Hello ScubaBoard!
Thanks for the opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Christian and I'm from Altadena, CA.
Originally certified NAUI in 1979 in Santa Barbara by Sam Spaulding, I later took a full semester class at Cal State Northridge in 1985 with a gentleman whom I thought was a phenominal instructor named Richard "Dick" Stride and got an LA County Certification from him. I only mention this in case someone knows either of these 2 gentlemen.
I did quite a bit of diving for a number of years and then "life got in the way" and I stopped. The last dive I did was in Lanai, Hawaii in 1997 although I really stopped diving quite a few years before that. Before I stopped, I was comfortable doing no deco dives to 100 ft and knew and carried the deco tables, just in case. The only diving I did with a computer was with an Orca Edge that I borrowed from the Dive Shop at Sport Chalet when I worked in their La Canada store (mostly in the ski shop). I enjoyed borrowing and playing with the DPV rentals as well.
Although I am "technically" not a novice, I am approaching the process of getting back in the water as if I were a novice. After all, having been out of the water for so long, I'm not sure how bad my skills may have become. I aspire to getting into what I now see is called "tech diving", but not until I am comfortable with my renewed (and other newly discovered) water skills. I imagine that it might take a while.
I went to quite a few dive shops in the area to figure out where I might fit in and Hollywood Divers appears to be a good fit. They seemed to fit with the diving philosophy I was originally taught.
I'm working on getting back into what I consider to be a minimum for cardio-vascular shape when it comes to beach diving (which I've always enjoyed). I'm hiking in the hills of Altadena and plan on getting back on my mountain bike in the next couple of weeks for some "hill climbs".
As part of the process of "getting ready", I have spent many hours reading information on the Internet. That's how I learned about scubaboard.com. It has become a great place to find information with a minimum of flame wars to wade through and yet still has a variety of opinions.
Well, I hope that wasn't too long of an introduction...and now that I've read what I wrote I hope it doesn't sound like a "personals" ad! ;-)
I've enjoyed lurking on your board up to now.
Thanks.
Christian
Thanks for the opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Christian and I'm from Altadena, CA.
Originally certified NAUI in 1979 in Santa Barbara by Sam Spaulding, I later took a full semester class at Cal State Northridge in 1985 with a gentleman whom I thought was a phenominal instructor named Richard "Dick" Stride and got an LA County Certification from him. I only mention this in case someone knows either of these 2 gentlemen.
I did quite a bit of diving for a number of years and then "life got in the way" and I stopped. The last dive I did was in Lanai, Hawaii in 1997 although I really stopped diving quite a few years before that. Before I stopped, I was comfortable doing no deco dives to 100 ft and knew and carried the deco tables, just in case. The only diving I did with a computer was with an Orca Edge that I borrowed from the Dive Shop at Sport Chalet when I worked in their La Canada store (mostly in the ski shop). I enjoyed borrowing and playing with the DPV rentals as well.
Although I am "technically" not a novice, I am approaching the process of getting back in the water as if I were a novice. After all, having been out of the water for so long, I'm not sure how bad my skills may have become. I aspire to getting into what I now see is called "tech diving", but not until I am comfortable with my renewed (and other newly discovered) water skills. I imagine that it might take a while.
I went to quite a few dive shops in the area to figure out where I might fit in and Hollywood Divers appears to be a good fit. They seemed to fit with the diving philosophy I was originally taught.
I'm working on getting back into what I consider to be a minimum for cardio-vascular shape when it comes to beach diving (which I've always enjoyed). I'm hiking in the hills of Altadena and plan on getting back on my mountain bike in the next couple of weeks for some "hill climbs".
As part of the process of "getting ready", I have spent many hours reading information on the Internet. That's how I learned about scubaboard.com. It has become a great place to find information with a minimum of flame wars to wade through and yet still has a variety of opinions.
Well, I hope that wasn't too long of an introduction...and now that I've read what I wrote I hope it doesn't sound like a "personals" ad! ;-)
I've enjoyed lurking on your board up to now.
Thanks.
Christian
