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Cozumel – February 18-25, 2017

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February 18 a group of 20 set off on a grand adventure for Cozumel Mexico. What am I talking about… this is the yearly, get out of the fly over states crummy weather! The funny part of the whole thing was, they didn’t leave us in snow this year. We were only about 10 degrees cooler in Missouri than they were in Cozumel. The big difference was the evenings.

This year on the dive boat we had 3 dive masters. This is George. We’ve had him before… he’s not new.

This Jimi. He was new for us. I’m sure we left him scratching his head a few times but we sure liked him. He’s welcome back on our boat anytime!!

Finally we had Jeremiah. He said he remembers us. Is that a good thing or a bad thing… you be the judge! Remember a few years ago there was a cab driver that recognized Deb. Just saying. Anyway, we liked him really well also so he’s welcome aboard our boat again too.

This is Jimi again. Doesn’t he have gorgeous hair? He told us it was for the girls.

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How to Host a Baked Potato Bar {February Extreme Dive Club Meeting – 2017}

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Step 1. Plan a meeting and invite guests

2. Go to the store and buy potatoes.

3. Wrap potatoes in Aluminum foil and bake them, smoke them, broil them, nuke them (wouldn’t recommend this at all! aluminum foil and microwaves don’t mix!!), basically make sure the potatoes get cooked. The best way is in the oven.

4. Butter. You need butter. No matter how you put it, you need butter.

5. If you don’t have butter, get back in your car and go to the store. Remember: You need butter.

6. Find toppings. Toppings are always good. They can include but not limited to: butter (covered above), candied jalapenos, chives, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, bacon, ham. But remember, no matter what your toppings are… you need butter and toppings smiley.

7. Next on the SCUBA blog, how to fix a baked potato.

8. I blame SCUBA Tank for seeing his shadow.

Now on to the meeting minutes from our February Extreme Dive Club Meeting, brought to you by the Potato Bar and butter.

February 18-25 – Cozumel 2017 Trip

  • Trip includes roundtrip air from Tulsa to Cozumel
  • Airport transfers, taxes
  • 7 nights at Hotel Cozumel & Resort with All Inclusive Plan.
  • A welcome to Cozumel practice shore dive

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SCUBA Tank saw his Shadow

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“They say we’re young and we don’t know
We won’t find out until we grow
Well I don’t know if all that’s true
‘Cause you got me, and baby I got you

Babe
I got you babe
I got you babe”

Well hello folks, you’re friendly, fun loving SCUBA blogger here, bright and early to let you know, today is Groundhog’s Day.

First off, have you ever wondered what the background story is on Groundhog’s day? I’m so glad you ask me these questions! So let’s have a short history lesson, shall we?

Most of you know that the Groundhog that predicts the winter weather or lack there of is located in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and his name is Phil. He has a wife, Phyllis and daughter, Phelicia,who live with him in their temporary home of Gobbler’s Knobb, which happens to be located about 3 miles outside of town. Now from what I know about this Groundhog Family, they are treated better than most people are. I’m sure they have a vacation home in some place like Hawaii or something (haha… just kidding).

Now the folk lore goes, if Phil sees his shadow, he predicts 6 more weeks of winter-like weather, but should he not see his shadow, Early SPRING! Punxsutawney Phil has had his gig now since 1886 roughly, but he gained national recognition by the 1993 movie, Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray.

The chosen few who have the privilege of taking care of Phil and his family year round are known as the “Inner Circle,” with one person nominated as president. These men are recognizable by their attire of top hats and tuxedos.

As most of us know, Pennsylvania was founded by a lot of German settlers. This tradition of watching Punxsutawney Phil stems from Germanic  and Celtic traditions that state if a hibernating animal casts a shadow on February 2nd, the Pagan holiday of Imbolc (Known among the Christians as Candlemas Day), winter and cold weather will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says, spring will come early.

Now I stated that this is a Germanic tradition that came from Germany. Well, in Germany, they used hedgehogs to represent their animal, but when the settlers moved to this great country, they changed their tone to a groundhog.

I too, would like to mention that folk lore states that there has only been ONE groundhog used which if you do the math, you know my strong suit… Phil is REALLY Old. In reality though groundhogs lifespan is about 6 years so who knows just how many Phil’s there have been in years past.

So remember, these predictions are to be taken light heartedly. As of 2016, Punxsutawney Phil has made 129 predictions, with an early spring predicted 18 times. They say these predictions have proven correct 39% of the time. If you correspond that to a grade scale from school, that’s a pretty low F. Hopefully they grade on a BIG curve!

So you may be asking why on earth I’m giving you this history lesson. Again, I’m so glad you asked. Makes my life so much easier to get through this… Diver Dan said that his SCUBA tank saw its shadow, so that means 6 more weeks of winter-like weather. Now who is ready to do a February dive with him?

Cozumel – February 2016 – Winter Getaway

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February, wait Nicole, this is August. Yes, I know it’s August but I realized that we never blogged about the 2 Week Cozumel Trip in February. So it’s about time before we forget until the next February 2017 trip! Holy Cow. There aren’t many months left in the year.

So the weather before we arrived was horrible, but once we got there, it cleared up and was nice. For the most part we’ll let the pictures do the talking for us with a little explanation in between laugh.

This just so happened to be the dive trip some lady asked Grady why he was diving with a fire extinguisher.

So we almost had an accident with Someone (i.e. Grady) falling off the boat on to Jan. We lucked out though, it was all good.

One of our favorite dives this trip was Cedar Pass. We saw 5 Sharks and 6 Turtles.

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Cozumel 2015 – Carnaval Trip

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As of Sunday February 22, 2015, the group of Extreme Sports Scuba divers who went down to Cozumel have been back in the states and the lovely weather that the rest of us endured while they were off galivanting in the sun. Sadly I wasn’t one of the lucky ones to experience Cozumel in February so I had to bring in a guest blogger to tell stories of all the fun that was had in beautiful, sunny Cozumel, so meet my guest blogger, Deb Weston (as I’m sure you’ve all met if you have anything to do with anything with Extreme Sports Scubayescheeky) So I’ll turn the blog over to Deb, take it away!

While many of you were at home in cold snowy weather, 32 people were in Cozumel with Extreme Sports Scuba.

This year we were able to attend the Carnaval Festivities in Cozumel not only great diving but there were Parades three nights we were there, some of our group even rode on the Hotel Cozumel Float in the parade. We had so much fun.

Underwater we saw eagle rays, sting rays, moray eels, turtles, sharks and much more.

Javier the Dive Master was having Grady pull him without his knowledge so Javier tricked Grady into a free dive. He took his reel and attached it to Grady, then held on.

As always there were comical experiences including (but not limited to):

One was Steve Todd holding dive Master Clemente’s hand underwater caught on video. Check out video below!

Grady Weston dropping his dive bag in the water when loading the boat. They had to make a free dive down to get his bag before we could head out on the water.

Jan Goldworthy lost her boots, looked for them a whole day and found them in her dive bag.

Deb Weston dropped her weight pouch and her camera on the same day.

And last but certainly not least John Patrick asked the wrong couple to dinner one night. We don’t know who they were.

Congratulations to Krista Martin on completing her Open Water dives in Cozumel.

Also a big congruations to Larry Renkowski and Christina Novak, He proposed and she said yes!

Thank you Cozumel Marine World for the best Dive Masters, Crew and Captain.

SCUBAPRO Platinum Dealership Party

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Do you know what day it is? Groundhog Day! And don’t worry, it isn’t like that 1993 Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day, this day won’t be repeated. But, a day that would be fun to repeat would be Saturday! Maybe not the work leading up to the day, Deb might disown me if she had to repeat the work leading up to the party, but after all the work was finished and the party started, let’s repeat that!

In case you didn’t know, Saturday Extreme Sports Scuba went Platinum with ScubaPro. About 5 years ago ScubaPro created a program with a set of guidelines and a reward system for the top 50 out of 450 ScubaPro dealers in the country. As of Saturday, Extreme Sports Scuba falls into that category.

Scott Dawson came into Extreme Sports Scuba back in either 1998 or 1999 to convince them to sell ScubaPro, back when Extreme Sports was in a 12×16 shop. At first Grady and Deb weren’t completely sold but decided to give it a shot and it has turned out in their favor. All it took was Scott having faith in their business. Saturday their hard work was rewarded when Extreme Sports went Platinum.

The party started just before 1pm with lunch. Lunch consisted of pulled pork sandwiches, Deb’s Ranch Potatoes, Baked Beans and coleslaw along with blackberry cobbler, peach cobbler and the star of the show, the ScubaPro Platinum cake decorated by Heather Gray. Scott told Grady and Deb to get people to show up. We told them if there’s food, they will come and that mentality proved true as we had a turnout of 60+ people at the Platinum party.

Scott Dawson, West Central Sales Manager, is our favorite ScubaPro Sales Rep; he flew in from Washington State for the Party along with Harry Ward, Sales Director for the America’s , who flew in from San Diego, CA. I must add this bit of information in case you weren’t there Saturday, Harry informed us that he wasn’t from the coast, he was originally from Kansas City so he felt right back at home here in Joplin with us!!

After the presentation of the Platinum Dealership plaque

there were door prizes drawn. Congratulations to Emma La Due, Ed Brewer, Larry Renkoski, Tiffany Hayworth, Doug Crandall, Joe Jacquinet, Ava Fitzgerald and Danielle La Due.

Other pictures from the day:

It is because of people like the Weston Family as well as the Extreme Sports Scuba Family that made this accomplishment possible, so we all deserve a Thank you!

February Extreme Dive Club Meeting – 2015

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MEETING NOTES February 2015 (January 31)

January 31 – Scuba Pro Platinum Party, Cozumel Meet’n Greet, February Extreme Dive Club Meeting

February 7 & 8 – Open Water Class. 9am (Sunday 10:30am) Classroom, 2pm Pool

February 10 – Try it Tuesday 6:30 – 5 Mile Children’s Camp

February 14-22 – Roundtrip air from Tulsa to Cozumel, 8 night accommodations, all & drink, shore diving & taxes this trip is during Carnival.  (Currently sold out)

March 5 – Extreme Dive Club Meeting

March 10 – Try it Tuesday – 5 Mile Children’s Camp

March 28 – Concealed Carry Class – Keith Brumfield

April 2 – Extreme Dive Club Meeting

April 12 – Open Water Class. 1pm Classroom, pool following.

April 17 & 18 – Trails 4 Kids

April 24 & 25 – Annual Warehouse Sale

April 25 & 26 – Beaver Lake – Open Water Dives.

May 7 – Extreme Dive Club Meeting

June 4 – Extreme Dive Club Meeting

June 20 – Safari Hunt, Beaver Lake

July 2 – Extreme Dive Club Meeting

July 18-25 – Group trip to Honduras, Roundtrip airfare from Springfield, Mo to Roatan, 7 nights’ accommodations at Turquoise Bay Resort, all meals and non-alcoholic beverages, 3 boat dives daily, 1 night dive all for $1,979 per person. (Currently sold out)

August 6 – Extreme Dive Club Meeting

September 3 – Extreme Dive Club Meeting

October 1 – Extreme Dive Club Meeting

November 5 – Extreme Dive Club Meeting

December 3 – Extreme Dive Club Meeting

New Items
•    Scuba Pro is coming out with more sizes in wet suits. Men’s 5XL, Women’s 4XL and Men’s and Women’s XLR.

•    New hard soled Scuba Pro Dive boot coming in.

If you miss one of our monthly meeting, be sure to check out the blog for meetings on our web site. Also, if you are on Facebook be sure to like us, we have all of the events posted on Facebook.

Extreme Sports Scuba headed to Cozumel – February/March 2014

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Have you ever been on any fun diving trips? How about a nice diving trip in Cozumel while the rest of your friends and family were at home suffering through the frigid temperatures that happened the later part of February 2014/first part of March? Well if you can’t tell, recently Extreme Sports Scuba had an amazing trip to Cozumel. Some of the participants were there the first week, some got to attend the second week, but there were the lucky few who were able to attend the full two week trip.

The first week of the dive trip was February 22 through March 1, 2014

The first week dive participants included: (top row) Danny Overdear, Scott Craigan, Grady Weston, Mike Goldsworthy, Scott Peters, Dennis Hoffman, Ric Ogle, Mike Knight, John Patrick, Steve Todd. (bottom row) Joe Jacquinet, Brian Head, Deb Weston, Jan Goldsworthy, Tom Tanner, Shirley Todd, Christie Ogle, Donna Knight, Nelda Patrick, Shirley Mann, and Ed Brewer

So the start of this trip, they weren’t sure that it was even going to happen. The group checked in at the airport in Joplin and the airplane was broken. So 15 of 21 made a mad dash to the Tulsa airport to hop a plane and hopefully make it to Cozumel (don’t worry the rest had already made it). Thank you to the wonderful ticket agent for getting us all checked in and away on our flight.

For highlights of the first week, you definitely need to check out these following photos:

The second week of the dive trip was March 1 through March 8, 2014

The second week dive participants included: (top row) Joe Jacquinet, Ace Taylor, Brian Taylor, Grady Weston, Glenn Crosswhite, Levi Henry, Katie Henry, Joe Henry, Mike Goldsworthy, Bill Luke, Ric Ogle, Scott Peters. (bottom row) Ed Brewer, Shirley Mann, Wren Taylor, Deb Weston, Jennifer Crosswhite, Ronnie Crosswhite, Barbara McMurry, Cheryl Henry, Jan Goldsworthy, Christie Ogle

When the second week group arrived we were headed downtown for the first night of parades for Carnaval.

Another highlight from the second week was the spotting of a hammerhead shark on Palancar Horseshoe however, with 14 divers, 2 dive masters, 1 professional videographer, 9 cameras, 1 Hammerhead Shark, no pictures.

The next day dolphins were spotted underwater. There were pictures of this, but we don’t have access to those sadly.

For the rest of the highlights, check out these photos.

Cozumel is always a great dive trip, great visibility, and there is always an abundance of marine life.

And the thing to remember from this trip….

Come Try Scuba – Try it Tuesday – February 2014

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Tuesday night’s Try it Tuesday had quite the turnout! Turns out there were about 50 participants who came out to brave the experience. And I say brave, it is a lot of fun, so if you haven’t been able to make a Try it Tuesday yet, you are missing out!

A Try it Tuesday is a great way to get your feet wet and experience a sport you may not have thought about trying prior to now. The best part is you get to try it out with some great instructors and experienced divers around who will work with you and help you get the full experience. Now if you get into a bind, the pool is only 6 feet at its deepest so you just stand up and you are back above the water. Plus it is in a heated, indoor pool so you get to beat those wintertime blues of sitting around the house waiting for warmer weather!

If you missed the February Try it Tuesday but think you might be interested, Good news for you, there is a Try it Tuesday scheduled for March 11th. One of the best ways to keep up with the upcoming dates is to “like” Extreme Sports Scuba facebook page and check the website frequently for updates on upcoming events.

We’d love to meet you so make plans now to come to the next Try it Tuesday! Now for your viewing pleasure some photos from Tuesday night. Enjoy!