DUI Drysuit Demo Days this weekend in Birmingham

bigDave · Mar 31, 2008

Hey guys, don't forget this weekend at Alabama Blue Water Adventures in Birmingham (actually Pelham) will be big!

1) It's the annual DUI demo days Saturday and Sunday. A great chance to try out drysuit diving for a minimal cost:

DUI DOG Rally and Demo Day Tour - come scuba test dive a DUI drysuit

2) ABWA is resuming their regular hours for the season starting April 5th:

Welcome!

3) There's news in the facilities department:

New platforms and pools are being built in the former swim area (near the fire trucks.) This gives you easier access to a lot of shallow area with fire trucks, boats, cars, and more.

The new facility (shop, fill station, etc.) is under construction.
Some photos are up on their ABWA web page.

Tried a search and didn't find any threads on this - if it's a duplicate, sorry about that!

David H.

bcrab63 · Apr 2, 2008

I plan on being there. Can't wait to see all the new improvements they've made. Is anybody else going???

noladiver · Apr 3, 2008

yep ill be there

divebomb · Apr 3, 2008

I'm planning on being there Saturday as long as the weather has moved through by then.

Beck

BNow0707 · Apr 3, 2008

Wish i was coming but im pulling three 12 hour shifts this weekend. :banghead:

7a - 7p Friday, Saturday, Sunday and not getting paid a dime for it. UGH!!! :banghead:

Ya'll have fun and post up the conditions, i'll be goin over there in a week or so.

noladiver · Apr 3, 2008

Bomb, James Spann said the weather should be gone by 3am Saturday morning.

looks like we divin'

Tom Smedley · Apr 3, 2008

MM and I will be working the tent again this year.

divebomb · Apr 7, 2008

Well, my impression....

It was quite an ordeal to try one of these dry suits. It was a two hour process for us, standing in line, filling out paperwork, getting fitting, getting regs modded, etc.

A rep from DUI blamed it all on the storm from the night before, but my opinion is that the process was just broken.

Anyway, once we were suited up and we went thru instructions with our diver, we were off.

I don't know if any of you have seen that commercial for the plastic bags that you can store clothes in...then suck the air out with a vacum(sp). Well that's what it feels like when you're descending. I don't know about the ladies, but I had serious crotch issues. That's when you add air to your suit. And it does give relief, but only until you descend deeper. And to top it all off, we still got cold!

But is WAS a fun event even if it was not my cup of tea. My buddy and I reached the conclusion that we would have to be desperate to dive with a dry suit.

Beck

BNow0707 · Apr 7, 2008

What about water temps and visability? Also did you notice if they had a class schedule posted anywhere?

Kevin Carlisle · Apr 7, 2008

divebomb:
Well, my impression....

It was quite an ordeal to try one of these dry suits. It was a two hour process for us, standing in line, filling out paperwork, getting fitting, getting regs modded, etc.

A rep from DUI blamed it all on the storm from the night before, but my opinion is that the process was just broken.

Anyway, once we were suited up and we went thru instructions with our diver, we were off.

I don't know if any of you have seen that commercial for the plastic bags that you can store clothes in...then suck the air out with a vacum(sp). Well that's what it feels like when you're descending. I don't know about the ladies, but I had serious crotch issues. That's when you add air to your suit. And it does give relief, but only until you descend deeper. And to top it all off, we still got cold!

But is WAS a fun event even if it was not my cup of tea. My buddy and I reached the conclusion that we would have to be desperate to dive with a dry suit.

Beck

Yes, they take a few dive to get comfortable with them. But once you do, look out. When you get out of the water on a cold day and you are actually warm and others are shivering, they grow on you quick.

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