Hi everybody,
My screenname is webbedfoot (great for swimming/diving, by the way) and I just recently joined in with you all because somebody recommended the site. I have to say that it certainly seems to be active with interesting and enthusiastic divers.
Way back in the stone ages, like 1971, I was certified in California's Orange County as a NAUI SCUBA diver. Back in those days it was very much like attending boot camp-very physically demanding and very intense in it's approach. Single hose regs were new on the scene and a BC was nothing more than a big orange horse collar with a
Co2 cartridge hooked to a rip cord that you were supposed to pull to inflate the vest that would, in-turn, bail you out if you had trouble!
Although it taxed my income level and dive buddies were hard to come by, I did dive some back then, but as a young guy other things just seemed to take the spotlight and diving eventually became a fond memory. But alas, a little more than two years ago my wife and son expressed an interest in diving. Talk about exciting! The new gear is awesome, reliable, and dare I say it, stylish. The PADI method was so user friendly, and the military attitude (and dive tables) were history. This sport has found it's way back to me, and I back to it.
To make a long story still long, I've since done Advanced, Rescue, Divemaster, have Interned with an Instructor and currently have reservations to do a PADI IDC this November. Me, an Instructor? Webbedfoot is back, baby!
By the way- This time I plan to keep diving till I have to wear grampers in my wetsuit.
Till then,
webbedfoot
My screenname is webbedfoot (great for swimming/diving, by the way) and I just recently joined in with you all because somebody recommended the site. I have to say that it certainly seems to be active with interesting and enthusiastic divers.
Way back in the stone ages, like 1971, I was certified in California's Orange County as a NAUI SCUBA diver. Back in those days it was very much like attending boot camp-very physically demanding and very intense in it's approach. Single hose regs were new on the scene and a BC was nothing more than a big orange horse collar with a
Co2 cartridge hooked to a rip cord that you were supposed to pull to inflate the vest that would, in-turn, bail you out if you had trouble!
Although it taxed my income level and dive buddies were hard to come by, I did dive some back then, but as a young guy other things just seemed to take the spotlight and diving eventually became a fond memory. But alas, a little more than two years ago my wife and son expressed an interest in diving. Talk about exciting! The new gear is awesome, reliable, and dare I say it, stylish. The PADI method was so user friendly, and the military attitude (and dive tables) were history. This sport has found it's way back to me, and I back to it.
To make a long story still long, I've since done Advanced, Rescue, Divemaster, have Interned with an Instructor and currently have reservations to do a PADI IDC this November. Me, an Instructor? Webbedfoot is back, baby!
By the way- This time I plan to keep diving till I have to wear grampers in my wetsuit.
Till then,
webbedfoot
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