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Mermet Springs: 14 Things to Pack

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Mermet Springs 14 Things to Pack

Can you believe we are just a little over a week out from the annual Mermet Springs trip? Who is ready for cold water diving and Fat Edd’s? {raises hand} Even though I’m not a fan of the cold water diving… With Labor Day coming up, now is a good time to start thinking about what to pack for Mermet Springs. We have created a list of 14 items NOT to forget to pack. I’m sure we have missed something, so please, comment and let us know what we forgot!

Mermet Springs: 14 Things to Pack

1.     5 mil, 7 mil, or Dry Suit.

You’ll want a warm suit. If you have never dove at Mermet Springs, you’ll want to make note that it is chilly. On the surface, the water temperature is around 75˚F or so but at the nose of the plane or even at the 108’ Platform you won’t be so lucky for those temps. Dan La Due dove in a 1.5 Mil suit last year more on a dare, but unless you want to try it, I wouldn’t. Continue reading→

Tank Talk 3 (Chuck)

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Good coffee morning, or iced tea, or soda pop, or whatever you’re drinking. I’m working on my coffee but you can join me with any drink you want.

I don’t get all excited by wetsuits, normally, although I’ve spent a lot of time in one lately. I’m going to have to tell you about 2 new products SCUBAPRO has come up with that I can get excited about.

The first is the SCUBAPRO “Definition.” I’ve used both the 3mm and the 5mm. First, they have a heat shield lining that does a good job of keeping you warm, and in all the diving I have done with both, I’ve remained very comfortable. But that’s not what excites me. What excites me is how easy it is to get in and out of the wetsuit. Normally, I wear SCUBA socks to help get wetsuits on, but with these, they just slide on… at least easy for a wetsuit. It’s even easy for an “old man” like me. Continue reading→

2018 Annual Spring Sale

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Annual Sale sign out in front of Extreme Sports Scuba

It is about time for the Annual Spring Sale at Extreme Sports SCUBA. Make sure you mark your calendars for April 27 and April 28, 2018. That is the last Friday and Saturday of the month. Also, be sure to note that we are closed April 26 to prepare for the big sale.

This year we are offering new packages with the Hydros BC AND new and exciting G2 color computer. If you haven’t had the opportunity to hold one of these bad boys, now is the time

We have teamed these two new products up with the ever reliable and popular MK25/S620TI regulator. This package with a free mesh bag will only be $2999.00* April 27 and April 28, 2018. Continue reading→

Hydros Pro Review

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Hydros Review

At the November 2015 DEMA show, I saw my first Hydros BCD prototype. I thought that it looked really good and that it should make a great BCD. I didn’t need a new BC at the time, as I had an X-TEK BC that I was perfectly happy with. Two years later I started thinking that I need a new BC for travel and warm water. I signed up for a two-week dive vacation in Cozumel and I really needed to reduce the weight of my luggage. I decided to go ahead and purchase the Hydros.

Fast forward a few weeks and I’m sitting in the lobby of Hotel Cozumel & Resort. More than 40 dives later and I’m getting ready to return home. I think that I gave the Hydros Pro BC a good work out. Overall I’m very happy with the BC.  The fit of the BC is superb, thanks to the way the BC conforms to your body. Even with my 19cf pony tank attached to the tank strap, the BC did not roll around. The BC I purchased was a large and it was more than big enough for my frame.

Features

One of the features of the Hydros BC is that is customizable. You can adjust it to custom fit you.

  • add pockets
  • attachment points
  • change color schemes

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SCUBAPRO Seawing Nova Fins Review

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White Seawing Nova Fins on a diver

I became a certified SCUBA Diver in 1990 as I have shared many times throughout the blog. That means that I have been a certified SCUBA diver for 28 years this year. In that time, I have had the opportunity to dive with multiple different dive gear combinations. Last year we did a feature of our favorite SCUBA Products. One of my favorites was my Black Twin Jet Fins.

A few years ago when the Seawing Nova fins were offered in purple, Nicole bought a pair. Around that time, I started thinking I needed to try them again. They had recently been redesigned, so it was time to give them a try again. Eventually, I bought myself a pair in white. After using those Twin Jet Fins for over 10 years, it is really hard to use a different pair of fins.

As many of you may know, we just returned from a 15-day dive trip to Cozumel in early March. Before I left, I decided to take the White Seawing Nova Fins to try as well as my trusty Black Twin Jet Fins. Continue reading→

Get the Look – Scott Dawson

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Merry Christmas Eve, Eve, Eve. Yes, that means we’re 3 days away from Christmas. I swear that’s a scary thought. Hopefully, you have all your Christmas shopping done and if not, make sure you check out this post for your one-stop shop for our featured SCUBA products. This year we tried to help take the guesswork out of dive gear. The thing is, if you still have questions, by all means, come see us! We can help clear things up.

I went to a talk with a Chef in Chicago one time. He said that he changes the menu in his restaurant every 6 weeks. When the new menu is up, the food is cooked and the staff is required to taste it. His thought was that way if someone comes in and says I’m torn between this and that or what’s the best thing on the menu, the staff can give their two cents.

That was kind of our process thought behind the Get the Look posts. We sell SCUBAPRO items and we dive with SCUBAPRO items. We try new things and we have what works for us. Our staff tries to be knowledgeable in our gear and why we choose our gear. Now, I am guilty of joking from time to time and saying that I have a piece of gear because that’s what my husband gave me. Really, Grady added my snarky comment into one of his classes once… the question is why are you taking this class and I blurted out because Mark told me I was going to. Grady wrote that in the curriculum.

In all seriousness though, we dive the gear we sell. Case in point… for our December Get the Look feature, we decided to feature our SCUBAPRO Rep, Mr. Scott Dawson. Here is where I tell you that Scott lives in the Pacific Northwest so the weather/water conditions are different than what we have here in the four-state area, but we wanted to show that he too, dives in what he sells.

Get the Look – Scott Dawson

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Complete List of Featured SCUBA Gear – 2017

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Does anyone else feel like we woke up yesterday and it was January 1st? Now here we are 5 days until Christmas and 13 days from January 1st, 2018. Ask me how many times it took me to type 2018… Yikes.

This year we’ve featured a lot of SCUBA products. Today we thought we’d take the time to break the products down into categories, but also make them easily accessible from one post. That way you can quickly compare items if you are debating between a couple.

At the end, we also included our Get the Look post in case you wanted to know who to talk to about a specific piece of gear and why they chose that piece. Obviously, come into Extreme Sports SCUBA and we can talk to you about the gear with you, but sometimes you want to go straight to someone and say, “Hey, why did you choose that?”

Please be sure to check in next week as we have an announcement of something to come in the new year. You don’t want to miss it! Until then, please have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy your one stop shop for all things SCUBA.

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Christmas Wish List – Items $100 and Under

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Guys, it is that time of year… Santa will be here just before you know it… but you still have to find those perfect gifts for your loved ones on your Christmas shopping list. Today we have a treat for you… We have gone through and collected the best dive gear for $100 or less.

These are those accessory type things you may want to add to your packages or maybe you already have your gear and are looking for those cute little “Knick-knacks” just to finish out your look. Never fear, we have you covered.

Number 1 goal… make safe divers. Number 2 goal… Make you look smoking hot. Haha… I believe the word you’re looking for is… Anyway.

SCUBA Items $100 or less

SCUBA Items $100 or less

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Get the Look – Mark Willoughby

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So, who is still running on the tryptophan-induced coma? Who knows what a tryptophan-induced coma is? Well, tryptophan is what you get when you eat turkey and supposedly it is associated with sleepiness. Since we just celebrated Thanksgiving, that means that if you ate turkey you had tryptophan. Okay, I believe the word you might have been looking for is…. anyway….

Here we are, the last Monday of the month. Holy cow! But you remember what the Last Monday of the month equals, right? If you guessed a Get the Look post, you would be correct. If you didn’t guess that, then you didn’t read the title… just saying. This month we’ll learn how Mark Willoughby dives. Without further ado, I give you Mark. I should also joke that when I was getting his list of dive gear, he told me to read Grady’s stuff to him since they dive similar gear.

Get the Look – Mark Willoughby

Mark Diving in Cozumel

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Christmas Wish List – Dive Gear Packages

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We wish you a Merrrrrrr… Oh wait, we haven’t even had Thanksgiving yet. Bring on the Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing, and Turkey-induced coma. By the way, it’s tryptophan if you’re wondering what supposedly causes that.

But two things….

  1. While we haven’t had Thanksgiving yet, it’s next week.
  2. It’s always good to start planning for Christmas early so you can make sure all your i’s are crossed and your t’s are dotted… or something like that. Basically, so you don’t forget someone on your list.

And as you may or may not know, Scuby just got back from DEMA and he has some great things to add to someone’s Christmas wish or Christmas gift list. He wanted to share with you today these great packages so that you are all geared up and ready to go come the New Year’s Day dive (or whenever your first dive of the year is, obviously).

Scuby looking out the airplane window

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