DiverSync

Season 9 Episode 6 Rich does a podcast from his car and talks about the difference a day makes as far as ice conditions. The dive he did was awesome and he chats about that and what is planned for the next coming week.

Season 9 Episode 5 Rich has been cold water diving this week and ICE DIVING! Listen to the stories as Rich talks about a week of super clear water and fantastic conditions while diving in January!

Season 9 Episode 4 Rich is back from Rebreather training in North Carolina with some stories to tell about the diving there. Having never dived a Granite Quarry before this trip he has a lot of insights and a story to tell about the experience. Th Fantasy Lake Scuba Park was a great quarry by the two days of the course turned out to be incredible. Mystery Lake Scuba Park was an amazing surprise wi...

Season 9 Episode 3 Rich is in North Carolina Teaching a Tec40 CCR course. He has been having a great time at the Fantasy Lake Scuba Park outside of Raleigh, North Carolina. In this short podcast, Rich talks from his truck on the way to the dive site to keep you updated on what has been happening in diving.

Season 9 Episode 2 Rich talks about the diving he has been doing, clarifies a misconception from the last podcast and talks about being a beta tester for the New CCR software available with the Garmin Descent MK1 dive smart watch.

Season 9, Episode 1 Rich start the year off talking about diving on New Years Day. It was a mild day with fantastic visibility. Rich also talks about a question that was emailed to him getting to the heart of why you choose an instructor/ dive center. Rich gets into the Aquaman movie as well giving his opinion of the effects and the fact that it is NOT the BBC.

Season 8 Episode 52 Rich does his last episode of 2018 from the Island on Bonaire. He is on holiday teaching his wife, Jill, her PADI Tec40 CCR course and a friend of his is also taking the PADI Tec Sidemount Instructor Course. Rich talks about night diving with a Bioluminescent light show and diving with his kids.

Season 8 Episode 51 Rich Talks about getting back into river diving for the first time since the summer. He also talks about sidemount and getting back into that to make back mounted diving with stages more streamlined. Rich chats about how his Zeagle Rep meeting and making custom BCDs. Finally Rich is packing for Bonaire and discusses the trials and tribulations of that ordeal.

Season 8 Episode 50 Rich went diving at White Star to some incredible visibility! He talks about the sale at his store and offers some of the closeouts to you.  Rich also talks about the Garmin Virb Edit software that came with his Virb Ultra 30.  Finally Rich looks towards 2019 and Season 9 of this podcast looking for ideas and suggestions for changes.

Season 8 Episode 49 Rich has been busy working in his shop on a sale this weekend and he talks about that a bit. He also embarked on a new journey with his wife taking Rebreather lessons from him on the Hollis Prism 2 Rebreather.  His kids go diving with him in new to them equipment.

Season 8 Episode 48 Rich chats more about DEMA telling a story about the Prism 2 Seminar he attended and the speeches by the cave rescuers from the Thai Soccer Team incident.  He also spends time talking about the new products that he saw at DEMA that were representative of super cool stuff coming in technology. RIch talks about his meetings this week with Garmin and Atomic.  He also spent time ta...

Season 8 Episode 47 Rich is back from DEMA in part one of what will become a two part story about the trip to Las Vegas.  Rich chats about new products, about the PADI CD Update and the directions that the industry is taking.  Rich also talks about a trip out to Lake Mead to check out the Echo Bay resort to find it high and dry at the top of a mountain now.

Season 8 Episode 46 Rich takes some time out of his amazingly busy schedule at DEMA the largest industry-only scuba event of the season!  This is more of a teaser than anything else as Rich hints at some incredible stuff coming in 2019!

Season 8 Episode 45 For the sake of saving time Rich does his podcast about recent dives in Fortune Pond for the Tec 50 class. He also talks about his dives in the quarry with rebreather divers.

Season 8 Episode 44 Rich talks about spinning up to DEMA. He also talks about the upcoming tec 50 training and the training he has been doing with rebreathers.  Rich talks about the show, the storms of November show he attended this evening.

Season 8 Episode 43 Rich talks about his upcoming Prism 2 course. He also talks about his upcoming schedule of trips for 2019.  He discusses an article about Oldest intact shipwreck recently found in the Black Sea.  This 2400 year old amazing find is discussed with his love of shipwrecks.  River diving season just around the corner and Rich talks about the upcoming dives he has planned.

Season 8 Episode 42 Rich is fired up about some stuff people posted hammering on Local dive shops.   He also talks about diving this week, catching up and making cool things happen.  He also talks about the end of his longest running IDC.

Season 8 Episode 41 Rich talks about Underwater Pumpkin Carving. Gives a shout out to an old mentor long gone.  Talks about his week of diving with public safety divers and their courses and the task of getting his shops in order. Rich also talks about a night dive he did with some good customers and friends.

Season 8 Episode 40 Rich talks about his past week teaching the PADI IDC and some of the things that were discussed there.  He also talks about some of the articles that were posted on the DiverSync Facebook page.  Rich chats about how things change in diving instruction similar to the things that change in other diving related.

Season 8 Episode 39 Rich chats about the awesomeness that was the missile silo dive last weekend, a busy week diving and the fun he has with his Job. Rich also chats about the fun he has had in diving this week and the struggles of running a business that is super fun in the bargain.

Season 8 Episode 38 Rich had a busy week teaching and entertaining and making things happen for his shop.  He talks about Internet trolls in relation to an experience he had this week.  Rich also talks about how a different IDC can take a good instructor and make them a Great Instructor.

Season 8, Episode 37 Rich starts this podcast on his birthday and in the middle of it gets interrupted by house guests arriving early.  Finishing it the next day, Rich talks more about how people interpret standards in a way that may be detrimental to the learning of the skills.  He also talks about his upcoming classes and the stuff that he is doing this next week! Primer for IDC and more.

Season 8 Episode 36 Rich announces the winner of the Fat Diver Challenge! He also talks about the weekend of diving, planning for 2019 and more about diving!

Season 8 Episode 35 Rich talks about the end of this round of the Fat Diver Challenge.  It seems that sharks don't kill divers, cheeseburgers do, so we need to start taking better care of ourselves.    Rich also talks about how we should continue taking better care of ourselves as we journey through our every day lives.   At the request of a listener, Rich talks about gas planning and how we can a...

Season 8 Episode 34 Rich went for a five day expedition to the upper/lower Penninsula of Michigan to technical dive on the shipwrecks of Presque Isle and then to continue on to Dive the shipwrecks of Alpena.  Boat problems and weather issues changed some things moving one of the charters to the Straits of Mackinac.  Rich tells the story of awesome wreck diving and new friends found on the trip!