies, and so much more.

Thanks, SB, and thanks to all the SB regulars who generously share their knowledge with the rest of us.

 

[ligersandtions]

A couple things come to mind:

-BP/W
-DIR
-Gas management
-That it was possible to ascend horizontally (i.e. didn't need to swim up!)

I'm sure there are many others....and many that I learned from a good buddy of mine....not a ton that I learned in my early classes.

 

[hdtran]

Ascend at 30fpm, even though the "book" says 60 fpm.
No more than 1 new thing at a time.
Stop, Breathe, Think, Act (thanks, BigJetDriver! I still think of you & your helpful posts!)