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Originally posted by bengalsmgtsucks
I agree...To have NASE really shocked me. Has anyone ever took there course. Give me a break. You can almost go straight from bubbly maker to course director.
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Originally posted by bengalsmgtsucks
I agree...To have NASE really shocked me. Has anyone ever took there course. Give me a break. You can almost go straight from bubbly maker to course director.
Originally posted by ScubaScott
I haven't been back to this thread in a long time....... since nobody answered me request to have ACUC added about 3 months ago...... I'm glad to see other ACUC certs. come out from under the rocks......
Originally posted by ScubaScott
How's the diving on the Emerald Coast these days?
Originally posted by seahunter
The latest version of the PADI Open Water Course video presentation is so complete that there is very little an instructor can add that would be an improvement. In fact, an instructor allowed to run-on after the presentation could well confuse or dilute the information the new diver absorbed from the tapes. Dare I say that the video presentation is bright, active, energetic, even captivating and that it delivers the important facts in a clear, precise, consistent manner reinforced with picture, sound and repitition? Sounds like a good instructor! But the tapes do it every time, every day, everywhere - that doesn't sound like a normal instructor.
Stone,Originally posted by Stone
The 7 mil has gone back in closet. At this rate, I might skip the 3 mil and go straight to the diveskin. This has been the warmest spring I can remember (we usually don't get into the 90s until late June).
Originally posted by Rick Murchison
Stone,
We're headed for the Mica the 7th. May have a slot or two left if you're interested - Island Diver out of Hydrospace.
Rick