I have a few more sidemount clinics scheduled for this summer:
Basic Open-Water SM (PSAI or SDI cert) Usually over two days, cost $250.
July 14 at Gilboa Quarry, OH (special intense one-day basic program... early start, late finish).
July 18-19 at Haigh Quarry, IL
Aug 10-11 in Thousand Islands, ON (followed by four-day advanced wreck course)
Sept 14-15 in Toronto, ON
What Sidemount is
Sidemount is a different way to approach diving.
First of all, your back is not strapped to a metal plate and it does not have a big metal cylinder – or two of them – keeping it from flexing. Consequently, it is a comfortable way to dive, and it allows a diver a lot more scope to move around and avoid entanglements.
Secondly, you can put your tanks on in the water. No heavy lifting of doubles and struggling to the water or side of the boat. Put on your SM harness (without tanks), walk into the water, clip on your tanks and GO. More comfort. Simple. Easy.
Thirdly, sizing of your scuba cylinders and achieving trim. Many tech divers who use traditional North Florida Cave Kit (backplate, wing, doubles, long-hose, etc.) have issues with balance and trim. Some of this is due to trying to dive the wrong sized cylinders. The nature of SM and the way the primary cylinders are configured and attached allows way more scope and divers have more options for cylinder size.
Sidemount divers travel easier… pack a lightweight harness and some CAM bands and clips, rent a couple of tanks when you arrive. Less stress, easy, more time in the water, less time fussing over kit. There are other bonuses too, but more about them is discussed during the course.
* All TDI and PSAI OC courses that I teach from intro-to-tech to Advanced Trimix, Wreck Penetration and Full Cave are available to students wearing Sidemount Configuration
https://www.facebook.com/techdiverTraining/photos_albums
open the sidemount album
For complete details, or to reserve a spot, please email me doppler at techdivertraining dot org.
Basic Open-Water SM (PSAI or SDI cert) Usually over two days, cost $250.
July 14 at Gilboa Quarry, OH (special intense one-day basic program... early start, late finish).
July 18-19 at Haigh Quarry, IL
Aug 10-11 in Thousand Islands, ON (followed by four-day advanced wreck course)
Sept 14-15 in Toronto, ON
What Sidemount is
Sidemount is a different way to approach diving.
First of all, your back is not strapped to a metal plate and it does not have a big metal cylinder – or two of them – keeping it from flexing. Consequently, it is a comfortable way to dive, and it allows a diver a lot more scope to move around and avoid entanglements.
Secondly, you can put your tanks on in the water. No heavy lifting of doubles and struggling to the water or side of the boat. Put on your SM harness (without tanks), walk into the water, clip on your tanks and GO. More comfort. Simple. Easy.
Thirdly, sizing of your scuba cylinders and achieving trim. Many tech divers who use traditional North Florida Cave Kit (backplate, wing, doubles, long-hose, etc.) have issues with balance and trim. Some of this is due to trying to dive the wrong sized cylinders. The nature of SM and the way the primary cylinders are configured and attached allows way more scope and divers have more options for cylinder size.
Sidemount divers travel easier… pack a lightweight harness and some CAM bands and clips, rent a couple of tanks when you arrive. Less stress, easy, more time in the water, less time fussing over kit. There are other bonuses too, but more about them is discussed during the course.
* All TDI and PSAI OC courses that I teach from intro-to-tech to Advanced Trimix, Wreck Penetration and Full Cave are available to students wearing Sidemount Configuration
https://www.facebook.com/techdiverTraining/photos_albums
open the sidemount album
For complete details, or to reserve a spot, please email me doppler at techdivertraining dot org.
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