Bob DBF
Contributor
A ScubaBoard Staff Message...
Most people who complete their OW training in the Minneapolis area never have a chance to make a giant stride entry except from the pool deck, because the open water dives are from shore and there aren't suitable docks, sea walls, etc., to use for practice.
Although I wasen't in Minneapolis for OW, the pool work went from the giant stride off the edge of the pool to the one meter board and finally off the three meter board. The ocean dives were from the shore and later from a large Zodiac, to round out as many entrances and exits as the instructor could manage.
Bob