AOW Certified

bnboly · Post by **bnboly** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:58 am

Did my AOW cert this weekend with Olympia UW Sports - had Jay Pickett as our instructor. A most excellent class! We did three dives @ Redondo - the 1st turned out toi almost be a drift dive! Then on Sunday we moved up to Sund Rock for two dives - dove both walls. All in all we had 5 great dives! The best part for me was that I went from 38lbs to 28lbs of weight and my SAC is starting to drop. Soon I'll be aboe to be under water for 45 min!

Also picked up a NITROX cert.

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:51 am

That's awesome bnboly, good to hear you're continuing your dive education!

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:50 am

Good job!

Dropping the weight is great! I went from 51 to 32! Feels wonderful!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:52 am

Dropping the weight will also leave you with a lot more air to breathe, instead of controlling buoyancy with it

GillyWeed · Post by **GillyWeed** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:58 am

Nicely done bnboly!

Calvin.. Can I make a request.. I like that kitty but I really like the metal kitties from that same site.. The little orange ones are my favorite.. Change to that!!! K?

Sasquatch · Post by **Sasquatch** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:25 pm

A BIG congrats on stepping up, bnboly!

(HIJACK)

Where is the cool Dancing Kitty site? Orange metal dancing kitties? C'mon me gotta see 'em!

diver-dad · Post by **diver-dad** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:58 pm

Hey, that's great!!

GillyWeed · Post by **GillyWeed** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:14 am

Sasquatch... I have the kitties saved. But I cannot make them move.. I know Calvin knows how to. But he's not playing!

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:51 am

Congrats on the next step bnboly!

Hope to dive again with you soon!

thelawgoddess · Post by **thelawgoddess** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:28 am

nice work!

bnboly · Post by **bnboly** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:26 pm

Thanks to all of you!

My next step is the rescue diver cert - more for myself than anyone else - if I'm better trained/able to handle my own emergencies underwater then I'll be in a better poeition to help my diving buddies!

BASSMAN - am tentavely planning a dive on the 29th with a newly certified diver either @ Sunnyside or Les Davis - he's still a bit wary of other sites. Unfortuantely I really won't know till the 28th when we return from Curacao.

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:24 am

I will just be getting back from Alaska on the 28th. So I will probably wait untill Nov. for next local dive.

How about Thursday night at Les Davis? (the 19th)

bnboly · Post by **bnboly** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:29 pm

Read BASSMAN's last post to late - no tank or suit ](*,) But that will soon be corrected! Just bought another tank and have ordered a Bare D6 Pro dry suit.