AaronRiot
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That was awesome. Thanks for sharing! Makes me want to give the Niagara drift a go..!
Love the Go pro extendable mount thing too.
Love the Go pro extendable mount thing too.
Drift with a twist
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FuzzyNutz
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So much for the last thread I posted in... about how going slow is key to more enjoyable diving... this looks AWESOME!!
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DaleC
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Thanks all.
DA, I didn't like the looks of my rig on review but it was only double SM dive # 4 so I'm still tweaking as I go. The current was more than expected so the entry was swim like hell to clear the shore then swim the other way to avoid the bridge. I didn't even have time to slip the bungies over the valves. On the next dive I routed my left second stage much better and I'm still waiting for bigger snapbolts so I can put my butt plate back on. That acted to pull the tanks back and up before when bungied (I just can't clip them myself with small snaps).
Andrew, no need to suffer. Next up: wild sturgeon bronc riding!
No cash in the wallet but ID and credit cards - new gear here I come!!!! Just kidding
The person actually lives right near my work (according to the D.L.) so I plan to slip him the cards with a note telling how I found them and a link to the video. Should be funny.
DA, I didn't like the looks of my rig on review but it was only double SM dive # 4 so I'm still tweaking as I go. The current was more than expected so the entry was swim like hell to clear the shore then swim the other way to avoid the bridge. I didn't even have time to slip the bungies over the valves. On the next dive I routed my left second stage much better and I'm still waiting for bigger snapbolts so I can put my butt plate back on. That acted to pull the tanks back and up before when bungied (I just can't clip them myself with small snaps).
Andrew, no need to suffer. Next up: wild sturgeon bronc riding!
No cash in the wallet but ID and credit cards - new gear here I come!!!! Just kidding
The person actually lives right near my work (according to the D.L.) so I plan to slip him the cards with a note telling how I found them and a link to the video. Should be funny.
I had an acceptable side mount configuration going after maybe half a dozen dives - and have spent the last couple years making minor tweaks and changes. I finally like what I have now...until I find something I decide could be improved on it.Thanks all.
DA, I didn't like the looks of my rig on review but it was only double SM dive # 4 so I'm still tweaking as I go. The current was more than expected so the entry was swim like hell to clear the shore then swim the other way to avoid the bridge. I didn't even have time to slip the bungies over the valves. On the next dive I routed my left second stage much better and I'm still waiting for bigger snapbolts so I can put my butt plate back on. That acted to pull the tanks back and up before when bungied (I just can't clip them myself with small snaps).
Andrew, no need to suffer. Next up: wild sturgeon bronc riding!
No cash in the wallet but ID and credit cards - new gear here I come!!!! Just kidding
That's part of the fun and video is a great way to gather information on how it looks in the water.We used to catch sturgeon by the tail, point them at our buddy and then release them. They dart straight forward when escaping, so they will swim right into a diver you aim at. Great fun at the time!
Hey, great ride!! It's like the St Clair River which Lake Huron pours into only shallower. Was right there with you on the dive.
A suggestion from one river sidemounter to another is to put the regs on so that they are facing in against your chest, so, as my instructor says "the expensive bits are protected". I leave the SPGs pointing inwards like DAAquamaster suggested.
Thanks again for the ride, and what does it say on the back of your rig?
A suggestion from one river sidemounter to another is to put the regs on so that they are facing in against your chest, so, as my instructor says "the expensive bits are protected". I leave the SPGs pointing inwards like DAAquamaster suggested.
Thanks again for the ride, and what does it say on the back of your rig?
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DaleC
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Just a bunch of stickers. I'm taking donations...
clownfishsydney
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We have a dive in NSW, about 100 km north of Sydney, at a spot called Swansea Channel. Here the Pacific Ocean comes into Lake Macquarie via a narrow channel. You can go about 1.5 km in 35 minutes, and that is trying to avoid a large tidal change. See similar things, shopping trolleys, bikes, beer bottles etc. Good to do every few years, it is a buzz.
Thanks for posting. That was awesome. I think the fastest I've drift in low viz was 2 km/h. Based on time and distance at the end you must have been moving close to 5 km/h. Love the scooped sunglasses at 1:10 and the wallet at 2:30. I also saw something under the rocks at 5:00 but couldn't make out what it was. Makes me want to do a trip to Penticton.
Edd Sorenson describes it pretty well. He points out that you don't want your hoses or regs to get put between a rock and a hard place, and since tanks are made from steel or aluminum which is hard and caves (or in this case some river bottoms) are made of rock, you want the hoses and regs placed between you and the tank, since divers (except maybe Edd) are soft.
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