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Flatly Fighting Foot Float
Student ambitiously decided to go for a sidemount class (having never worn sidemount before) and Cavern. All in a drysuit that they...
Sep 1, 20232 min read


Lightfoot / Heavyfoot
It happens enough that people show up with the wrong fins. I’m not talking about the fins YOU’RE using, of course: I am certain that you...
Aug 31, 20232 min read
Just Put Them on Your Sides (If You Want to Look Like a Chump)
The first time I'd ever heard of sidemount the only configuration-specific harnesses being produced for the market were the Golem Gear...
Jul 3, 20232 min read


Gear Solutions to No Problems
Been diving sidemount for much of the last week. And, as is the wont of sidemount, I've tinkered with my harness a bit, getting it just...
May 20, 20231 min read


I'm a Stupid Hypocrite
I'm a hypocrite. I suppose, in thousands of ways, we all are. But in this one way I definitely am. I think. Or maybe not. Because,...
May 3, 20232 min read


Lazy Underground River
The entire impetus behind XOC-Ha has always been what Nelly and I would want in a dive destination. Between the location (which was luck...
Mar 17, 20232 min read
Leave the Camera, Bring the Canoli
Nelly always tells me I should take more pictures. And I half-heartedly mean to. But I rarely do so. Many years ago I played around...
Mar 14, 20234 min read


Balance
I don't know how others are teaching it. But one of the concepts I find sometimes difficult to help people wrap their heads around is...
Feb 12, 20232 min read
Pseudo-Flutter
The first question I always asked customers looking for fins when they walked into this or that dive shop where I worked was, "Do you...
Feb 6, 20233 min read
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