KBeck
Contributor
I'll throw in my thoughts as a former newbie/new SB'er. When I found Scubaboard, I read. A lot. And absorbed. A lot. And almost got scared away by the gung-ho "Techies" (I'm keeping the phrasing simple).
There you are, a simple, new recreational diver. You just want to go in the water, breathe a little and come back. Simple, right? So, afer seeing the multitudes of more technically oriented divers on the board, some with strong opinions, I presumed that most of the board was of that nature. So, I almost left.
Don't. Keep reading. Keep absorbing. First, you will start to find the many many divers like me who just want to dive. Who just want to find some more people to dive with. And then you sart getting the ability to sort the good stuff from the bad stuff.
I slowly started learning how to achieve better buoyancy--a good skill, no matter what level diving you intend to do. I learned what "trim" means. I learned the difference between different types of gear and what the advantages--and disadvantages--of each were. Etc. Etc.
And finally, eventually came to apply that knowledge to the diving I do in the location I generally dive in.
So, I was and am one of the people Diver0001 is addressing, in other words.
Take Scubaboard as a whole and don't let one set of opinions scare you off.
There you are, a simple, new recreational diver. You just want to go in the water, breathe a little and come back. Simple, right? So, afer seeing the multitudes of more technically oriented divers on the board, some with strong opinions, I presumed that most of the board was of that nature. So, I almost left.
Don't. Keep reading. Keep absorbing. First, you will start to find the many many divers like me who just want to dive. Who just want to find some more people to dive with. And then you sart getting the ability to sort the good stuff from the bad stuff.
I slowly started learning how to achieve better buoyancy--a good skill, no matter what level diving you intend to do. I learned what "trim" means. I learned the difference between different types of gear and what the advantages--and disadvantages--of each were. Etc. Etc.
And finally, eventually came to apply that knowledge to the diving I do in the location I generally dive in.
So, I was and am one of the people Diver0001 is addressing, in other words.
Take Scubaboard as a whole and don't let one set of opinions scare you off.