Hey gang,
Nice forums here, lots of info. Was certified initially when I was around 14 in 88' St. Lucia... didn't dive forever and sort of forgot about it as life rolled on. Fast forward 20 years and as I am now winding down my motorcycle roadracing 'hobbie' it's time to find something with a little less impact
Early this month I wrapped up my open water and dry suit certification. Last weekend just did my first underwater pumpkin carve - it was 32F outside and the water was a balmy 39F. I managed to complete the pumpkin and had a dive time of 37min ~20', toes and hands were certainly getting a little cool. Greatly underestimated the amount of bouyancy a pumkin has and how much air you can suck up just trying to cut the top off. Awesome time though and can't wait for next October.
I love buying bits and doodads, picked up Sherwood SR1 regs, a bare velocity 3/2 for Roatan this Feb (going to Fantasy Island), Tortuga BC (please no bp/w debates!
)mares superchannel fins, an oceanic geo DC, compass, light, knife etc. and now doing research into a drysuit for a guy 6' 6" 215 and 36" waist (35 on a good day). Looked at Bare/DUI but oddly enough may be leaning towards Pinnacle now as there is a distributor right in town that will do repairs with a quick turnaround time.
Really loving this sport so far, it's a nice change from bikes as I don't have to rebuild my reg every 500km and suits last more than a weekend
Cheers!
mittens
Nice forums here, lots of info. Was certified initially when I was around 14 in 88' St. Lucia... didn't dive forever and sort of forgot about it as life rolled on. Fast forward 20 years and as I am now winding down my motorcycle roadracing 'hobbie' it's time to find something with a little less impact
Early this month I wrapped up my open water and dry suit certification. Last weekend just did my first underwater pumpkin carve - it was 32F outside and the water was a balmy 39F. I managed to complete the pumpkin and had a dive time of 37min ~20', toes and hands were certainly getting a little cool. Greatly underestimated the amount of bouyancy a pumkin has and how much air you can suck up just trying to cut the top off. Awesome time though and can't wait for next October.
I love buying bits and doodads, picked up Sherwood SR1 regs, a bare velocity 3/2 for Roatan this Feb (going to Fantasy Island), Tortuga BC (please no bp/w debates!
)mares superchannel fins, an oceanic geo DC, compass, light, knife etc. and now doing research into a drysuit for a guy 6' 6" 215 and 36" waist (35 on a good day). Looked at Bare/DUI but oddly enough may be leaning towards Pinnacle now as there is a distributor right in town that will do repairs with a quick turnaround time. Really loving this sport so far, it's a nice change from bikes as I don't have to rebuild my reg every 500km and suits last more than a weekend
Cheers!
mittens
