What It Takes to Be a Great Diver
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...]
Review: 2010 Our World Underwater Dive Show
This past weekend was the 2010 Our World Underwater scuba diving show in the Chicago area. This show and expo is the biggest in the mid-west. Normally I do not go to the show as it has become more of a social event rather than a trade show. But Ben McGeever of Dive Xtras was bringing the X-Scooter to the show, so I asked if he needed any help staffing the booth. So I volunteered a day to help him out. [Read more...]







