Introductions Please

sparky · Post by **sparky** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:58 pm

I am one of thouse divers lucky enough to be abule to say Grateful Diver was my mentor. I have learned so much under his Tuteledge
I learned the importence of being a safe diver and planning your dive and diveing your plan . but the most important leson I was tought by Bob is what I think is one of the most important lessons to learn as a new diver

and that would be how to be a good dive budy. Thanks Bob and welcome againe to the Club

these our our kinds of folks I belive you will have a lot of fun diving with these guys Iknow I am

Looking foward to haveing a long meeting with you soon as I can make it to " The Office " agine

Sparky

kalvyn · Post by **kalvyn** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:52 am

Hi, I'm Jimmie and I'm new here. I started diving in ernest in late 2002, and Bob Bailey was one of the first local divers I met. He watched me do my second ever drysuit dive at Les Davis, complete with foot coming out of boot in the shallows!

Unfortunately, my current work schedule has prevented Bob and I from diving together as often as we used to (I work until 5:30 pm). It's my loss. :( I've also got another additction that's cut into my hobby time: motorcycles!

Check me out at Pacific Raceways in Kent this past April:

http://www.malchick.com/r6/jimmie-track.jpg

If anyone's up to do some after work dives in the Tacoma area, hit me up! I don't like heading up to Cove 2 after work on a weeknight now, since I won't get home until after 9. Tacoma or Redondo are good options, though!

Jimmie

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:07 am

welcome Kalvyn (Jimmie)!

I'm also down here on the South End (Lakewood).
If you are not getting enough dive time, you are fitting in with most of us here at nwdiveclub. looking fwd to meeting up with you. Maybe we'll meet at Les Davis one day. I work at Sea-Tac so my favorite "after work dive" is at Three Tree N.
As I said, one common thing around here is...
We all want to be diving more!

By the way, do you know Tom Wertman? Morticycle rider / Instructor at
Pacific Raceway.

kalvyn · Post by **kalvyn** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:30 am

BASSMAN wrote:By the way, do you know Tom Wertman? Morticycle rider / Instructor at
Pacific Raceway.

I actually live in Lakewood too. If you are in the Lakewood UWS a lot, I've probably seen you in there before. We'll have to hit Les Davis for an after work dive. I work in downtown Tacoma, it's real convenient for a Les Davis after work dive or two! $\:D/$

I don't know Tom, but I see he's a WRMMA racer. The picture of me is from the April 2-Fast Performance School. I have some friends that race WMRRA, too, so I've probably seen Tom in the pits at a race. My buddies race in LW Endurance and LW SuperTeams, so they might know each other though.

Jimmie

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:02 pm

Great, I'll see you around Lakewood UWS!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:45 pm

Hiya Jimmie, great to meet you (in cyberspace). $\:D/$

I can only imagine how addicted I'd become if I gave motorcycles a shot, I'm that type of person, y'know.

That's cool that we have another diver from the South to meet up with for dives at Sunrise, Titlow and Redondo.

Hope to see you in the water soon!

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:33 pm

Welcome to the club! Cool motorcycle race pic, btw. A buddy of mine just started this custom bike business you might be interested in, check it out:

http://www.halpincustomsportbikes.com/2.html

Hope to see you in the water soon!

-Josh

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:37 pm

lets go!!!! Welcome Martin!!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:44 pm

Who the heck is Martin?! It's Jimmie we're all saying hello to

Hey Jimmie, what's the deal with your user name, Kalvyn, is that your surname?

Sergeant Pepper · Post by **Sergeant Pepper** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:42 am

Hello all, my name is Adron. I am relatively new to the Seattle area as well as a relatively new diver. I would like to meet for a local dive sometime. I know I saw somewhere on here that people from the club meet occasionaly. Let me know when the next informal plunge is and I'll be happy to tag along! Anyone interested in a night dive? I Look forward to meeting some of you!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:43 am

Welcome Adron! That's a nice avatar you have there. Yes, you're right to assume that there are dives on a regular basis. Most Wednesday evenings we get together at Cove 2. On the weekends we dive at varying locations around the Sound.

Tell us your dive history so we can match you up with the right folks and take your skill level and experience into account for specific dive sites.

Scubak · Post by **Scubak** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:45 am

Jimmie!!!
Good to see you are around! I live in Tacoma now and am working there as well So LETS GO DIVING!!!!
Cove 2 is hard to get to for me during the week with the traffic and such but I am up for Les Davis, Titlow, or as always...Redondo!!!
Kirsten

DiverDown · Post by **DiverDown** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:38 am

Nice avatar I see youve been to mukilteo.....

Sergeant Pepper · Post by **Sergeant Pepper** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:04 am

A Brief History of Dive: by Adron
I certified Open Water at the beginning of April 06'. I certified Advanced Open Water at the end of May. So far I have about 20 dives. Let's increase that number shall we!

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:38 pm

Welcome Adron! Bassman and myself are in Tacoma, and have logged 30 - 40 dives, so we are right about where you are! You'll enjoy this bunch!

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:55 pm

Seargent Pepper wrote:A Brief History of Dive: by Adron
I certified Open Water at the beginning of April 06'. I certified Advanced Open Water at the end of May. So far I have about 20 dives. Let's increase that number shall we!

Sweet! We're about tied, there.

Sergeant Pepper · Post by **Sergeant Pepper** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:57 pm

Yes, yes, the buddha from Mukilteo. A lot of my dives so far have been there. I've missed the huge octopi on the sunken boat though... so far. The 4 ft lingcod at Edmonds have made up for it though!

DiverDown · Post by **DiverDown** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:27 pm

Last time I was at the sattelite dish there was a resident ling there It was about 4ft or so..

Sergeant Pepper · Post by **Sergeant Pepper** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:23 pm

I dove at Edmonds underwater park on Sunday. Most of the people here are familiar with it I'm sure, but I couldn't believe the size of the Lingcods and there was a Cabezon with a head the size of a bulldog's! Just insane ... Now that would be a great place for a night dive!

Cuppie · Post by **Cuppie** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:36 pm

Nice to meet you Seargent Pepper, maybe we'll see you on wed night.

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:17 am

Hola Adron (Sgt Pepper)
Looking fwd to diving with you soon!

Bassman, (Keith)

BDub · Post by **BDub** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:01 pm

Hey everyone, my name is Brian and I forgot how I stumbled onto this site, but I'm glad I've found yet another place to hangout.

I've been diving for about 6 years now. I was originally certified in a crash course in Cozumel (won't go into the details of that, as it horrifies me now that I know what I didn't know then

).

Upon returning I decided to try the Puget Sound. After all, I was certified, it's got to be the same here as it is in Coz right? Anyway, it took some "adjusting", but I was immediately hooked. I can't say I've logged as many dives as Bob in that period of time, but I've averaged 150-200 a year. I am an active NAUI Instructor with Northwest Sports Divers, and usually share the "office" space with Bob and the other regulars at Alki.

I've also dived in British Columbia numerous times (Quadra Island is simply incredible) as well as 100 or so dives on Maui and Kauai.

Looking foward to meeting and chatting with you!

Brian

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:33 pm

Hey, welcome to our little club!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:31 pm

Brian, welcome aboard! :smt038

I agree that the transition from warm to cold is a hard one to make, but great once you're used to it. I did probably 100 dives or so in tropical water before my first real dive around here. It took me quite a few, but now I'm totally hooked on the diving around here. (notice the tagline)

I hope to see you and Bob at The Office one of these days. I've been having some trouble with one of my regs but I just got a new one so I'll be in the water this weekend. Woohoo!

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:51 am

Brian,
Welcome!
Glad to see yet, one more experienced diver here, to learn from.

Looking fwd to meeting and diving with you some day!

Bassman (Keith)

Northwest Dive Club

Introductions Please

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