Clay-Doh

Oh look! It's Badboy. Can't answer his phone or text, but he can post on the forum???



Whos that? Dat's just my baby daddy...Jerry West Biiiaaatch!



You too busy breast feedin your new baby girl to talk to a mofo? Haa haa!

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Clay-Doh

And Skiffy, how old are you?



I wouldn't give up yet. I know nothing about the YMCA classes, but the dive shop classes are not terribly bad. I know you have to tread water for a certain period of time..ect...can't remeber it all, but nothing a person in decent health regardless of muscle mass and strength shouldn't be able to do.



As Evensplit said, go talk to him. He is one of the owners of MBT. They are really good guys up there, you won't be disapinted. Badboy is one of the instructors too.

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BOHUNTER1

Greatest challenge I have had since June 09....

Your ready to dive, swim in our out, off a boat or landing. Thats easy, I have never observed an issue with the entrance... but when the dive ends and your down current or across the river or 100 yards from the boat.... It will KICK YOUR AZZZZ if your on top of the water kicking against wind and drag... I experienced the Fatigue and Dehydration effect of long swim back to the boat! It will sneak up on ya!

My only other issue.... when training and classes be the last guy in and last one down the line... Otherwise you got the people in the class hurrying and forcing you down when YOUR not ready... Not ready I mean as "RELAXED" and breathing easy and overall readiness. I learned quickly the extra 30 seconds of closing your eyes and being motionless helps you correct your breathing after the dress and gearing up. If your learning and anxious on the first few dives dont let others dictate your dive this way. It helped me and I hope it can help you.

ALWAYS HAVE A KNIFE!

Steve

Caver2130

I have had the chance over the years to take and teach classes from many different agencies. I have been a YMCA Divemaster, SSI DiveCon (aka Divemaster), NAUI, PADI, & TDI instructor. The first thing that I can tell you is that an agency doesn't make a class good or bad. The attitude of the instructor will dictate the way the class is run. That being said, in the mid 90s, agencies started to shift teaching philosophy. What they found was that in cutting class length and removing the "military" stance that you had to be a super-athlete to SCUBA dive, students retained more practical knowledge, had more fun (and thus were more likely to continue diving), and had no significant drop in overall skill. PADI, NAUI, SSI, & many other agencies moved toward the shorter, more relaxed classes and have had a great level of success. However, YMCA did not follow suit. The YMCA SCUBA program (at one time, the most popular) folded on December 31st, 2008. Making someone swim a bunch of laps, perform unrealistic skills, or harassing them in an open water class only serves to exclude able divers and keep them from understanding the important concepts of diving. Diving is an easy, safe, and fun sport.

nonchalant

I think they call 6' 1" and 143lbs anorexic.just kidding.