Halloween is basically a contraction of Hallows’ Evening. It has been written in shorthand as Hallowe’en and then shortened even further to Halloween. Halloween is a celebration observed in many countries that falls every year on the 31st day of October. What you may not know is that Halloween (aka Allhallowtide, Hallowtide, Allsaintstide, or Hallowmas
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Working with students has been a GREAT joy to me for several reasons. The first brings me back to Mike. He was the first student I had responsibility for. We were on a live-aboard in the Bahamas. He had some reservations about the first dive in the ocean. When we got in the water, he
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Many times people ask “how did you get started SCUBA diving?” Well, let me tell you, SCUBA Diving was not something I thought I would ever want to do. How it started, Grady won classes at a charity auction so he and his brother took classes. They became Open Water SCUBA Divers. Several months later,
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I want to invite you to dive with us this summer. The Weston Family owns Extreme Sports SCUBA and Kayaks. Our crew consists of Deb and Grady with two sons Justin and Jared. Then our family grew with three grandkids Shaye, Drake, and Tucker. And one great-grandchild, Kyng (at 6 months old, he does not
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Diving every month…..why would anyone living in the Midwest dive every month? In the words of Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof, “I’ll tell you – I don’t know. But it’s a tradition…” I was certified to dive in July 2003, then dove in Beaver Lake in August and Hawaii in September. Beaver Lake again
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Drake Weston turns 18 today, Happy Birthday to you. And today’s blog post is about Drake. What is it like to teach a family member to SCUBA dive? When you have a family that is in the SCUBA business, you end up at one time or another teaching another family member to SCUBA dive. Drake,
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July 2003 I got my first introduction Into the world of SCUBA diving. Mask on, check. Breathy thingy, Check. Depth, 15 foot, I really don’t know, I didn’t check the gauges. Wasn’t really even sure you needed to check gauges. Water temperature warm. But at 15 feet in a lake my first time experiencing diving,
I became a certified diver in 1993 to be a dive buddy for my son. Initially, I was certified through PADI. In 1998 I went through and got my Dive Master certification. Then In 2004, I started diving with Extreme Sports Scuba and Deb and Grady. My first trip with them was to Mermet Springs.
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So when the blog was created and we started doing the interviews to Meet the Crew, Deb had asked that I write a post to introduce myself. Well if I walked around asking myself questions all the time everyone might wonder what was up and try to put me in a straight jacket while calling
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The other door greeter at Extreme Sports Scuba is Sisco. Now let me tell you, if you want to be her friend, play ball with her. That’s all!!! So let’s meet Jared and Karen Weston’s Dog, the other door greeter of Extreme Sports Scuba, Sisco. What does your typical day consist of? Yip Yip. (Greeting
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