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Allowing a student to accumulate skills this quickly shows an outrageous, indeed unforgiveable lack appreciation for our business model. Not one of these exceeds-minimal skills can possibly be sanctioned, indeed should never have been attempted, without completion of the appropriate classes
Profits police: arrest this man's instructor!
Did I mention that this diver BOUGHT all the gear in the photo?
I'm just sayin...
Too bad we don't all get guys like RJP as instructors. I think extremely highly of my OW instructor, but there's no denying I didn't look anything like that diver in the photo after OW cert.
Wow, I wish I did as well so quickly. I think I do better than almost every diver I've seen underwater, excluding the odd pro. Still I don't have a workable frog kick yet. I wonder if I should drum up an instructor for buoyancy and frog kick stuff before I take cave 1 or should I expect to learn it in the class? I'd ask the instructor but he's out for a while due to some family stuff.
Too bad we don't all get guys like RJP as instructors. I think extremely highly of my OW instructor, but there's no denying I didn't look anything like that diver in the photo after OW cert.
Allowing a student to accumulate skills this quickly shows an outrageous, indeed unforgiveable lack appreciation for our business model. Not one of these exceeds-minimal skills can possibly be sanctioned, indeed should never have been attempted, without completion of the appropriate classes
Profits police: arrest this man's instructor!
In related news, I have reported his instructor to PADI, NAUI, GUE, the NSA, and KFC for such blatant standards violations!