Funny if it wasn't so terrible

[tomfcrist]

i'm sorry but if you get tangled on the "DSMB line on the way up", you're not on my list of divers i will "trust when things go south", that is a basic skill
same as not hitting the bottom with a clunk and touching things


as for the "other guy" you dive with, no thanks, i'll stick to my dive buddy lol

All I'm really saying is that these are people who don't panic when things go wrong. I like people like that better than people who are concentrating on how they look. Would I deliberately go into deco on an al80? Nope. Don't want to go into deco on 2 al80's. But that guy and his family do....over and over.....day after day, year after year. When the fan is hit, guys like that are good to have with you.

Trim and bouyancy isn't about "looking good"...it's about being in control.

The folks in that video are flat out incompetent...even the nice posters her will agree with that. Not being in control of bouyancy is dangerous, especially on rebreather. Don't defend idiots, unless you have already joined their ranks.

 

[dead dog]

All I'm really saying is that these are people who don't panic when things go wrong. I like people like that better than people who are concentrating on how they look. Would I deliberately go into deco on an al80? Nope. Don't want to go into deco on 2 al80's. But that guy and his family do....over and over.....day after day, year after year. When the fan is hit, guys like that are good to have with you.

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Amen to that brother. You have to rely on your self, if not you shouldn't be in the water.

Bill
dead dog

 

[alewar]

People even contacted SSI and their response was, "Well he is his own business and we have no control over him".

Does SSI suck as an agency or is it just my impression?

 

[hedgehog47]

i like the super commando dude with the big strobes attached to himself

 

[1bubbleoff]

Lets see...

8k Rebreather...CHECK
6k DSLR rig... CHECK
3K Drysuit... CHECK

$79 Oceanic Octo at 130' as a fail safe..... CHECK CHECK

The unmitigated ability to damage, destroy, violate, harass, and show SCUBA in it's worst possible light...

PRICELESS...

Sighs..some things just can't be unseen.

 

[Keith.M]

i'm sorry but if you get tangled on the "DSMB line on the way up", you're not on my list of divers i will "trust when things go south", that is a basic skill
same as not hitting the bottom with a clunk and touching things




as for the "other guy" you dive with, no thanks, i'll stick to my dive buddy lol

All I'm really saying is that these are people who don't panic when things go wrong. I like people like that better than people who are concentrating on how they look. Would I deliberately go into deco on an al80? Nope. Don't want to go into deco on 2 al80's. But that guy and his family do....over and over.....day after day, year after year. When the fan is hit, guys like that are good to have with you.

Trim and bouyancy isn't about "looking good"...it's about being in control.


The folks in that video are flat out incompetent...even the nice posters her will agree with that. Not being in control of bouyancy is dangerous, especially on rebreather. Don't defend idiots, unless you have already joined their ranks.

Wow.


I know it is an older thread, but had to comment.


Thanks Tom, good points. It is all about being in control, and when you are in control, you are relaxed you are calm and you are in the best position to react successfully if things go south.


It just so happens that the byproduct of good trim, buoyancy and being in control is that you "look good".

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Of course, their version of control can be seen at 2:37 in the video. I guess you need to stand on the reef in order to shoot an SMB. What a CF that shop is.

 

[Keith.M]

Oh my! I can't understand why you would ever post that video, much less as an advertisement!

I never saw one of them in anywhere near reasonable trim and stand on the reef?

 

[MaxBottomtime]

It's almost too bad the Angel shark rodeo video is gone. Rusty took it down after multiple complaints, then after it was discovered that he uploaded it again he quickly removed it. Every diver was holding the pectorals of the fish and pretending to fly underwater. I don't mind if someone picks up a rock with a nudibranch on it to get a better view or grabs lobsters, but harassing animals just for kicks deserves a fin in the crotch strap.

 

[Seya]

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They might not know about trim since then weren't scuba divers to begin with

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