Brendan93
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Well, the name's Brendan, I'm a complete newb to diving and have never even done a discovery dive. I turn 15 on the 26th, and one of my good friends has his cert, so I thought I'd start diving as well. Having just come back from the Caribbean, I'm more eager to start this awesome hobby and just yesterday signed up for the Open Water diver course at the local Sports Chalet. I didn't even think beforehand to compare different organizations and dive shops, and now my ignorance has me somewhat concerned. Is Sports Chalet an adequate place to get my Open Water cert? Obviously it's a big name, and there are many Instructors that work at multiple stores across the entire chain, but does anyone know of quality control issues, or particularly large class sizes that may be detrimental to my learning process? I've got my "Orientation" tonight, and no real instruction until next weekend (which seems slightly odd to me). Anyways, I was just looking for some background on Sports Chalet's courses, the less-than-enthusiastic employee who signed me up at the Scuba area has me slightly worried.
Thanks,
Brendan
Thanks,
Brendan