DueceFire
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About a week ago, me and a buddy went to Windy Point at Lake Travis in Austin for the day to do some diving (obviously).
While we were setting up our gear a fellow wearing a dry suit walks by and introduces himself as a NAUI DM with the UT diving class and asked what class we are with. (there were probably about 3 classes in the park at that time)
We said, "Oh, were just here diving. We're not in a class."
He replies, "so whats this for?" pointing to our EZ UP. My buddy says, "It's just for shade, we're planning on three dives so were going to take long SI"
Then he asked, "What dive shop are yall out of?"
Me and my buddy kinda looked at each other wondering what he was talking about because we didn't consider ourselves to be "out of a dive shop". So I answer, "well were from the San Antonio area."
He replies,"OH! Duggan diving?" and my buddy says,"yea we go there sometimes and It's where we got out certs."
NAUI DM says, "Oh they have a great NAUI program over there!!"
I say,"Yea, but they teach both NAUI and PADI. As a matter of fact he and I are both PADI certified"
He replies, "Oh, okay" fluffs his feathers and walks away with an attitude.
My buddy and I were kind of dumbfounded as we wern't real sure why he had an attitude after finding out we were PADI certified.
So, Is there some kind of resistance we don't know about between NAUI and PADI divers?
While we were setting up our gear a fellow wearing a dry suit walks by and introduces himself as a NAUI DM with the UT diving class and asked what class we are with. (there were probably about 3 classes in the park at that time)
We said, "Oh, were just here diving. We're not in a class."
He replies, "so whats this for?" pointing to our EZ UP. My buddy says, "It's just for shade, we're planning on three dives so were going to take long SI"
Then he asked, "What dive shop are yall out of?"
Me and my buddy kinda looked at each other wondering what he was talking about because we didn't consider ourselves to be "out of a dive shop". So I answer, "well were from the San Antonio area."
He replies,"OH! Duggan diving?" and my buddy says,"yea we go there sometimes and It's where we got out certs."
NAUI DM says, "Oh they have a great NAUI program over there!!"
I say,"Yea, but they teach both NAUI and PADI. As a matter of fact he and I are both PADI certified"
He replies, "Oh, okay" fluffs his feathers and walks away with an attitude.
My buddy and I were kind of dumbfounded as we wern't real sure why he had an attitude after finding out we were PADI certified.
So, Is there some kind of resistance we don't know about between NAUI and PADI divers?