Is this your attire???

[simbrooks]

I saw this in a catalogue for a major LDS that i sometimes run in to get little things and stocked up before my OW dives in the usual snorkeling gear.

But i have to ask, do any of you get on the boat, ready to dive in this state??? What is wrong with this picture?? I believe the dive bag is holding the kitchen sink!

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

But i have to ask, do any of you get on the boat, ready to dive in this state???

Not really ... on the other hand, ads rarely convey reality.

The picture isn't a diver ... it's a model attired in dive gear. I think the purpose is to display as much of the shop's wares as possible in a single photo ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[UndrWatrDan]

The picture isn't a diver ... it's a model attired in dive gear.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Yet, I have seen "divers" that look like that picture. It was scary!

Danny
www.divingrebels.org

 

[Snowbear]

At least he's color coordinated.
So is he going to take the picture then shoot the fish or vice versa

 

[hdtran]

Shoot the picture, then, take the fish...

 

[glbirch]

At least he's color coordinated.
So is he going to take the picture then shoot the fish or vice versa

Hero shot. He's going to take the picture of himself shooting the fish.

 

[simbrooks]

At least he's color coordinated.
So is he going to take the picture then shoot the fish or vice versa

Depends how gruesome he wants to be, before and after shots come to mind - or else use the flash to disorient them before going in for the kill. Should i have posted this on the hunting section of the board?

As for dive shop clothes horse vs actual diver, i too have seen a lot of people wearing that much stuff out on sites as well.

 

[J1M1]

the bag is for his spear haul

 

[Kim]

I saw a guy like that in Malaysia. He was 'really experienced' - 80 dives. He had all his own gear (everyone else was in rentals) and obviously thought a lot of it. Suffice to say - from the moment he hit the water he was a disaster. You couldn't get near him he was flailing about so much. Once we got down he couldn't control his bouyancy at all - so was constantly crashing into the abundant fire coral at the site. His only saving grace was that it didn't last long - he went through his tank in about 20 minutes (an AL100 at about 18 meters). He was a lot quieter on the boat on the way back though - and we didn't see him again afterwards!

 

[LazyKevin]

the bag is for his spear haul

Hard to shoot anything with a speargun with no spear......