I'll start: I'm Calvin and I put this little board together, though I didn't start the dive club itself exactly. We had a dive club a ways back and some of our members left to get married or just don't have the time to come out diving anymore, so I registered a new name and started this board with the hopes of reconstructing our little dive club. So far it's been going great and I've met quite a few new friends here (with the notable exception of Sparky, whom I have yet to meet in person
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I've been diving for about 5 years. I have my Rescue Diver cert along with a few specialties. I originally started diving as an assignment by a travel magazine I used to write for. I immediately fell in love with diving and they ended up sending me all over the world, diving and writing about some terrific reefs.
Last year I started a news media company called Newsvine, and I haven't had the chance to travel much anymore as a result. So, I've set out to be a cold water diver from this point on while my travel wings are clipped.
I also write a blog about SCUBA equipment and travel. You can find out more about me there if you want to click over. I've also got a gallery of photos I shoot both on land and underwater.
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Well, that's about it for me.
To you new members: welcome to our dive club. We're divers with varying levels of experience but we all like to hang out with easygoing people who have a passion for diving and like to hook up for local dives. There are no club dues and mostly we just get benefits since there are a couple of us who work for local dive shops (I'm not one of them). I'll be printing up some t-shirts and stickers soon with our snazzy new logo so we can help to spread the word. Typically, we dive Wednesday evenings at Cove 2 and Saturday and Sundays at different locations. Dave, the moderator of this board, is usually pretty good at putting together the plans for the weekend dives.
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