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It is probably my perspective of it (yukyuk), but I don't know how you'd give an opinion based on anything but your perspective of what you've experienced. I could see this an issue if someone thought their opinion or perspective of things were scientific fact, but I do not. Does that mean I...

Perspective is the way you see things, ie. an opinion. Those are neither necessarily factual nor something I expect others to pick up on just because that's how I see things. The part where we've been disagreeing and you go on to summarize what I feel I've been trying to communicate is slightly...

This seems to be a constant rate of replies of fire-backs because you all feel insulted, and I can see that its because I'm riding PADI's arse. That's not my intention and I do recognize that there are good and bad instructors on both sides of the fence. I do recognize as well that on both sides...

The same basis that you can find in any distributed OW manual. Right now the course currently focuses on surface tows/ swims for exhausted divers, very low gas management skills (maybe this is a difference in semantics*) and the basics of buoyancy and how to achieve it. I wouldn't call those...

I think that therein lies what I was trying to point out. The standards of NAUI are minimum where as the standards behind PADI are absolute. You can take the same instructor and have them teach under the two agencies and only one will back you up if you're outside those standards in denying...

Apologies, the minimum standards was in reply to the post I had quoted. Yes, I was referring to the no deviation policy. PADI instructors do teach to local conditions but that's pending authorization, the way it was explained to me by my dive shop. I was also told that they could only go so far...

Just given my experience and my anxiety sharks (unwarranted, I know), not at the moment. I wouldn't ever rule it out but I'd want to work on my nerves before being in the midst of all those.

I'm going to say diving just based on the careless feature: snowmobiling has more potentia to be bumped and knocked off your ride, even run you over but as far as life-changing injuries and death, you'll probably experience more diving. There's more room for error out of water than 80 feet under...

That's not at all fair to the instructors because if something ends up happening ie. a student dying or sustaining serious injury based on their "elaborated" and "supplementary" teachings outside of the PADI system, liability is now put on the dive shop and instructor, rather than to the PADI...

Art websites, diving websites and magazines (diving, sports, leisure, marine, tourism), friends. I'm sure any of those sources will be more than happy enough to credit your contributions.

I've sat with my fins out in front, obviously knelt with my fins under me flat down, but sitting can still be done with a combination of the two, I usually have one fin tucked under my other leg sideways sort of half sitting, half kneeling. I've also done the zen-Buddha crossed legs for fun but...

I think the only real benefits to that are sharing parts. Honestly if you're going to be buddies with one single person, and you can ensure that and depend on it you'll have more than enough time to "buddy up" and be intimately familiar with their gear before even leaving. Try it on, test it...

Excellent share, thanks! Side note, does anyone else think her face actually looks like a fake mask? Jesus... not saying I'd look any better though doing what she did, so kudos. Lovely diving, lovely art.

As far as what you're wearing in the pool to help you prepare for the OW dive I think the single most limiting thing you'll encounter is your 7mill wetsuit, especially if it's a full length. I find even moving from a 3/2 to a 5 is a world-changing difference in bending your arms to reach things...

You're a diver and you want to leave weight on the beach? Be inventive and bury it in a familiar location 10 feet down ;) nothing overly wrong with being lazy, it's just that we can only estimate while only a weight check will actually "solve" this if you're looking for precision. There's no...

Given it's essentially a copy of your old suit as claimed would it be cliche to just suggest jumping in the water and doing a weight check? Just come prepared to either ditch or add a couple weights- shouldn't take long because you should still be relatively close already. If your old suit was...

I'm all for the fitness and confidence but the practicality/ real world scenario of this happening, and also having to do this solo seems fairly low. Part to why I think it was abolished, short of task loading this has little real value. You rarely find yourself in 15 feet of water where you...

To my knowledge there's also little information we have on the science of living at depth for those lengths of time. If you ever needed to surface your body might react in a way a mountain climber experiences a lack of oxygen on Mt. Everest. It would probably feel like you're living in a space...

"This Video is Private" Cool.

In the defense of Suunto or any other manufacturer for that matter, I believe you have to submit your gear to an authorized technician once a year to maintain your warranties and support through the company. Not saying this may have changed the results, but it probably wouldn't have hurt and...