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I can't comment on specifically why skin would be most impacted, but all deco schedules assume a specific ascent rate. If you go slower than specified, you are going to continue on-gassing during the deeper part of your ascent, and therefore have a larger decompression obligation than your plan...

Salvo Diving still sells the bolt style. I have 2 of these, a Halcyon and a Salvo, as far as I can tell the only diference is the marketing and I recall Salvo was a lot cheaper than Halcyon. Mine are balanced and I wouldn't want an unbalanced model. You will be happy for making the switch.

Amazon.com, for one. Search on "Water's Journey."

Get a good bit of experience, advance to instructor or higher, then get really lucky and get a sales rep job with one of the big manufacturers, or start your own shop. If you want to do it on instructing alone, recalibrate your ideas of a reasonable lifestyle, think about what job you will...

Tom Winters graciously loaned me his a year ago or so. I have to say it was great as far as correcing my vision went. I was in that magic zone where I required no contacts underwater to get perfect u/w vision. It also opened up my peripheral vision. I have not bought one though. I like a...

Jeeze, this is Scubaboard, not EnglishMajorBoard. If he's stressing you guys out so much why don't you go rearrange you dive gear or square up the edges on your nitrox wraps or something... ChrisCrash, if you're for real, which I am beginning to question, it's cool to read about and think...

I heartily endorse FredT's plates. I have three, including a long and heavy steel, and they are great. Note that not all plates are the same, and as far as I am concerned the salient differences are the degree of finish (will the plate abrade your harness straps) and the geometry of the bends...

My prediction is you are going to have trouble with these. A small number of 6351 alloy cylinders have shown sustained load cracking. That alloy has been discontinued. Setting aside the fact that they are 20 year old aluminum cylinders of any kind (leading me to wonder whther they will pass...

Or, if you wanted to use air, using VPlanner (decompression software - make sure you have proper training) I get about 40 minutes of deco on air with a conservatism rating of +2. At a conservative SAC rate, I'd use about 150CF of gas to do the dive. I wouldn't want to use double 80s for that...

Unless that's the only way the instructor knows how to do it...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/01/12/nikon.film.ap/index.html NEW YORK (AP) -- Nikon Corp., which helped popularize the 35mm camera five decades ago, will stop making most of its film cameras to concentrate on digital models. The Japanese company said it wanted to focus on "business...

You've had a lot of reinforcement of your decision to advise on getting focused help. In case you are asking a different question, here's another take on it. I have DMed divers with experience but using new gear who have looked similar to what you describe. In those instances and I'm guessing...

I like the Seasoft Titanium Stealth boot. It does require a rather large fin pocket but it is really comfortable to walk in.

I log pretty much any open water dive. My logic is it helps me remember how much I love it underwater, what I see, how I felt, gear issues or the result of trying slightly new things, what my buddy was like, etc. I probably write 3 - 4 paragraphs after most every dive. Given the ratio of...

You may want to think more broadly about the DS. I was in Ft. Lauderdale last February (not what I consider a cold destination,) and I wore my DUI CF200 and 200g undergarment the whole week. I honestly believe that compared with my 5mm full suit wearing trip mates, I was by far the most...

Those of you with cameras that offer the option (or both at once) which do you prefer and why?

SOP for new/modified (including new o-rings) housings. Find a leak once and you will feel like a genius.

Are you kidding? Now that's truly a ROFLMAO. Which will be the first agency to certify an Internet Diver? I better post more to get my idive count up!

Maui is awesome in March. The humpbacks are there then with calves. Tons of turtles. Lots of shore diving and boat diving.

Question is, how did none of us manage to get a picture of that big boy?