fishchaser
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Hello all...been enjoying the SB for a few months, but figured I should send out an intro. Like many others, I'm a newb.
I've enjoyed snorkeling several times at Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. My first introduction to scuba (almost) was in 2003 at Molokini Island, Maui, during another snorkel trip when I had the opportunity to try "snuba", which was a reg on a 40' hose up to a raft carrying a tank. I finally went scuba by getting my OW and AOW back-to-back while in Tobago last March, not quite a year ago. I did a couple "cold-water" dives last summer back home (near Kenosha, WI) using rental gear and checking out a couple local inland lakes.
This past Christmas I decided to play Santa to myself and buy all my own gear, including a dry suit for the cold water here. ScubaBoard played a major role in many of my decisions, so this board was a great find. (I'm still looking for a deal on a wing and backplate...I check the SB gear exchange classifieds daily!)
I don't expect to travel much, but I did have an opportunity to do a liveaboard in the Similan Islands, Thailand, thanks to a business trip to nearby Singapore on January 3rd. It was right after the gigantic tsunami, so it was kinda freaky going, but I decided to continue the trip anyway. You can check out my trip report and pictures at http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=84332. I guess the pictures didn't turn out too bad considering they are the first underwater pics I've ever taken (and I only had 11 dives under my belt at the start of the trip).
I'm now waiting for wamer weather here in WI, where I plan to take a dry suit class, along with a wreck class, so I can start enjoying the many nice wrecks off of the Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha shores of Lake Michigan. I'm not sure how often I'll get to dive this year, with a new 6-month old daughter and work taking up much of my time. I also enjoy fishing, both ice fishing now, and the soft water kind later, and have a 18' fishing boat that I'm hoping will do double duty as my dive boat.
Guess that's enough of a life story
Chad
I've enjoyed snorkeling several times at Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. My first introduction to scuba (almost) was in 2003 at Molokini Island, Maui, during another snorkel trip when I had the opportunity to try "snuba", which was a reg on a 40' hose up to a raft carrying a tank. I finally went scuba by getting my OW and AOW back-to-back while in Tobago last March, not quite a year ago. I did a couple "cold-water" dives last summer back home (near Kenosha, WI) using rental gear and checking out a couple local inland lakes.
This past Christmas I decided to play Santa to myself and buy all my own gear, including a dry suit for the cold water here. ScubaBoard played a major role in many of my decisions, so this board was a great find. (I'm still looking for a deal on a wing and backplate...I check the SB gear exchange classifieds daily!)
I don't expect to travel much, but I did have an opportunity to do a liveaboard in the Similan Islands, Thailand, thanks to a business trip to nearby Singapore on January 3rd. It was right after the gigantic tsunami, so it was kinda freaky going, but I decided to continue the trip anyway. You can check out my trip report and pictures at http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=84332. I guess the pictures didn't turn out too bad considering they are the first underwater pics I've ever taken (and I only had 11 dives under my belt at the start of the trip).
I'm now waiting for wamer weather here in WI, where I plan to take a dry suit class, along with a wreck class, so I can start enjoying the many nice wrecks off of the Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha shores of Lake Michigan. I'm not sure how often I'll get to dive this year, with a new 6-month old daughter and work taking up much of my time. I also enjoy fishing, both ice fishing now, and the soft water kind later, and have a 18' fishing boat that I'm hoping will do double duty as my dive boat.
Guess that's enough of a life story
Chad
