Vintage Diving Photos

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[Seahuntjerry]

Angel fish wrote
"Sam, you're a lucky guy to have known Albert Falco. Another one of my favorites was Philippe Cousteau. "
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I also knew hilippe Cousteau. As I recall I first met him at an LA County UW Instructors annual banquet in the 1960s at the height of his career .

Tommy Thompson was a diving buddy, close friend and neighbor as well as the PR for US Divers (Aqua Lung)
! was a some what the golden goose in the LA county program receiving numerous recognitions:
"Outstanding Contributions to Underwater Instruction" ( I had developed some new and exciting training exercises and had proposed the diver/ instructor rating system - which was rejected by LA CO UW Instructors and later NAUI but copied by PADI. Now we have all sorts of PADI heroes running around with all sorts of titles.

I had also been acclaimed "The out standing LA CO underwater Instructor of the year" and on the training staff for the LA Co UICC ,,,,which is still going strong and will soon begin 65th year and 65 UICC

So Tommy arranged for Philippe & his wife to set next to my wife and I. Both wives were expecting ...I don't recall which one for us -- We had 5 in 5 years to the day, so the evening's conversation was being pregnant and children.

I taught the annual US Divers company SCUBA class for a number of years. During that time I did see Philippe several times and continued our chat about our children.

I assume that surprises you ? We were fathers first and lousy divers second.

I met JYC long before he received world wide fame with the "Undersea world of Jacques Cousteau" and I have 7 of his books personally inscribed to me. I also met his son, the heir apparent, Jean Michel about 25 years ago and have several books inscribed by him.

<<<< For a number of years US Divers presented a week long 40 hour regulator, valve and equipment repair course. I attended a number of the courses just to repair and replace my equipment,

Son Sam IV was 12 years old when he attended -- The youngest ever to attend the repair course John Cronin, the then GM of US Divers and later founder of PADI, discovered Sam IV was taking the repair course and he became John's favorite. Every day Sam IV would come home with something from the class a shirt or piece of new equipment. By the end of the week he a complete set of equipment.

Several weeks later I drove Sam IV to US Divers where JYC personally presented him with his latest inscribed book, which now sets in a place of honor on his book case.

Sam IV ? He became a NAUI (Life) instructor, a PADI instructor, a SSI Pro 5000 (only 4 father and sons have received the Pro 5000) and now is a ER & Hyperbaric doctor >>>>

As some American Civil war general so apply stated "He who gets there firstest with the mostest wins "
We were at the right place at the right time with the right credentials. We were just a bunch of lousy divers ...

,The sun is up. the weather is great, time to go down the hill to the beach with my little dog Max

SDM


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[Seahuntjerry]

Does anyone know who this girl ?

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Bridgett Bardot I have the french movie

 

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Look at please : Hollywood dive movies?

THE GIRL IN THE BIKINI

 

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[Seahuntjerry]

Nice movie channel had a special about her life couple weeks ago.They used real cg45 regulators then

 

[Seahuntjerry]

Cool thanks for all the pictures you are posting!

 

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