you forgot to think about those who work in the profession of scuba.... so there needs to be a "less than your neighbourhood paper boy" option in your list....
Scuba...the "rich man's" sport
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PerroneFord
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It's a poor man's sport from where I sit... because it's putting me in the poorhouse!
Income? I didn't know real divers actually earned one! Heck, I'm just a dive bum who gets his air and boat trips for free. No idea who actually pays my mortgage (it is being paid, right?).
ChrisA
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Diving is a rich man's sport? No way, At least when you compare it to sailboat racing it's not a rich man's sport. I've saved a ton of money by selling my boat A dry suit is a trivial expense compared to replacing a sail
Actually you can dive on any budget you want. If you shop around you can get into a ful set of gear for just under $1,000 and after that beach dives are just an air fill and maybe parking change. Others can spend $5k on equipment and fly to exotic places to dive
Actually you can dive on any budget you want. If you shop around you can get into a ful set of gear for just under $1,000 and after that beach dives are just an air fill and maybe parking change. Others can spend $5k on equipment and fly to exotic places to dive
High initial expense can be offset by renting equipment and buying second hand, would recommend buying your own mask and regulator but get rental / second hand equipment for the rest
not a rich mans sport, but like anything you can make it one 
all depends on all suff you wanna buy
all depends on all suff you wanna buy
Like any other "extreme sport", scuba diving is only as expensive as you let it become. The initial equipment purchase is what intimidates most people, but if you're going to dive more than the once-a-year vacationer then your equipment will eventually pay for itself if you keep it in good condition and serviced properly.
Try skydiving and see just how expensive it gets. The initial equipment purchase there will simply scare you to death! In some cases, you have to meet the USPA class "A" license requirements before a DZ will sell you equipment, that's roughly 20 skydives at $50-$100 per dive! Then you have to locate a Drop Zone (DZ) that has a pilot and aircraft that is insured to allow you to skydive. Dives can be cheap once you have your own gear, but that's how it is in almost every sport.
So for skydiving:
Dives for license: (high side on 20 dives) $2000
Initial Equip purch: (new gear) $3000-$6000
Gear set up: (initial) $50-$200, then reserve pack annually $100
Total to get you out on your own (w/o aircraft rental): $5000-$8000
Try skydiving and see just how expensive it gets. The initial equipment purchase there will simply scare you to death! In some cases, you have to meet the USPA class "A" license requirements before a DZ will sell you equipment, that's roughly 20 skydives at $50-$100 per dive! Then you have to locate a Drop Zone (DZ) that has a pilot and aircraft that is insured to allow you to skydive. Dives can be cheap once you have your own gear, but that's how it is in almost every sport.
So for skydiving:
Dives for license: (high side on 20 dives) $2000
Initial Equip purch: (new gear) $3000-$6000
Gear set up: (initial) $50-$200, then reserve pack annually $100
Total to get you out on your own (w/o aircraft rental): $5000-$8000
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