gcarter
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I'm calling BS on your intentions with posting these videos. You say it's to educate the masses and to self police but I think it's just your ego showing through. For lack of a better term I would call you a sidemount bully.
If you really want to help the masses, focus your attention on videos that really show good trim and instruction and what sidemount should be.
Posting a tread with the title "just for laughs" and then denying that you weren't trying to ridicule the divers in the video is an obvious lie.
Like an earlier poster suggested, call up the dive shop and offer your expertise, if they take your word for that of an expert and listen to you great, if not, oh well. But enough is enough. Those videos were not of divers/instructors looking for criticism. they were not posted in a sidemount forum to see what the experts thought of their diving.
When I said get over yourself, I was referring to your post directly above it where you were trying to present yourself as an appointed sidemount sheriff, and that it was your job and quest to make sure that everyone knew they (those in the video) were diving sidemount incorrectly.
I have made similar comments in one of the facebook groups I'm in. And it's the same one where you posted another video of a bunch of divers with the title " I can't hold my tongue anymore" or something to that nature. Show some professionalism, I don't see Edd, Rob Neto, Woody Jasper, Lamar or Steve B, posting videos of bad sidemount divers and trying to save the uneducated from those instructors. And frankly anyone one of those guys would have every right to do so if they wanted to, but they show professionalism/Class and don't.
I could not have said it better myself.
I did not get a chance to see the video before it was removed.
As a training customer - NOT instructor - I EXPECT professionals to police each other. Contrary to your stated opinions, I believe it is UNPROFESSIONAL to do as you both suggest and politely ignore bad instruction.
My training dollars and my SAFETY depend on good instruction. If you so-called professionals are not concerned with that, I really have to question your professional ethics and integrity. You are both instructors, right?