OW Class in a BP/W.... PADI version

[Snowbear]

kudos to both students and scott! i was nowhere near that during my OW class

Neither was I.
Scott was my OW and AOW instructor.
He's come a long way since then

 

[Hoosier]

Man, that is SO cool. I wish I had had that kind of instruction in OW.

Agree! It is everyone's dream...

 

[Rick Inman]

That's excellent! What fun!

Looks like good winter vis, too.

 

[OE2X]

I'm almost feeling sorry for all the knee pad manufacture people that will now be layed off if this sort of instruction becomes the norm.

FWIW - Oh white bear you are far too humble. I suspect the students got a lot from their association with you. If as nothing but an example. Uncle Pug considers you the finest diver he knows...

 

[DiverBuoy]

Forgive my scepticism, that can't be the 3rd dive that guy has ever made. I'm going to take a WHOLE LOT more convincing.

 

[OE2X]

If Snowbear says it's three dives, you can trust that is the truth.

 

[scubamickey]

Forgive my scepticism, that can't be the 3rd dive that guy has ever made. I'm going to take a WHOLE LOT more convincing.

Come up to Alaska and dive with one of the OW classes if you don't believe.

 

[Snowbear]

Forgive my scepticism, that can't be the 3rd dive that guy has ever made. I'm going to take a WHOLE LOT more convincing.

Yep it is (after the pool sessions of course ). I was there for the first 2 as well. Due to a couple of suit floodings, dive 4 will be rescheduled for another day.

Like I said, they are far from perfect, but they sure are trying and from what I can see, they're on the right track. There were the usual issues like unintended surfacing, unintended hitting the bottom, a lot of hand sculling, etc... but the fact that there was even the opportunity for me to get pictures like these says a lot, IMHO

 

[midwestdvr]

It is probably due to the fact that the students and instructors actually took the time to learn and teach the skills needed. I bet this wouldn't have happened if this was a resort/weekend course taken during a vacation.

 

[OE2X]

You know what with how cold the water gets up there, maybe they were frozen solid that way.