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This is a very good thread. I safety-dive for a YMCA instructor (have been working on my assistant cert) for years now. One thing that I see over and over is students with a time frame. Not knowing the sport, the enter classes saying, "I have to have my C-card by May 1 because that is when my...

Do they accommodate vegetarian/pescetarian diets? Or is it all burgers and bacon?

This is a good thread, Dr. B. I can't tell you how many times I have been safety diving with Tom's classes and had students who had to wait and wait and wait to exit because the stairs have been hijacked with some pretty disorganized exit/gear shedding methodology for a loooong time. Sometimes...

I guess I am torn about the idea of standardizing entry and exit proceedure since different people need to do it differently, but I agree with the person who said that we need to clear those entry and exit points as quickly and neatly as possible. I also agree with the diver who says that less...

That is short for "certification" card, friend. About the older woman in the hotdog's class - a lot of classes move too fast for some trainees. If a person does not come into a basic open water class with a high degree of comfort in the water already, they are probably going to feel very...

There are non-shark reasons I would like to have a variety of colors available - #1: When you are on a boat, there is always just a big pile of black STUFF of various makes and sizes. It is a relief when someone is the "Yellow guy" or the "pink girl" and we can just eliminate their items from...

I am also a cold water diver - SoCal (not as cold as you), and I also love it.

Glad to have you in our worldwide family of underwater nuts.

I am also coming back after a long break. Nice to meet you.

Isn't scuba the ideal intergenerational sport? I am originally from Illinois. Do you dive Lake Michigan?

I am in Los Angeles, but I wanted to say "Welcome," and see ya on the bottom when you come out here to dive.

The way I look at split fins is that they are most appropriate for people with injuries or who are new to the sport and lack leg strength at the moment. If I were assisting a student who knew he was just going to boat dive in mellow, tropical waters, and he had had knee surgery (like me), I...

Zeagle Ranger BC (way too complicated to rethread after dumping weights) Expensive dive bag (got stolen anyway) Cheap snorkel with no purge Wrist computer (is tough to put on with gloves, and I forget it often) and with my buddy's gear: her honkin' heavy steel tank Her harness weight belt

I am hearing so many inspired ideas here, and that can only be because divers value the sport enough to think analytically and envision a bright future for the sport. Whatever we have been lacking, it is not smart cookies among those who stay wet. What I would like to see changed is the...

This is why I love this forum so much - divers are so forthcoming with info and resources! I had a nerve study on MOnday that indicated that some of my nerves no longer conduct impulses. I was actually relieved to hear that I was not imagining things. I have felt like the Drs do not believe...

Redondo Beach, CA. The water was murky and cold, and the romance gave way to stress. I had not banked on this. I was not even sure if I wanted to keep this up. Then the next week, the class went to Catalina...and I knew I was in the right sport.

I hate to start a new thread if there is something similar, so I will ask my question here. I also have othopaedic problems due to a repetitive motion stress injury in my hand and arm. They have traced the origin of most of my pain to my neck, where they said something about "small bumps" on...