Northwest Dive Club

this was taken up in port hardy in april of this year!!! by far the best diving ever!!!

you are so in the garage tonite...along with the chickens!!! ha ha ha!!!

i am actually seeing a Physical therapist for my back now. and you know what he is telling me.....exercise exercise exercise!! he has me doing ball exercises, core strengthening and stretches that 'unload' the back and lots of walking. my prob is with my sciatica. i agree with the chiro aspect. luck...

i know we have talked this into the ground but i think some jokes like the one between pez and nwbrewer about fishstiq are funny. I only know pez and don't think i have ever met nwbrewer or mr stiq, but i can see the fun and laughter that was brought by the simple joke of saying that 'he'd actually ...

hey now!! its not like they did that much better than my cougs!!

so i work at vet clinic and that kind of stuff doesn't happen very often but when it does, man is it funny!!! great clip!

welcome back pez!!! did you bring her back with you?!!! did you see any STARFISH or ANEMONES??!! i hope you had a wonderful time!!!! welcome back!!!!
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Sparky!!! you have to do it!! it is soo fun!!! do it, do it, do it!!! i won't be able to join in with this group but we will be doing also!!!!

By the way...how's it going buddy?!! its been too long! take care Sparky!

just a quick comment...you said you were diving a new back plate and harness, etc. It may seem less task loading if you only make one new change to your gear config at a time instead of five changes. then your comfort level isn't so shocked. I know its hard but getting comfortable with one change is...

Thank you all so much for the comments and best wishes!! It was a total surprise for me, I had no clue what was in store for the weekend. We will keep you all posted on any planning updates!!! We might have to add a few poles to the chuppah, so many volunteers!!! thanks again!!

~cups

ANEMONE!!

There, that was for mav!!! its still so funny!! i can just hear you laughing Pez!!!

oh yes, welcome aboard John! (officially)

But Keith, if you dive port hardy first then when you guys go to Bonaire you will feel like you just wasted money and should have just spent more time in port hardy. so that being said, you should just scratch bonaire!!

hey bassman. you should move the port hardy trip to number three. bonaire has nothing on the hideway!!

CHICKEN!!! Oh how i miss chicken. you know he had a good time after that dive...

yeah, i live with mav and still haven't seen the pics yet!! we're on a charter today but hopefully by tonite he will have gotten them on the comp!! i'm doing my best!

i sort of disagree with you on using the drysuit for buoyancy. i think that the dry suit should only be used for relieving the squeeze and not for buoyancy. BCD is for buoyancy comp device. i think when a diver gets comfortable with the drysuit they will understand the concept of letting air out of ...

i agree. that is just one reason i don't work with them anymore. they were just not into educating the new divers to the fullest.

such an awesome adventure!! I want to go back next week!!! i am still waiting for Mav to dl his pics, all mine are dry pics!! I don't think words can really expain the experience.

the local shop that i worked at would have the drysuit orientation for free, but the catch is...they would not offer it out in the open. if someone asked, then of course we do that. if nothing was mentioned then nothing was said. and usually the manager would take the customer to the pool and show t...

hey spark!! I have been Missing in Action also!! Good to hear you are smiling through all this!! I still owe you a hand knitted beanie from the hoodsport dive weekend two years ago!!! I better get on that!! Well, i finally got my drysuit and now im too busy to dive it!! isn't that how life works!! a...

i dont think we need to post videos to get the point across. we are here at this site because we love diving and with that comes the appreciation of the ones that live under the water. we dont need to be told this is wrong behavior, we know its wrong.

Thanks John. You're completely right, there is a time and a place for things like that and NWDC is neither of them!
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I got a custom painted pony bottle!! Its purple (of course) and says cuppie with a sea turtle painted like a dive flag on it!! Im pretty stoked!! But like Gillyweed i still have to get all the little stuff to make the pony functional!! I also got a camera that will soon have an underwater housing!!!...

i love the side venting feature, its great and works at shallow depths fine for me. mine is one of the original poseidons that are quite heavy (metal). they originally made them metal, switched to plastic, and now they are returning back to the metal covers.

WOW! I dont think i can top that!! But here goes..... i work ten hour shifts at a vet clinic and today we were short staffed (everyone wanted to spend time with the fam) and had 4 emergencies at 8am. on top of that we had two surgeries and appointments booked solid in the afternoon. so after my 20 m...