dastuck
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Hi everyone. Just a little bit about myself. My father, uncles, and grandpa have been diving for many years. Most of my family live in Illinois and dove bull shoals lake on the missouri/arkansas border when they were growing up. My dad moved to kansas when he got out of the navy and hasnt dove in many years so i did not grow up around it although i have spent all of my life on the water (i live 1 mile from a 8,000 acre lake). A few years back the family decided to take a trip down to bull shoals and my unlce brought all of his scuba gear and i tried out freediving and spearfishing and was hooked. I bought my own snorkel gear and spearguns and for the past few years have been going down with the family at least once a year. I took my open water pool and classroom portions of my open water cert. with a budy last year and planned on the open water dives a month later but my body ended up getting a job in florida and i didnt have anyone interested in going with me to get certified so have not been able to get the open water cert. done. I believe there is a deadline on how long you can go between the pool/classroom and open water portions and im probably past that now. I have scuba dove with my uncle a few times since then and am heading back to bull shoals in a little over a week to have some more fun. I have wanted to get certified but havent had the time or found anyone near me interested in going with me but im working on changing a few friends minds. I think once they try it they to will be hooked.