It was brought to my attention last week while searching for a blog post that we never did a recap of the Underwater Pumpkin Carving last year. Can someone please explain how this happened? The best explanation that we have come up with is… We had the Chili Cookoff, the next day the underwater pumpkin …
We have heard for years that for a business the most important thing is location, location, location. In our case, that is not all there is to it. It is how you treat people. By word of, Facebook, and other avenues, people have heard about Extreme Sports Scuba because of our friendly, family oriented atmosphere. …
Where do I (you) dive in Southwest Missouri? The ocean isn’t anywhere around… Ah, a question we’re asked frequently. The answer: There are numerous places to dive if you live here in the Ozarks and Southwest Missouri. Where to dive in Southwest Missouri First of all, we have numerous cricks (creeks for you more uppity …
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, …
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, …
One of the big events that we look forward to around these parts each year is the Safari Hunt. Rules are simple, sign up, find an animal, win a prize. How much easier could it be? We need a Staples Easy button, right? Meet your Safari Hunt Animal Hiders: Grady Weston, Drake Weston, Nicole Willoughby, …
#1: Mildred the Monkey- Fraternal twin of Millard. Do you believe she got the looks? #2: Ardie the Alligator- Owns a chain of taco food trucks along the east coast; travels the world with his pet coy fish. #3: Felix the Lion- College star athlete at Alabama state university. Frat “King.” #4: Wendy the Whale- …
Wow, Can you believe that Memorial Day Weekend has already come and gone? In fact, we’ve had a second weekend since then! Yowzers! Time needs to slow down a little bit, or a lot bit really! So, we learned what the meaning was behind Memorial Day last week and we definitely want to thank those …
So technically we don’t call ours a “Polar Plunge” and it is different than typical polar plunges, however… if you think about it, it is a polar plunge. It is January. It is cold. The water is even cooler, well sort of… our water was around 50 degrees and the outside temperature recorded in at …
It’s that time of year… time for the recap of the 19th Annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving held at Beaver Lake. We had a great turnout this year and even better weather. The high was 72˚ and sunny. Can you really ask for any better weather this time of year? The water was even a great …