Scuba Diving: Sport or Hobby

[Bratface]

OK, how many of us have heard this from our non-diving friends? "you sure have an expensive hobby". I think of scuba diving as a sport and try to re-educate them. So tell me what do you think?

Is scuba diving a sport or a hobby?

 

[Wildcard]

More like an all consuming obsession.

 

[Gary D.]

It's one of my hobbies.
It's one of my Sports.
And
It's part of my occupation.

Gary D.

 

[dmmike]

SCUBA diving is life........ everything else is a hobby

 

[ProfessorAronnax]

I suppose I look at it as more of a sport. Here are the results of my last dive:
Rapidiver: 8 Lobsters: 0
Thus far, I'm undefeated for the season.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

I would call it more of an addiction.
If I don't dive for a while I get all cranky and miserable, get headaches and start thinking that so so conditions as very diveable!

 

[headhunter]

I treat diving like a sport, where you train for it and do it often. I think of a hobby as something that you do once in a while, but don't devote a lot of time and effort to it.

For example, snow skiing used to be a sport for me when I went skiing every weekend during the season and did sport specific excercise both in and out of the season. Now I get to ski once in a while and consider it a hobby.

I'm sure diving is treated as a hobby by many people as well.

For this reason, I find it easier to justify spending more money on a sport that I'm very involved with than a hobby.

Christian

 

[ghostdiver1957]

May be a hobby... but definately not a sport. Some types of diving may be considered sporting... such as spearfishing competitions and underwater bicycle races... but simple open water diving is more a hobby than anything. The only way something becomes a sport is if competition is involved... so unless you're trying to see who can hold their breath on ascent the longest without exploding... then scuba is not a sport... NOTE: Do NOT HOLD YOUR BREATH ON ASCENT! or for that matter any other time while on scuba... just being certain for all the ... well you guys know:05:

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Obsession. Addiction. All-consuming passion. Ranks right up there with sex.


(non-diving friends? You mean there are people who don't dive?) Hrmmmm...

 

[DandyDon]

It's a sport - it can kill you. :11: