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I'd call it playing the odds, were it not for the fact the <20 dive diver typically has no concept of what those odds are. It's a trust me dive of the worst kind because many of these new divers think they're safe with a DM. Many of the divers I've seen on vacation seem to equate the experience...

IMO, safety would be the biggest advantage of professional instruction. Thinking about it, there's only two reasons I can think of for seeking professional instruction: Safety and efficiency of training. Crap, I forgot Certification.... That's three reasons. For some, I suppose...

I dived an At-Pac after certification in 77', when the SP stabilizer jacket was pretty popular. Working at the LDS, I tried everything, but nothing came close to the At-Pac in terms of stability, streamlining and trim. When I recertified in 05', I was looking for another At-Pac, but they'd...

I believe so. I had a Black Diamond and it had something like five or more dumps. My current rig has one butt dump and the inflator head. When scootering, I'd have to come off the trigger every time I dumped. Reach back to the bottom left dump and pull the cord. I might jack my ass up a bit to...

I see it more as a reduction of failure points and redundant features.

I'll be buying a pair for pool use. My Jets are a tad too heavy to balance the pool rig I use and the SWN allow me to hover motionless without dragging my feet down. Frog kick is fine, just feels different than Jets. I have a working back kick, but it's not as efficient as Jets. I'll post a...

I believe anything in diving can be learned without formal instruction.

Well, that's why I spelled it out for him. ;) Not to disagree with your point, though. I've seen some of the worst instructors receive high praise from students who lacked any model of comparison.

Josh was great. Loads of information and an easy guy to talk to. I seem to recall him telling me he's done over 1000 BWDs and that was two years ago.

I used a P&S during my dive and was told by the DM, Joshua, that AF has a hard time 'seeing' the critters. He's shot thousands of exposures, but that might be specific to what camera he was shooting with? All I was able to get with AF was blur and smudge.

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You'll need to use manual focus.

I've been affiliated with the LDS for the last six years. Things were booming in 2005, but I watched that taper off over the years to the point that several months had no class due to lack of interest. Last year, I went five months without instructing, then had four classes in a row with two or...

I've never failed a student, but I've had a few that failed themselves by giving up. I've issued a couple Scuba Diver certs to folks that didn't meet performance requirements during OW checkouts.

I had meant to update this thread with video of current classes, but flooded the camera sometime in early July. It took a while, but I got a replacement. The January class has been a blast. We'll be doing checkouts next weekend as long as the snow doesn't close the roads. This vid was shot on...

Great stuff. I demo things, but since I started introducing the concepts with video, students seem to get a lot more from the demos. It's also a lot easier to have discussions. ;)

Just a clarification, but the diver is actually breathing continuously. I use the video in OW class, so it would be awkward to explain why the diver would be holding his breath. Aside from that, you're spot on. Also a pretty good aid in describing what sucks about rental gear. ;) Four...

I started using this video during my last class and found it generated some good discussion, so thought I'd post it here. I run the video prior to the fourth pool session and set it up by asking the class what would happen to a neutrally buoyant diver were they to have 8# of ballast added to...