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As we all know, Christmas has become in many, many places a frenzy of unbridled consumerism. The stress and pressure to buy and spend comes at you from all angles and the expectations from family, friends, work clients, etc. for gifts etc. can be really too much. Without getting into the...

Hi, The countdown stands at 21 days... My wife would like to take surf lessons on Maui (something about the time I took her spongeboarding at Little Makena and she ended up with her top around her waist, and her surf shorts around her ankles...guess if you are going to lose your clothes...

I just wanted to post that if you are ever in the market for outdoor gear (and even wetsuits), Sierra Trading Post has been phenomenal to deal with. I was looking for a 5/4 surf cut wetsuit, preferably a real top quality cut like the Vapor from Body Glove, Psycho series from O'neil, The Bomb...

Best show on TV. Season three opener was phenomenal.

So...just a question (perhaps I should make it into a poll...:D). Has the overall degree of whining increased lately or what? Does every single moderator comment or change have to be accompanied by a chorus of "why did he do that to me" or "yeah...why did he do that"? Does the summertime...

As requested... So...any thoughts on this last season of 24? I really enjoy the writing in terms of the multiple cliffhangers every episode. I also like the use of split-screens. I do however have to suspend my disbelief at the rather phemomenal driving times they have around LA. If...

Do any of you use the same wetsuit for cold water surfing as for mid-temperature diving? What are you using and what are the main differences you see between the two types of suits...I mean hey...they are both just strips of neoprene rubber sewn together right...

Does anyone know anything about the reported diver injured at Whytecliffe on Saturday? Vancouver Province newspaper had a small blurb on Sunday morning indicating that a diver had been injured in a diving related accident and had been taken to hospital but no other details were available...

I just tried to use the search feature to help out a new diver with a question... I just discovered two things I hate about the "new" Scubaboard...#1 - Can't search backwards to every previous post...I searched all Cave Divers posts and they only went back 250 posts (mid-August) but I know it...

This just in off the wire (taken from local news site): Man presumed dead in diving accident 10:56 AM PDT on Sunday, September 7, 2003 From KING Staff and Wire Reports TACOMA, Wash. - A 24-year old Seattle man is presumed dead in a diving accident in Tacoma's Commencement Bay...

I decided to spin this off from another thread. What is up with some of the completely horrible examples of divers in advertisements and photos in popular dive magazines and brutally bad dive practices in promotional videos? There are so many things going wrong in some of the photos it is...

Uncle Pug got me thinking so I thought I'd start a new thread here. Most of our shore dives involve long treks up flights of stairs and hillsides after diving to get back to the car. It seems that the trip from the water to the car is completely exhausting with full cold water kit. What...

You know you love scuba diving when... I had one of those diving days today that I just thought I would share. My dive was nothing out of the ordinary or really anything that you would stand-up and say WOW about, it just felt right. Here's what happened... Nurseshark and I were planning...

I know that some people seem to take forever to get their gear assembled and be ready to dive. I think I can be one of them on occassion (when diving dry). How long does it typically take you, once you arrive at a site and have determined it's a good day to dive, from the time you start to...

So, there I am, hovering two feet off the bottom. Day 1 with the long hose set-up. Theresa is having some major ear clearing problems as she has been fighting off a bronchitis and sinus infection for over a month. We hit a max depth of 15 feet where Theresa signals "that's it, no deeper". We...

Anyone else following this Sudden Onset Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak? OK, when was the last time that anyone heard of the quarantines that they are putting out for this for any other contagious disease? City of Toronto has advised that anyone who VISITED certain hospitals in the city...

Alright all you trolls and trollettes, how about coming clean. Now is your chance to admit and get credit for the sock puppets you have created on this board. We all know that several have appeared over time, some were found out very quickly, some had us going for a while. So...in the...

Your mission if you choose to accept it is to build a completely new OW course. You have a completely open book, time and cost are no object. Student selection and appropriate prerequisites are entirely up to you. Testing and performance standards are also 100% your decision. So...what...

I'm curious, Other than completely not being able to breathe from a sinus cold or similar, are their any sicknesses or conditions which either prevent you from diving or you would recommend as a total 100% counter indication to diving? So...question in a different manner...when should I...