Frog Dude
Registered
Q: How long have you been diving?
A: April was the 32nd anniversary of my C Card. NAUI. Prior to that a
few years with the Johnson Air Buoy.
Q: How deep you been?
A: 1000 FSW in a submersible, manned, tethered.
512 FSW pressed down in SAT.
Bounced around the recreational depth limit with tanks. Straight air.
Q: Whats your greatest accomplishment in diving?
A: Never been bent.
Q: Why do you dive?
A: My first love is the water. Boating, fishing and diving were logical
progressions.
Q: What types of diving have you done?
A: Sightseeing, wreck, photography, salvage/recovery and safety diver
for groups of new divers.
Q: What changes have you seen in 32 years of diving.
A: When I started you had tanks with a K valve and regulator, a horse
collar and you weighted yourself based on your planed depth. A
waterproof watch was a treat. Most of the regulators didnt have
balanced first stages so you had to determine your tank pressure by how
hard it was to breath. There was also the reserve lever on the valve.
For Safety
The Frog Dude handle came from some stoner bystander at an accident site where a car had driven into a lake. I responded to recover the bodies. The stoner said Hey, here comes the Frog Dude. The name stuck.
A: April was the 32nd anniversary of my C Card. NAUI. Prior to that a
few years with the Johnson Air Buoy.
Q: How deep you been?
A: 1000 FSW in a submersible, manned, tethered.
512 FSW pressed down in SAT.
Bounced around the recreational depth limit with tanks. Straight air.
Q: Whats your greatest accomplishment in diving?
A: Never been bent.
Q: Why do you dive?
A: My first love is the water. Boating, fishing and diving were logical
progressions.
Q: What types of diving have you done?
A: Sightseeing, wreck, photography, salvage/recovery and safety diver
for groups of new divers.
Q: What changes have you seen in 32 years of diving.
A: When I started you had tanks with a K valve and regulator, a horse
collar and you weighted yourself based on your planed depth. A
waterproof watch was a treat. Most of the regulators didnt have
balanced first stages so you had to determine your tank pressure by how
hard it was to breath. There was also the reserve lever on the valve.
For Safety
The Frog Dude handle came from some stoner bystander at an accident site where a car had driven into a lake. I responded to recover the bodies. The stoner said Hey, here comes the Frog Dude. The name stuck.
