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  1. saltydawgtexan

    Aquarena "Deconstruction" Update

    Rest assured, the program will very likely will not be what it was. They pretty much don't have a clue what will happen, until it happens...
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    Balmorhea closed to diving until further notice

    Likely some of those pesky snakehead/mosquito larva hybrids...
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    Aquarena Progress

    As of yesterday the scoop is the sub will be attempted again in a week or so. They are bringing in one of the giant cranes which is a deal just getting it there and inside Aquarena. The ones they have are not heavy enough and the angles too long to support the weight. The sub will still have...
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    Texas dive location help please

    Hey! Check out Tyler State Park. We did openwater checkouts and I grew up diving there. Pound for pound one of my favorite dives in Texas. Wetsuit is good there. I have not dove there in years, but hear it is still good. I am wanting to get back up there myself. It is not that far from...
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    Texas Dive Show

    I have not been to the show but once since SeaSpace. That was in Houston 2009. It was o.k.; however, I have been told it has been on a downhill run ever since. I have been unwilling to drive to Dallas for it and am at this point, likely not willing to even drive to Austin. My thought is, if...
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    invaders from California

    Hate to be the bearer of more bad news... The name "Swamp Divers" should be you first clue. I, too recommend Duggan Diving in Universal City -- you can even recreate John's patented Texas Diving Simulator in the comfort of your own home: Step 1: Get in the shower and turn it on...
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    Texas Dive Show worth going to?

    If you happen to live in Dallas, then go. If you are going to have to make a long drive (like myself) then I'd say forget it. Why you would move a Texas dive show further away from the coast and many of the major dive lakes, I have no idea. I have not been since Houston and have no plans to...
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    Tyler State Park Clean-up and treasure hunt

    Too cool! Will plan on June 2011. It has been about 25 years since I dove Tyler State Park. Lots of memories of doing openwater checkouts with Larry Smith who owned Diver's Supply in Tyler in the late 70's and 80's. Have been longing to go back--this will be the perfect excuse!
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    Nasa nbl

    I was a diver/astronaut trainer there until last year. Hate to be perfectly blunt, but ain't gonna happen. At the very least, unless you have one hell of a giant reason for being in there, you have to be a NASA employee directly connected with mission development or astronaut training. We...
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    Dive World Austin says they do not maintain rental equipment until it fails

    It is extremely rare for me to weigh in on an issue on scubaboard; however, in this case I cannot resist... I find it extremely disturbing to see the complacency with regard to safety (and even customer service). Divers are very quick to forget that a regulator is a piece of life support...
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    Flooding on the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers

    Worked at Buba's all day yesterday spraying silt and junk off the walls and floors. Officials state that all rivers and lakes affected will be off limits for swimmers, boaters and tubers until Aug 1st -- there goes the 4th...
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    Flooding on the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers

    We got it here on the lake good. All my neighbors are flooded out. I have been in rescue mode for two days helping them and cleaning up. We are luckily on some of the highest ground on the lake. We have a boathouse with a full apartment above it--not sure it will survive or not, as it got 5...
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    I'm an Instructor!!

    Welcome to the NAUI family of the passing of the torch! Here is where we leave our legacies. Make 'em count!
  14. saltydawgtexan

    Longview Diving?

    I grew up diving there with an International SCUBA Diving Hall of Famer (Larry Smith--Divers Supply, Longview&Tyler). Lake O'the Pines--approx halh hour-45 minutes--former site of the Jim Clark Memorial -- Spearfishing contest in late 60's and 70's hosted by East Texas Aquanauts...
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    Nov. 4th: Dive In to the LCRA Archives

    Will plan on being there. Brad Watson
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