carbon
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The toypedo! It can take a few minutes to get the hang of it, after that it's awesome.
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MtnDiver
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Another vote for the Toypedo here!
We had a Toypedo and some weighted hard rubber rings to play with in the deep end during our confined OW dives. Kept us entertained after we covered all the skills and still had air in the tanks.
We would have one person toss a ring up in the water and somebody from several feet away try to shoot the Toypedo through the ring as it was moving. That was a good lesson in and of itsself: laughing with a regulator in your mouth can have undesireable consequenses!
We had a Toypedo and some weighted hard rubber rings to play with in the deep end during our confined OW dives. Kept us entertained after we covered all the skills and still had air in the tanks.
We would have one person toss a ring up in the water and somebody from several feet away try to shoot the Toypedo through the ring as it was moving. That was a good lesson in and of itsself: laughing with a regulator in your mouth can have undesireable consequenses!
mongoose
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I second(third, whatever) the toypedo. $7 at wal-mart.
But, here's how to make things interesting.
-- Create a diamond out of 4 10-in section of sch 40 pvc and 4 90-degree joints (use cement, not screw-in types.) Allow to dry at least 1 hr.
-- Tie this off with two 4-ft pieces of twine to two hard-weights laying on the bottom. The diamond should float 3-4 feet off the bottom. Two lines will keep the diamond from rotating.
-- Put a buddy on each side of the diamond
-- Attempt to throw the toypedo to each other through the diamond.
More challenging: Cross your legs and do not allow your fins to touch the bottom. Only swish side-to-side, and use your breathing to go up & down. Great for practicing bouyancy.
--Goose.
But, here's how to make things interesting.
-- Create a diamond out of 4 10-in section of sch 40 pvc and 4 90-degree joints (use cement, not screw-in types.) Allow to dry at least 1 hr.
-- Tie this off with two 4-ft pieces of twine to two hard-weights laying on the bottom. The diamond should float 3-4 feet off the bottom. Two lines will keep the diamond from rotating.
-- Put a buddy on each side of the diamond
-- Attempt to throw the toypedo to each other through the diamond.
More challenging: Cross your legs and do not allow your fins to touch the bottom. Only swish side-to-side, and use your breathing to go up & down. Great for practicing bouyancy.
--Goose.
I use both the toypedos and the frisbees in the pool with my students. The frisbees can be good for getting students to focus on their ascent rate while still having fun. I tell them that the frisbee will hurry to the surface but they must not violate their 30fpm ascent rate and then I make sure to stay above them at first to slow any overzealous divers but so far I haven't had to slow anyone down. I even let the discover scuba class use them and nobody violated their ascent rate.
One of the local OW sites has these really flat rocks and I like to throw them side-arm, they come back to you like a boomerang (I call the game boomer-rock).
We do a zero vis excercise with our OW students where we use aluminum foil to black out their masks. They learn to do their skills in the shallow end without being able to see then they go on a "treasure hunt" in the deep end. We throw old CO2 cartridges and bank bottle valves in the pool as well as some sand filled pool diving toy "critters". They have to come back with 4 metal objects per buddy pair. The students enjoy swimming around blindfolded holding their buddy's hand and sweeping along the bottom with their free hand to find the "treasure" without illegally capturing any "game." They have to be able to communicate with their buddy when they find a piece of treasure so the team knows when to ascend. The blindfolded ascent must be made at 30fpm and they learn to "feel" a slow ascent.
Ber :lilbunny:
One of the local OW sites has these really flat rocks and I like to throw them side-arm, they come back to you like a boomerang (I call the game boomer-rock).
We do a zero vis excercise with our OW students where we use aluminum foil to black out their masks. They learn to do their skills in the shallow end without being able to see then they go on a "treasure hunt" in the deep end. We throw old CO2 cartridges and bank bottle valves in the pool as well as some sand filled pool diving toy "critters". They have to come back with 4 metal objects per buddy pair. The students enjoy swimming around blindfolded holding their buddy's hand and sweeping along the bottom with their free hand to find the "treasure" without illegally capturing any "game." They have to be able to communicate with their buddy when they find a piece of treasure so the team knows when to ascend. The blindfolded ascent must be made at 30fpm and they learn to "feel" a slow ascent.
Ber :lilbunny:
crpntr133
lost, even with a compass
pennypue:
Like Waldo at Joe's? Still can't believe that a 10lb bowling ball will float.
pennypue
Contributor
Well not quite like Waldo. But more like his negatively buoyant brethren at Blue Springs!crpntr133:
I was diving with two n00bs in the Spokane River, and came upon a newly discard 12 speed bike. I tried to mount the thing, and couldn't get my fins on the peddles. But as soon as I was sitting on it upright, the river current began to push me forward and I got a nice ride for a while. I coasted down hill for a bit, then made a right turn between two large boulders. You should have seen the look on my new buddy's faces!
Firebrand
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No pictures?Rick Inman:I was diving with two n00bs in the Spokane River, and came upon a newly discard 12 speed bike. I tried to mount the thing, and couldn't get my fins on the peddles. But as soon as I was sitting on it upright, the river current began to push me forward and I got a nice ride for a while. I coasted down hill for a bit, then made a right turn between two large boulders. You should have seen the look on my new buddy's faces!
Funny you should ask... A guy I dive with wants to video me doing the ride.Firebrand:
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