Suicide by Scuba

By | Training

I recently got back from a scuba diving vacation. While I was there, I was waiting to sign up for some charters at the resort we were staying. One of the lines was for people to sign up for courses while they were on vacation. As I was patiently waiting, I overheard one of the instructors talking to a non-diving customer about signing up for an open water class. If you have been a reader of mine, you’d know that I’m not a big fan of these resort “courses”, but what I overheard scared the tar balls out of me. [Read more...]

Saving the Scuba Industry: The Happy Customer

By | Scuba Business

Happy Customers Grow Industries

I’d like to share with you something. About 90% of all of my new students come to me saying the same thing. The story goes like this. They took their open water class at local dive store XYZ. After their class, they didn’t feel like they could conduct scuba dives without the supervision of an instructor. When they talked to the kid behind the counter, he told them they needed to take the Advanced Open Water course to fill in the gaps. After taking the AOW course, the student still doesn’t feel any safer. They are on the verge of quitting diving. Then they find me. One thing I do well is to give customers what they want. If I cannot give it to them, I will work with them to help find an instructor or store that will. [Read more...]

Product Review: Vindicator Valve Handles

By | Product Reviews

Vindicator Valve Handle

Vindicator Valve Handle

I had the opportunity to get my hands on a couple of the Vindicator Valve Handles made by Scuba Stik. I thought I would share my thoughts about them with everyone. First thing, these aren’t just simple replacements for you valve knobs. The ones I had gotten were for a Dive Rite valves and manifolds. They make them for almost any valve and manifold on the market today, you’ll just need to know which Vindicator handle will fit your valves, they have eight. [Read more...]

How Does Scuba Diving Compare to Other Activities

By | Knowledge Base

Many people have asked me if all I do is go scuba diving. While the activity of scuba diving is something that I cherish and love to do, there are other activities in my life that I enjoy doing that are not diving related. While scuba diving is at the top of the list of activities that I prefer to do, I decided to let everyone know of other activities that I enjoy. In the past, I have learned that when I focus all of my recreational time to only doing one activity, I quickly get tired of it. When that activity requires a lot of political BS (like the scuba diving “business”) it becomes extremely frustrating. So here is a short list of the activities that help keep me sane, mostly sane that is. [Read more...]

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