Vegan Shark
Contributor
Every sport has pros that represent the pinnacle of their sport, and something for practitioners to admire and strive towards. Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Federer, etc. Even more fringe sports like wing suit, base jumping, climbing, badminton, whatever, have sponsored athletes that people admire and want to be like.
So what's different about scuba? Sure, there are a handful of famous divers who pioneered fields like cave diving, but nothing remotely similar to other sports. You don't have videos with millions of views on youtube, with amateurs going, "Wow, look how good his finning and buoyancy are!"
Is it because scuba isn't really a sport, in that there is no clear gauge of skill? Because the majority of divers aren't interested in the skill aspect of it, and just the pretty fish?
So what's different about scuba? Sure, there are a handful of famous divers who pioneered fields like cave diving, but nothing remotely similar to other sports. You don't have videos with millions of views on youtube, with amateurs going, "Wow, look how good his finning and buoyancy are!"
Is it because scuba isn't really a sport, in that there is no clear gauge of skill? Because the majority of divers aren't interested in the skill aspect of it, and just the pretty fish?