Eric Keibler will be offering an Open Water Side Mount course in June. This is a 3 night class with one to two days of open waters. It is intended for open water diving, not side mounting in caves or wrecks. You will find it to be an easy way to extend your bottom time.
If you would like to find out more, please send Eric a note. Or, if you are ready to sign-up just send Eric an email or sign-up now through our on-line system.
Ann, Steve and Nigel just returned from a Spring Break week in Utila, Honduras and they cannot stop talking about it. The group had such a good time that they all want to go back! While a norther blew in and tried to dampen their spirits, they did not miss a dive and spent days basking in the sunshine and enjoying the lush tropical island that Laguna Beach promises. There were a number of photographers along, including Ann, Karen, Steve and Nigel. They all tell me they got some incredible photographs.
Ann put together a quick video for the trip. You can watch it here or jump over to the OceanicVentures channel on You Tube.
Ho, Ho, Ho!
Hey kids, did you know Santa was a diver? Well, on December 7 at the West University pool Santa made an appearance in his scuba equipment and posed for photographs. It was amazing to see Mr. Clause swim around the pool, his beard flowing, a red wetsuit complete with fur trimming and a Zeagle BCD! It is not everyday you get to see such a site.
To keep Santa company on this visit, several members of the Oceanic Ventures family, Barney Corbin, Barbara Corbin, Zaide Scheib and yours truly, helped to take photographs and hand out diving magazines prneuded by Mark Young at Dive Training magazine. The pool prneuded hot chocolate, which was not in high demand on the 72 degree day and life-guards to make sure that everyone had a good time.
Funny as it may sound, there were more adult visitors than there were children. Of course, they say we are all children inside and the difference between men and boys are the price of their toys. All-in-all we had about 30 people come by and visit and have their photographs made with the dear old man.
It was fun working with the children. It is amazing how long some people could hold their breath. During the day we even had a visit from a reporter from the Examiner Newspapers. It seems Santa and his elf made it onto the front page of the West university Examiner. To see samples of the photographs taken, please visit www.oceanicventures.net.
In talking with Santa and Brittany Baakes, the manager of the City of West University Place athletic acilities, this is a fun event that both would like to make an annual event. I for one will be back next year – it was a lot of fun and hopefully the weather will be as wonderful as it was this year.
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