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  1. terrasmak

    Looking to buy some new (steel)tanks

    Well i've been eyeballing steel tanks for some time now and its time to take the plunge. The two i've been looking at(drooling at) are the X7-100 and X7-120. I keep seeing nothing bad about the 100's except the trim part with being tall 6'1. The 120's on the other hand may trim out a lot better...
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    Ankle weights with wetsuits????

    I went out on a dive boat this weekend and saw at least 3 divers doing this. Is this common , i really didnt want to ask out on the boat ( arguements etc etc ). How many people actually need ankle weights for wet suit diving?? I can understand for drysuits to some extent. I probably should have...
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    First dry dives this past weekend

    What a blast and chore. 3 dives total , first one was an 80 minute dive at a beach cleanup, first 20 minutes i felt like i had worse control than a new OW diver, but at least i was warm. By the end of the dive, i was doing pretty well (not to mention i had to pee) and felt good enough to go on...
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    Drysuit boot ?'s

    Well i should have my new suit in the next week and need to do something for boots. Options so far the Bare lace up boots , NRS workboots http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=2338 or some oversized converse . I checked out the DUI rockbooks this past weekend and im just not impressed . Oh...
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    Just made the drysuit plunge

    Well i just put the deposit down on a Bare Trilam back zip from www.divetank.com . There going to alter the suit slightly for my height , i get two sets of undergarments , hood , gloves and other stuff . Oh ya of course wiht the current promo , and AT reg reg set. Now to figure out what pockets...
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    Found an old reg set today

    Well going thru my parents house looking for the old gear , i finally found some. I know we have 2 or 3 regs laying around and few other things. What i found is an AMF Mr12 second stage and what looks like some kind of flathead design first stage. Anyone have any info on what i got here. Im...
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    diving after a lung injury

    Well right now im sitting in the hospital with a nice tube in my chest . Basically i wadded up my sportbike at the racetrack pretty bad, breaking 4 ribs and collapsing my rt lung. Will i be able to dive after this , or am i out of the water . I hope i can still dive , i dont know how much longer...
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    Mask off drills

    Just wondering , what is the point of all the mask off drill in Tech Training. Right now im only taking Naui Masterdiver with a tech instructer and he really cant even answer it , neither could the instructers who he took courses thru (Gue , Naui ) Normally a tech team carries extra masks on a...
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    Gue DIR-F vs Naui intro to tech

    What are the differences between the two . Are the two interchangable can i take class thru either Naui or Gue once i take one or the other class. Does either cert. me to new levels or are they just stepping stones for the classes to come.
  10. terrasmak

    Cannister light

    Well im trying to keep my setup as DIR as possible but here is the thing. I'm looking into picking up a cannister light . If im right it should mount on the rt side of my waist strap . Here is the problem , i have the Halcyon ACB there. If i had a larger waist it would probably be pretty easy...
  11. terrasmak

    Had my first accident/near miss

    Well near the end of my dive this weekend i was playing around the shallows 15 feet ,after completed my safety stop. Well I was pretty much just rolling around doing some odd stuff getting better aquanted with the 120 on my back and nicked the reef. Minor brush no big deal nothing to be alarmed...
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    New diver to board

    Hello all , been diving for a years and a half now in Okinawa . Just found out about this board the other day and decided to check it out . Right now im diving on normal rec gear but soon i'm looking into moving over into tech gear (safety reasons and stuff i would like to do when i go back...
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