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Glory be Unto Your House!
Every once in a while we get a guest or guests that you hate. You don't want to say why you hate them, but you do. Because you're...
Jan 63 min read
Get CALM
I'm starting a new class. Sort of. Not a prerequisite class... not exactly... though sometimes it will be useful as a prep curriculum....
Jun 14, 20243 min read
Eenie, Meanie, Miney...
How do you pick an instructor when you don’t know shit? At any level of diving? You need an instructor because you don’t know shit… but...
Jan 11, 20249 min read


Do Witches Sink in Water?
"If you can float, neutral, two feet below the surface without moving a muscle, that's when you've really got your buoyancy dialled in."...
Oct 5, 20235 min read


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
Entertain Me! Fuck Up More!
Sometimes challenges as an instructor come from the unlikeliest places. Student I know. Pretty well. Worked with them before. I know...
Aug 16, 20231 min read
Conducting Drills "Wrong"
I don't know why I never thought of it before. Wanted to get a lost diver drill done on this morning's dive. But during our exit (when I...
Aug 9, 20231 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
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