Hello! Newbie on the boards (obviously), but I have been lurking around for a couple days to try and learn a little about scuba. I'm not certified and I'm not taking classes at the moment, but it's in the plans.
A little history. I'm actually not a complete newbie when it comes to scuba. When I was 13, I went with my grandpartents to visit some family out west. My uncle was working as a scuba instructor at the time and he and his coworker gave us a crash course in scuba so we could go out a few times. Two 12+ hour days of instruction, videos and tests, a full day of pool time, then three ocean dives over two days. It was intense, but amazing!
Got my Junior Cert., but that was 16 years ago. And, unfortunatly, I didn't really have any opportunies to ever use it once I got home, so I have long since forgotten everything about it except how much fun it was!
So, I decided it's time I do something for me and get back to scuba. I have a personal goal I need to work on and once I've acheived that, my reward is that I get to start taking lessons. (a great reward, don't you think?) I probably won't get a chance to do the lessons until July or so, but I'm trying to learn all I can before then, which is why I'm here.
A little history. I'm actually not a complete newbie when it comes to scuba. When I was 13, I went with my grandpartents to visit some family out west. My uncle was working as a scuba instructor at the time and he and his coworker gave us a crash course in scuba so we could go out a few times. Two 12+ hour days of instruction, videos and tests, a full day of pool time, then three ocean dives over two days. It was intense, but amazing!
Got my Junior Cert., but that was 16 years ago. And, unfortunatly, I didn't really have any opportunies to ever use it once I got home, so I have long since forgotten everything about it except how much fun it was!
So, I decided it's time I do something for me and get back to scuba. I have a personal goal I need to work on and once I've acheived that, my reward is that I get to start taking lessons. (a great reward, don't you think?) I probably won't get a chance to do the lessons until July or so, but I'm trying to learn all I can before then, which is why I'm here.
Unfortunately the Twin Cities are a little too far away to go for classes, and so is Duluth. I'm more in the middle of the state. But we do have a pretty good dive shop here, so I'll be able to take classes here anyway. When I start looking for my own gear though...
