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Knucklehead

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Hi there, not technically a new diver but might as well be after taking 13 years off.

I was 21 and living in Hawaii on a short job assignment. After spending far too much time in the bars I decided to find a more productive way of spending my time so I signed up for my PADI open water. I really enjoyed that so I went and bought all my gear and signed up for my advanced open water. Completed my advance open water then moved back to the mainland and in storage my gear went. Fast forward 13 years and here I am going through a SDI training class as a refresher along with my girlfriend who decided to get certified finally. Certification dives in catalina in a couple weeks and I can't wait to get back into diving. Might even sneak off for a dive with a friend before then.

A little about me. My name is Matt. I'm 34 years old lving in Southern California, Riverside to be exact. I work in the IT field by day. Come the evenings I wrench on dirt bikes. Just about every weekend the girlfriend and I can be found in the desert racing off-road dirtbike. We have a short break during the summer so we decided to get our feet wet.

I came across this site while looking for DIY scuba projects. Looks like there are quite a few liked minded people as myself that would rather spend hours in the garage making something rather than spend money buying it. Look forward to learning a lot here, and hopefully provide you with some entertainment. I usually live up to my screen name so watch out!
 
Hi Matt ...
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Glad to have another diver dusting off the cob webs and getting back into the WET!
 
Welcome to the 'board and back into SCUBA!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea, another two IE divers!!! Hey, knucklehead, feel free to drop on down to your local
dive forum and join in the fun =====> http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/socal/
The BeachCrabs are having a BBQ/dive gathering Sunday the 24th @ LaJolla... come on down to meet your future dive buddies... of course we dive alot, so keep connected.
 
Welcome back to SCUBA and to ScubaBoard. There's a very active community of divers in southern California where we do some real diving... you know, with 7mm wetsuits, vests, hoods and heavy weights. Something those wussies further north in their drysuits can't equal!
 
welcome to the neighborhood
 
Welcome Matt,
Dirt bike riding was a passion of mine back in the good old days. My KTM and Husky are long gone but my tools remain safely resting in the Snap-On boxes in my home shop. Now, weekly El Mirage visits have been replaced by regular trips to Catalina’s Casino Dive Park.

Again, welcome to ScubaBoard and I hope to see you at the dive park or on one of our local boats sometime soon.
 
We will be in catalina on the 6th and 7th.

The way I see it, I can dive on Saturdays and race on Sunday's. Call in sick on monday and dive again Monday!!!
 
Welcome to the 'board and back into SCUBA!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea, another two IE divers!!! Hey, knucklehead, feel free to drop on down to your local
dive forum and join in the fun =====> http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/socal/
The BeachCrabs are having a BBQ/dive gathering Sunday the 24th @ LaJolla... come on down to meet your future dive buddies... of course we dive alot, so keep connected.

We plan to come meet of with you all once Jannean gets her cert at the beginning of Sept. Will have to pass on the invite for the 24th, we will be racing, but thanks for the offer.


We are going to La Jolla cove tomorrow though. Jannean's gonna do some snorkeling while I dive with a friend. First dive outside of the pool in 13 years for me:11:
 

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