Northwest Dive Club

Ahh ok...now the light comes on. The BADVPTD is a pain in the butt. I have had the one on my left shoulder dump valve on my Knighthawk caught under the shoulder strap and it is a pain in the butt to get unstuck. I haven't ever had the bottom BADVPTD get caught on anything. Seems like a simple fix, i...

The scubapro pure tek system is actually not a bad system if you can get a good deal on it. Its pretty much a standard bp/wing system with a couple oddities,like the big ass dump valve pull tab doohickey.. But mostly a solid system. Especially the single tank config. If you can get that at an aweso...

If it were me, I'd be looking into used BP/W's on Scubaboard and Decostop. Then flipping the knighthawks onto Craigslist or scubaboard. You might even come out cash even on it depending on how used the knighthawks are. In theory this is a great idea....BUT, I am in the DiveCon program with my LDS a...

Jeremy wrote:What is a DiveCon program?

It's a half step between Dive Master and Instructor for Scuba Schools International. It stands for Dive Control Specialist.

A mustache some men can only dream of sporting!

If it were me, I'd be looking into used BP/W's on Scubaboard and Decostop. Then flipping the knighthawks onto Craigslist or scubaboard. You might even come out cash even on it depending on how used the knighthawks are. In theory this is a great idea....BUT, I am in the DiveCon program with my LDS a...

Nwbrewer wrote:Keep an eye out for the MMM threads. A few of us have spare gear for people to try out.

Will do and thanks!

+1 on what Koos said, especially the part about Lynne. :) I've found that an approach in other hobbies/lines-of-work for me also is true for team-diving. Here are the 4 components in order of priority. 1. Mindset 2. Tactics 3. Skill 4. Equipment Don't get caught-up on the equipment part... the most...

To set up the story it is necessary to understand that my wife is a skeptic at heart. She is a damn good wife and to sum it up, I out punted my coverage when I lucked into her! However, she is a skeptic, especially when it involves spending money on (blank), especially when we already have gear. I t...

Hanging out in kelp, tall first dorsal- sounds like you may have seen a small silverspotted sculpin. That is it!!! Thank you for your help. Is there a better book, place to look, etc, than Welks to Whales? Perhaps the better question is where is a better place to look things us. I'm finding out tha...

You can't generally go by color but I don't think I've ever seen a green Sailfin Sculpin. Can you describe what it looked like a little better and maybe we can ID it for you? I'll do my best. It was about an inch and a half long. The body had the characteristics of a tidepool sculpin and, just behi...

With the currents pretty slow/non-existant I decided to hit Keystone today to log my 100th dive. My wife decided to go with and read her book while I dove the pilings and then followed the rope line to the Jetty. I'm very glad she decided to come with. When I descended at the pilings it was 8:25 the...

Now it makes sense.

Thank you all very much, I definitely appreciate the information shared.

I have been a lurker on the Team Diving board and have spent some time looking into the DIR discipline of diving. Very sound but with 2 divers in the family, it will take some time (and some serious treasure) to get set up. I recently came into ownership of a 7 foot primary regulator hose. I am 5'10...

I'll keep an eye on craigslist up north of Seattle.

I hope these jerks get caught!

Emailed you about the Scubapro mk25/s600 reg set/ long hose.

And with this video...work has ceased for the day.

Hi there! What part of the Island are you on? I moved to Oak Harbor a month ago and am searching for dive buddies and spots to go and play. Cheers! dan I live in Penn Cove and will be hanging out at the WIDC here in OH a lot while I am completing my Dive Con Courses! Send me you info and we can mee...

I wanted to introduce myself. I live up on Whidbey Island and recently decided to get back into diving. I was originally certified back in 2004 and stopped diving when my dive buddy (my wife) experienced warm water diving in St. Thomas and announced following the last dive, "I will not get into...