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Hi Tim, I remember you (and your car back then!). I was certified open water with Greg Ballard, then Paul Wagenseller for Advanced Open Water and Dive Coordinator. Dan Walsh went on the skipper the Bottom Scratcher and made great homemade pizzas. I remember those two boats well, as well as their advanced water balloon launcher....OK, brand new to this forum and using my first post to resurrect a 9 year old thread. Don't ya just love guys like me?
First Certified NASDS by Greg Ballard of Scuba Sciences in PHX (others there Paul Wagonseller, Dan Walsh, Steve Nisky & Dan Bollander)
Attended the NASDS Instructors college in 79 or 80: Instructors were Tony Zimos, Richard "Dick" Hammas and I think Tom Wilson. My number...OWIC 426
Worked at Scuba Sciences, Phx and Tempe; San Diego Divers, La Jolla store only; Aloha Dive Shop, Honolulu; North Country Scuba, Laconia NH
Haven't dove for a while and lost ALL my dive stuff (equipment, C cards, log books...) in a house fire in 2006. Only thing left of my at pac was a mound of reformed lead shot.
I read this thread front to back and really enjoyed all the stories of Tony Z, San Diego Divers, Kevin Murphy, John Gaffney. Thanks for those great memories. Anyone remember diving off the Bottom Scratcher and Sand Dollar dive boats (San Diego) owned by Bill Johnston?
Thanks again for the stroll down memory lane.
Was in the same Dive Coordinator class with Bob Eul and worked several dives with him.Wow...sure fun to read through the previous posts. Certified 1989 through Scuba Sciences with Bob Eul.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Certified NASDS Z8682, May 1974, Burbank, CA. Can't remember the name of the shop but instructor was Masa Watanabi
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Yes! That was it, Aloha Dive Center. I don't know this for sure, but I heard that Masa had died in a diving accident in Hawaii.I never visited his shop but recall in the dust of my memory that it was "Aloha Dive Center" or possibly "Aloha Underwater sports shop"