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. …
Hello, my name is Tori Willoughby. My mother is the writer of the scuba blog. I’m going to tell you a little bit about my time and experience as a diver. Why I got Certified Let’s start with why I got certified. I got certified when I was 11 years old. I wanted to get …
I told you a few weeks ago it was coming… And now, it is here. Time for diver interviews once again! Our first victim, Diver to Interview is Ryan Paul. The questions are the same as you’ve seen previously, except we added one question… What is your favorite dive gear and why? Why would we …
Boy do I ever have the interview for you today… Have you met Glen Faith? Do you even know who that is? Well, if you’ve been to Mermet Springs, surely more than once you’ve seen him as he is the mastermind evil genius… I mean the owner of Mermet Springs in Metropolis, Illinois. Last September …
Extreme Interview: Glen Faith, Owner of Mermet Springs in Metropolis, IL Read More »
Can you believe that it is the last day of the year, TODAY!?!? Late last year we decided to interview divers who dive with Extreme Sports Scuba. The goal was 52 diver interviews for the year, one per week. There were weeks I wasn’t sure we were going to accomplish this goal, but guess what… …
2015 // An Extreme Diver Interview Year in Review Read More »
I’m throwing this out there…. I’m patting myself on the back! Why you might ask? Well… this is the 52nd week of the year and I did 52 diver interview blog posts. SCORE! I did it. Woohoooooo! I need to thank you, each and every one of you, who helped me throughout this process! There …
So I need to put a disclosure with this post… I interviewed Chris back in February when we first decided to try doing these diver interviews. I point this out for 2 reasons… Chris wanted to be the last one interviewed, well next week is the last week and I have a special surprise up …
I got a message on Facebook yesterday from a family member talking about how Christmas was NEXT WEEK! Next week? Whoa, where did the month of December go? Seriously! I knew we were in December but who would have thought that Christmas was NEXT WEEK? Okay, I know, you didn’t come here to here about …
This has been an interesting last few weeks to say the least. But it is Wednesday and time for another blog interview. I actually conducted this interview a couple months ago, carried the interview in my pocket (because I hand wrote it), never typed it up, and then took it out of my pocket. So …
Can you believe it is already December? I went to type a date this morning and tried to put 11 when we’re actually in the 12th month. I would also like to point out that I put a goal up of 52 diver interviews this year and as of right now I have 51. I …