THERE'S A NEW COUSTEAU IN TOWN!!!

[Ken Kurtis]

Out with the old and in with the new.
More details and video coming in a few days.

 

[napDiver]

Where is this located?

 

[JMBL]

Thank you for sharing the info. You're lucky to be able to dive just right now, I'm green with envy

Besides, it's nice to remember our predecessors. The man was far from perfect (please no trolling, there's no JYC bashing on my part) but a lot of what he did deserves admiration.

But mankind tend to forget : met a young guy in his 20s on a diving boat last year, he had no idea who JYC was...

 

[Ken Kurtis]

Where is this located?

Avalon Underwater Park (which is also an MPA, which is why we had to jump through some regulatory hoops to get this done).

 

[Ken Kurtis]

But mankind tend to forget : met a young guy in his 20s on a diving boat last year, he had no idea who JYC was...

Even yesterday when we were doing the installation, someone said, "Who's that?" By the same token, that also means that whoever taught that person - and by extension other instructors around the world - have not been talking about Cousteau and his role in shaping our sport. It would sort of be like talking about the United States with no mention of George Washington and the Founding Fathers.

 

[GJC]

Was the old one removed or covered over with then new one? If removed, where is it now?

 

[abnfrog]

but even more people dont know Gagnon his partner he scooped in the pattern registration

 

[Landau]

but even more people dont know Ganon

And even fewer Gagnan apparently.

More seriously, I’m a diver because I watched all the Cousteau shows, in black and white, on TV as a kid

 

[Ken Kurtis]

Was the old one removed or covered over with then new one? If removed, where is it now?

Covered over. We were concerned, because it's unknown how the original was attached, that we'd split it o even crack the rock if we attemtped to remove it.

 

[GJC]

Cool. Would have been neat to have original at the dive museum though.