How Becoming a Dive Leader Helped Me in My Personal Life

Before becoming a dive professional (Divemaster/Instructor), I was searching for more personal growth and challenges — something that would help me become a better leader for myself, my family, and […]
What Teaching My First Open Water Student Diver Course Taught Me

The learning never ends. Even now as an Open Water SCUBA Diver Instructor I am getting lessons, but now they’re from the student and the process!
Hunting and Gathering Beneath the Surface

One reason I began my scuba journey was to better understand what fish and underwater life were really doing. I’ve always been a waterman—from fishing tiny streams and lakes to […]
Dispelling the Tech Myth

Last weekend I was coming up out of a quick 40 minute dive when a Divemaster candidate from another shop quipped, “I thought tech divers were supposed to stay down […]
If I had only known…

If I knew then what I know now. But maybe, possibly, this life wasn’t ready for me.