Well, for one thing, we need to celebrate all the obscure holidays. Here... let me be the first:
Happy π Day!
It's relevant because, well, *tanks* are round. DIN and yoke screws are round. Valve handles... most regulators... and on and on and on. Yep, pi is fantastically important to scuba!
I think we need an official underwater signal. It needs to be something that says, "I'm diving safely and having a *great* and entertaining time doing it!" Hmm... I know!
- Make two "OK" signs
- Put them to the top of your head (like antennae, with the base of your thumb touching your head and the fingers sticking up)
- Wiggle them forward and backward in an opposing motion
They're "OK" signs, so they won't make anyone rush a regulator over to you or anything, and waving "OK" antennae will certainly make you look like you're just having fun without worrying about looking like "all that".
Oh, and as far as traditions go, let's not involve alcohol in any "official" DD traditions. That would be doubly bad, as it would exclude those mini-DDs not yet of legal drinking age as well as any DDs who don't imbibe. We wouldn't want to inadvertently be exclusionary, eh? (And I'd hate to be the one excluded. :biggrin
OOOH! I know a Dorky initiation tradition! Let's have a "
Mismatched Fin Dive" be traditional.
You just do a dive with any two fins, as long as they're different. It's fun (can you imagine the bystanders). It's not dangerous. Anybody can do it (if you don't have a buddy or a second set of fins, just use tape or anything to make them different). And in addition to all that, it can actually be a learning experience (how to swim with two different fins is the entry-level version of how to swim if you lose a fin on a dive).