A ScubaBoard Staff Message...
Merged three threads into one
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Mr. Burrito,
Ohi yo Kazamouis ( I can speak some Japanese but can't spell it correctly)
"Burrito" Interesting name for a Japanese !
I was attempting to obtain a cross section of the awareness and year of,general usage and or adaption of the Submersible Pressure Gauge (SPG) by divers in Socal ( southern California) NorCal ( northern California) and the U.S. (United States aka USA.) for a forthcoming presentation "The Intriguing history of the SPG" at the at the Long Beach California SCUBA show .
It would be appropriate to conduct a survey of SoCal, NorCal and US divers. This national survey which has survived is of little interest but does have a certain amount of credence to my survey.
Your decision to eliminate the two most important sources SoCal and NorCal has made this survey useless. Especially SoCal which is where recreational diving began and should be the source of valid information
I would implore you to reestablish the SoCal and the NorCal surveys.
As one who was involved in the establishment of the Divers flag and the first expert with to defend the usage and establish the rights and privileges in a California court of law of a diver displaying a red and white flag, (Toso vs Burns) I would suggest that you might want to display your flag in your avatar correctly and not on it's side.
Should you happen to be in Long Beach California during the SCUBA show I would like to invite you to my second presentation at the show "The short history of the divers flag"
Please do not confuse me with So Sam IV who is a NAUI (Life), PADI Instructor, a Pro 5000 and a board certified ER & Hyperbaric doctor who will also be presenting a program "The effects of implants in divers"
Warmest regards from Sunny California
Dr. SDM 111
---------- Post added March 16th, 2015 at 09:31 AM ----------
Hi Sam,
I was certified by the LACUU in 1970. I dived with a J valve, without a SPG, until I bought my first equipment in 1972. I bought a Scubapro Mk5/109 with a SPG and a LP hose to inflate my buoyancy vest (not quite a BC as the harness and small back plate were separate). I was aware of SPGs before I bought one but my rental gear never included a SPG. I thought it better to know how much air I had rather than relying on the J valve. I dived quite a bit in kelp and used to periodically check to make sure my J valve was still up,
Today, I dive a hoseless AI primary, but, have a backup computer and SPG, just in case. Good luck with your talk.
Good diving, Craig
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Your response is what I wanted to hear...time and equipment
Son of a gun!
1970! when you were certified PADI had just been established and was contained in a cardboard box in Chicago
You were certified by the first and best program in the world. There was never a civilian program before LA Co and certainly none better than LA Co.
I was some what active in the LA Co program. In 1963 (?) I was awarded the first "Out standing contributions to Underwater instruction." for deigning and developing several unique training exercises and attempting to establish a rating system for Underwater Instructors which was turned down by LA Co, later NAUI but recognized some time later by PADI as a great step marketing diver training to generate funds. One must give John Cronin Credit he was certainly successful in marketing my original concept.
In 1969 I was honored as the "Out standing Underwater Instructor of the year. " Another LA Co first, identifying and honoring those who were active and instrumental in creating a new sport.
My I inquire who was your La Co instructor? Or where was it taught? With your back ground contained in your avatar I suspect USC (fight on!) or UCLA.
Thank you for Good Luck...I have presented the program to professional divers and it was well received I am in the process of revising it for the current crop of recreational divers
SDM
How about that 2 for 1!
