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So talking about excelling in diving first has to have the requirement that they make a living in diving, because until it is what people do for a living, people can and do have all sorts of beliefs about diving, as shown by the number of frankly silly things people take seriously at SB.
I'll disagree with that one rather emphatically. I know some folks who "make a living in diving" that are not very good divers at all ... there's no requirement for them to do anything other than memorize the agency standards and curriculum and learn to dive just well enough to churn people through classes. Most of them never do a dive unless it's a class ... and classes are an artificial environment.
The most skilled diver I've ever known personally (Uncle Pug) is a pastor. He never "worked" in the diving industry ... and no one I've met who did ever came close to having his ability to pass on what he knew to others. That is more about innate ability and talent than it is about profession.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
---------- Post added July 24th, 2014 at 06:58 AM ----------
You guys need more dive clubs.
I'm sure that it varies from region to region, but where I live we have several excellent and active dive clubs. Peter Guy is president of one I used to belong to, in fact. Perhaps the most active has dives scheduled almost every single day, and sometimes at more than one location on a given day. I belong to two clubs, and am frequently participating with other clubs because I know members in those clubs. Plus we have an active online club that hosts weekly dives on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays that draw a regular crowd.
But I live in an area where diving is convenient and pretty good ... if you don't mind low vis and cold water. As a result there are a lot of options for getting involved in an active diving community ... even for the very new diver looking to build a circle of friends to dive with.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)