What I mean is that many very competent instructors have gotten a 'boost' from the initial shock Steve's videos created.
A lot of unknown instructors and local celebrities have become known worldwide with sidemount videos or perfect pictures posted somewhere.
Before the sidemount hype, started almost exclusively by Steve and his first videos, they where probably known in some obscure technical diving circles, now some of them are collected at the airports by limousine when traveling worldwide to offer easy and low level training for beginners.
A lot of unknown instructors and local celebrities have become known worldwide with sidemount videos or perfect pictures posted somewhere.
Before the sidemount hype, started almost exclusively by Steve and his first videos, they where probably known in some obscure technical diving circles, now some of them are collected at the airports by limousine when traveling worldwide to offer easy and low level training for beginners.