If you look at the magazine, it's published in Florida and has a seperate editorial staff from PADI. It's just another magazine trying to take market shares where Skin Diver left off.ams511:You are naive my friend. Look at Sport Diver magazine the official agazine of the PADI diving society. Nothing but paid equipment reviews and dive travel.
If you really want to complain about something, try the PADI Diving Society. PADI promotes it as if you're going to become a member of PADI. You don't get that until you're a Divemaster. I've had people ask if they are still certified, because their membership ran out.
Certifications are good for life, to my chagrin. Some sort of diving should be proven every year, to maintain your card.
That's completely false and shows a complete lack of knowledge about PADI. You must be trolling.ams511:PADI is a franchise like McDonalds they need to certify shops to make certs and for the shop to survive it needs to sell equipment. The two goes hand in hand.
SSI, SDI, PDIC and others, but not PADI and NAUI. You are showing your ignorance once again.ams511:I have certs from 3 agencies: PADI, NAUI, TDI. PADI OW from a dive shop, NAUI AOW and Rescue from a university, and TDI nitrox from and independent instructor. What agencies require their instructors to be certify through a dive shop?
Diving is a business and if the Instructor doesn't make money, s/he won't continue to teach. Most Independent Instructors fall by the wayside after they have trained their friends and family.ams511:Also if PADI decided tomorrow to require all teaching through a dive shop then the independent instructors would just cross-over to another agency so PADI would loose their certs.