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  1. AK47Diver

    For Sale Dive Extras Sierra Scooter

    I bought this two years ago and have dove with it all of 4 times. In short, it's practically new. Scooter functions great, never any leaks or malfunctions. Only dove in fresh water of local lakes and quarries, never salt. Battery is always on trickle charger and has never had any faults nor...
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    Reserve Light Goes Boom

    After diving Sunday I had realized that my Halcyon Scout 3C had been getting noticeably dimmer, and today after getting my tanks filed, I went to check the light. It would not come on so I figured it had been inadvertently turned on in transit and it was time to change the batteries (fresh ones...
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    Diving Concepts TPS Thinsulate Extreme Stretch XL Undersuit

    Lightly Used Diving Concepts TPS Thinsulate Extreme Stretch Undergarment for Sale. Size is XL. It is one year old and has 50 dives on it. Very nice and warm under a drysuit and pretty flexible. $165 includes shipping to anywhere in the continental USA. For other locations we'll figure out...
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    Agir or Golem - Recommend a Wing for Doubles

    I'm about to continue my path down the DIR road by going to doubles. I will be doubling up my 130s. I've been looking at the Agir-Brokk 56lb horseshoe and Niord 44 ring (not sure if the niord is enough lift). Two of my dive buddies have the 56#s and like them. I've also been looking at...
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    DIR in North Carolina

    I'm currently in Michigan and contemplating a move to NC. As such I'm going to be in NC for a week in June, likely around the Durham/Raleigh/Chapel Hill area. How is the diving in the area, are there quarries or local lakes nearby for practice, and are there any groups of DIR divers around...
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    Tips on excercises for better frog and back kick?

    Anyone have any tips on exercises that target the muscles used in the frog and back kicks?
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    Bolt dimension on Halcyon backplate STA?

    Anyone know what the dimensions are for the bolts to attach the Single tank adapter to the backplate? I have the removable weighted plate and as I'm about to travel I'm removing the weight but the bolts are integrated to the weight so I need to pick up a set of bolts. If anyone knows the...
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    DIR Air Travel bags recomendations?

    I'm finally going to be taking a vacation, and it will be a cruise where I have an opportunity to do some diving in either the caymans or Cozumel. Happily one of my DIR dive teammates also is going to be on the same trip so I avoid the insta-buddy problem. I'll be taking my single-tank...
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    Jet Fin / Rocket Fin Size help

    I'm looking to get some Jet Fins and am wondering about sizing . My LDS does not have any (They do have Rocket Fins though). I wear a Mares Wet suit boot size 10 Mens. While the LeisurePro site says size Large is for 9-10 and XL for 11, it mentions that if you wear a boot with a hard sole...
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    My First Wreck Dive - The Wexford on Labor Day

    Through Sea The World Scuba I went on my first wreck dive to the Wexford. This was my first Great Lakes Dive, and my first boat dive. The charter was with Rec & Tec Dive Charters, Inc, and it departed from Port Sanilac at 8 am to proceed to the wreck of the SS Wexford. I made the trip up...
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    One More New Certified Diver

    As of Sunday May 21, I am now a certified Open Water Diver! The cert dives were at Portage Quarry with Sea The World Scuba - great LDS, great instructors, and it was a great class. My buoyancy control got better after each dive and by the final dive I was no longer contributing to the...
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    How is this for a newbie diving setup?

    Ay opinions on this gear configuration? I'm planing on buying it from my LDS so if anyone has opinions, positive or negative, regarding the Regs, BCD, computer I'd appreciate it. I will use it diving in local lakes, quarries, Lake St. Clair, and Lake Huron for some wreck diving. Aqualung...
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    Greetings from a newbie in Michigan

    Ok, I've been lurking on this site for a bit and decided to register and post. I'm in the process of being open water certified. I had one discover scuba diving experience in the Dominican Republic when on vacation and I got hooked (ok between that and reading Shadow Divers I was totally...
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