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    What do you do when donating to a panicked diver who initiates a buoyant ascent?

    This might be hard to believe but I dealt with a panicked buddy on the first dive of my life. My wife and I took a class with some of her work friends, including her boss (the OOG diver). At the end of the course, we are in the lovely (sarcasm) St-Lawrence river for the final in water 33ft...
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    For Sale Selling AquaLung i330r Dive Computer

    Hi, I'm interested. I'm also in Canada (Ottawa), where are you located? Thanks, Chris
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    Jacket vs back inflate for new diver?

    I've never tried that but honestly I don't see why I would prefer it to swimming back first. My wing is only partially inflated, it's not cumbersome at all. If someone is over weighted and needs a fully inflated wing maybe that could be problematic.
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    Jacket vs back inflate for new diver?

    My 2 cents....I've been diving for 10 years but still consider myself fairly new at it since I've only done 2-3 dives per year. I always struggled with my body position with a jacket style BC, for some reason it was hard for me to achieve effortless horizontal trim. I recently changed to the DGX...
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    Gearing up for retirement

    Hi all! Just signed up to the board after having used it to research gear purchases. I'm heading into retirement and plan to visit my sister in the Caymans for months at a time. Over the years we've done plenty of shore dives and I've always rented equipment but it's time to get my own stuff...
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