dive expo
- spudgunman
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Re: dive expo
I will be out sunday, got some nerd stuff sat.
Kelly(boy)
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- nwscubamom
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Hope to meet some of you! I'll be in the REEF booth (booth 104 on the wall closest to the escalators) with my REEF hat and REEF shirt (will be hard to miss!) - and also giving a talk at 3pm in room 404. Come say hi!
- Janna
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Re: dive expo
Be there shortly
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Hope to see you - Whidbey Island Dive Center - booth 607 - I think
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Re: dive expo
I'm posting to the NWDC from the NWDC booth -- isn't recursion fun?
Re: dive expo
lundysd wrote:I'm posting to the NWDC from the NWDC booth -- isn't recursion fun?
My,, God..... doesn't that create a class four paradox and open a rift in the space time continuum ?!?
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- spudgunman
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Re: dive expo
not a bad show.. starting to meet a lot of people so just walking around just about every isle someone I knew.. that was cool.
lots of old friends and also met a new one Josh
I did sucker into some gear, so I am now rental free! so I can dive whenever and wherever I want! yahoo! (just in time for a new kid ..)
also checked out that GEM simi closed loop system.. intriguing
lots of old friends and also met a new one Josh
I did sucker into some gear, so I am now rental free! so I can dive whenever and wherever I want! yahoo! (just in time for a new kid ..)
also checked out that GEM simi closed loop system.. intriguing
Kelly(boy)
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- citycatred
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Re: dive expo
Well that was a fun expo, nothing like screwing around int the pool on a paddle board and then trying out a propulsion device that attaches to your tank.....that was awesome. Now trying to de-chlorify my poor drysuit...Anyway, the kiddies that got to "experience" scuba had fun, and thats all that matters.
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Cynthia Heimel
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Re: dive expo
they let you try that out? nifty, I would have loved to see what propwashing a passer by would have been like haha
I was looking at it ..other then putting a propulsion device on your back where you cant reach it and gives you even more of a keel then a tank. how did it work out.. for sure a interesting product.
how was it ...worth the trouble? they sounded like a lot of cash - I wanted to find a local shop that might rent them
I was looking at it ..other then putting a propulsion device on your back where you cant reach it and gives you even more of a keel then a tank. how did it work out.. for sure a interesting product.
how was it ...worth the trouble? they sounded like a lot of cash - I wanted to find a local shop that might rent them
Kelly(boy)
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if you have two you can double them up on either side of the tank and really get ripping!
I do have opinions of my own,,,very strong opinions!,, I just don't allways agree with them.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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- spudgunman
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Re: dive expo
what about putting one in either direction (fwd and reverse) I think that might get exciting or just offset them 20 degrees from each other so you spin thru the water like a cruise missile.
I only find this to be mostly hilarious which makes me want one, just to kick it on and bonk into things.
think about it for fishing and crabbing however...
I only find this to be mostly hilarious which makes me want one, just to kick it on and bonk into things.
think about it for fishing and crabbing however...
Kelly(boy)
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Re: dive expo
Had fun today with all the toys and talking to all the different travel people... Someday I'll get a chance to dive where the water isn't 45 degrees, still though our diving is pretty tough to beat!!! If you take 2 of the tank props and mount them slightly offset that would be fun to watch and Aaron could do the video...
-Alex-
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- citycatred
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Re: dive expo
LOL it was a bit hard to turn....I kept running into the walls of the pool...probably would have worked out better if it was a bigger and deeper pool...and if I had fins on....but it was AWESOME, so much funspudgunman wrote:they let you try that out? nifty, I would have loved to see what propwashing a passer by would have been like haha
I was looking at it ..other then putting a propulsion device on your back where you cant reach it and gives you even more of a keel then a tank. how did it work out.. for sure a interesting product.
how was it ...worth the trouble? they sounded like a lot of cash - I wanted to find a local shop that might rent them
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
Cynthia Heimel
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Re: dive expo
As hard to turn as the board was? I think more people were in danger of getting wet from that than the thruster!
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Yeah, you plowed into one of the floating scuba rigs pretty good. I think you were trying to go under it but didnt realize how far that sticks up off your back. did that knock the controll cord out?citycatred wrote:LOL it was a bit hard to turn....I kept running into the walls of the pool...probably would have worked out better if it was a bigger and deeper pool...and if I had fins on....but it was AWESOME, so much funspudgunman wrote:they let you try that out? nifty, I would have loved to see what propwashing a passer by would have been like haha
I was looking at it ..other then putting a propulsion device on your back where you cant reach it and gives you even more of a keel then a tank. how did it work out.. for sure a interesting product.
how was it ...worth the trouble? they sounded like a lot of cash - I wanted to find a local shop that might rent them
I do have opinions of my own,,,very strong opinions!,, I just don't allways agree with them.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
- nwscubamom
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Re: dive expo
Got my photos of the Dive Expo all uploaded here:
http://pnwscuba.smugmug.com/Diving/expo ... 4359_NUUP6
Enjoy!
- Janna
http://pnwscuba.smugmug.com/Diving/expo ... 4359_NUUP6
Enjoy!
- Janna
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Seen any cool critters lately?
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- citycatred
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Re: dive expo
No, I kept pulling on the chord which is what was causing the problems. I was trying to avoid the rigs ....I guess I failed lolAgent 47 wrote:Yeah, you plowed into one of the floating scuba rigs pretty good. I think you were trying to go under it but didnt realize how far that sticks up off your back. did that knock the controll cord out?citycatred wrote:LOL it was a bit hard to turn....I kept running into the walls of the pool...probably would have worked out better if it was a bigger and deeper pool...and if I had fins on....but it was AWESOME, so much funspudgunman wrote:they let you try that out? nifty, I would have loved to see what propwashing a passer by would have been like haha
I was looking at it ..other then putting a propulsion device on your back where you cant reach it and gives you even more of a keel then a tank. how did it work out.. for sure a interesting product.
how was it ...worth the trouble? they sounded like a lot of cash - I wanted to find a local shop that might rent them
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
Cynthia Heimel
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Re: dive expo
I would think, given the tank-mounted nature of that little thing, that you're supposed to use your fins for a rudder ... only you weren't wearing any.
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