DIR video of open water divers

[jepuskar]

Look, im a newbie, im ignorant...i realize this and I accept it..so please tell me what the big deal is about this video?

Is it showing how the DIR divers are able to have a safefty stop without using the line, thus showing they have good bouyancy control??? Personally, I think all the divers in the video are probably DIR guys..they ones in back are acting out trying to make a point. I know nothing about DIR and what they are all about, but I do know about advertisement and this is purely advertisement.

Common sense tells me that any diver with the proper training can learn proper bouyancy and whether its DIR or PADI doesn't make a difference. Proper training is just that..proper.

Thoughts?

 

[O-ring]

Common sense tells me that any diver with the proper training can learn proper bouyancy and whether its DIR or PADI doesn't make a difference. Proper training is just that..proper.

 

[sheck33]

jepuskar once bubbled...
Is it showing how the DIR divers are able to have a safefty stop without using the line, thus showing they have good bouyancy control??? Personally, I think all the divers in the video are probably DIR guys..they ones in back are acting out trying to make a point. I know nothing about DIR and what they are all about, but I do know about advertisement and this is purely advertisement.

Common sense tells me that any diver with the proper training can learn proper bouyancy and whether its DIR or PADI doesn't make a difference. Proper training is just that..proper.

Thoughts?

i agree, proper training is just proper training, the issue is WHERE to get proper training. I dont think the guys on the line are DIR divers. I am very sad because of this non-DIR - DIR war, it is such a waste of energy....;-0

 

[landlocked]

O-ring once bubbled...
Landlocked,
You are a true moron. You have no clue. You are a danger to yourself and others and should be banned from the water and locked in a padded cell.

Egads! Found out at last! OK. I'll behave and go check the dive shop calendar for the next dive party with free food. A guy can wish can't he?

 

[O-ring]

Egads! Found out at last! OK. I'll behave and go check the dive shop calendar for the next dive party with free food. A guy can wish can't he?

Pug said it had to be done...I couldn't think of anything else to say since I agree with your assessment.

 

[divernva]

I'm curious why people think this is advertisement. My take is, if it were advertisement it wouldn't be "hidden". Which was what it was meant to be because there seems to be no other reference to the video on the page.

PADI teaches a vertical ascent. If you have a BC malfunction in this position, you're most likely going down to the bottom or shooting to the surface. PADI teaches to flare in a horizontal position to slow the ascent, if possible. Why not teach this horizontal position from the beginning? More difficult to maintain? More control and hence safer. Which is proper?

Proper training is in the eye of the beholder. Always continue to read and learn with an open mind.
Ken

 

[Soggy]

How does one do a horizontal ascent? My understanding is ascending is done by remaining neutral (or slightly negative), kicking up and venting air. Since propulsion would also be horizontal, the only way I can think of doing a horizontal ascent is by using the "magic elevator" which can lead to an uncontrolled horizontal ascent. Someone please enlighten me.

 

[O-ring]

Someone please enlighten me.

If you are truly neutral, all it should take to start you moving toward the surface is a breath that is a little deeper than your normal breaths. The reason many have to kick up is because they were never neutral in the first place and are always somewhat kicking up (i.e. looking like this / in the water) to maintain depth and stay off the bottom. With practice you can just start to gradually float up or down by varying your breathing a little bit and, of course, using your inflator/deflator to adjust for depth.

 

[Soggy]

Why is this technique "better"? I read about a horizontal position being possibly more effecient for off-gassing, but so is very light exercise, which you would not be getting in the horizontal position.

 

[O-ring]

You are already in the correct position to "flare" in order to control ascent speed. You are in the correct position to swim to your buddy should he/she experience an OOA or other emergency. Not to mention, it is easier to swim against a current horizontally than vertically. There is a possibility that it is more efficient for offgassing. It also acts to reinforce good trim in that you get used to being in that position for all your diving.