What It Takes to Be a Great Diver

By | Feature Posts, Knowledge Base

Riding an Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)

Leaders are Made

If you are a regular reader of this site, you’ll know that my primary goal is to help you improve your diving skills. Many of you have written to me saying that your diving enjoyment has increased due to some of my tips. I know occasionally I’ll go off on a tangent and babble about things that have nothing to do with your in-water abilities, but the goal stays the same for me. The title line for the home page of this site says “Helping Divers Build Exceptional Diving Skills“. This isn’t some marketing scheme or catch phrase, it’s what motivates me to teach and publish articles on this site. Now I want to give you the Holy Grail of diving education. I want to tell you the one thing that will make you a great scuba diver. [Read more...]

Interview with UTD Founder Andrew Georgitsis

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In May 2009, I had the opportunity to ask Andrew Georgitsis a few questions about DIR, UTD, and GUE. Andrew is the founder of Unified Team Diving (UTD). UTD is a new training agency that focuses on DIR training for both recreational and technical divers. Andrew was also the training director for GUE and created the GUE curriculum that is mostly in place today. [Read more...]