DiverSync

Season 8 Episode 33 Rich talks about the Zombie Apocalypse course and how cool it was.  Rich also chats a bit about what he is planning for next week and the diving in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Season 8 Episode 32 Rich adds some things about Isle Royale and then chats up his most recent adventure to the Straits of Mackinac.  Rich also talks about the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse course and chats about a new product, the Garmin inReach Mini.

Season 8, Episode 31 Rich is back from Isle Royale and today marks the start of the Fat Diver Challenge.  Rich talks about the challenge and how to participate as well as the new boat in Isle Royale,  he chats about his upcoming schedule of events and he shares an article about a Wallet lost 28 years ago reunited with its owner.

Season 8, Episode 30 Rich is off the grid on a liveaboard in one of the most remote places on the Great Lakes, shipwreck diving and enjoying life.  This podcast was recorded sitting at a picnic table in Windigo Harbor on the Western end of the Island.

Season 8 Episode 29 Rich spent last weekend at White Star Quarry participating in the Women's Dive Day Fundraiser benefiting the Women Divers Hall of Fame Scholarship fund!  He talked a lot about packing for Isle Royale and getting the dive shop ready and then launched into a revisit of the Normalisation of Deviance where he explains how it becomes a problem to divers.

Season 8 Episode 28 Back from Munising, Rich talks about a busy week of diving, not diving, prepping and training new staff.  He also chats about the upcoming fundraiser for Women's Dive Day!

Season 8 Episode 27 Rich spends some time talking about his busy weekend and the fun he had diving with children on the Fourth of July.  Rich also talks about watching the fireworks from the deck of a 100+ year old Great Lakes Freighter with his family.  Rich spends some time talking about a weight loss motivator in contest that gets you a few new t shirts.   Rich also talks about supporting the s...

Season 8 Episode 26 Rich talks about the diving he did this weekend on a "Unicorn"  The wrecks of the McPhail and the Curran are two ferries that sank together in Lake Huron near the Thumb of Michigan.  Rich also talks about the choices we have to make when going diving in rough weather.   Rich had a visit from some PADI bigwigs this week and he chats about that as well.

Season 8 Episode 25 Rich talks about his past week in Pensacola Florida diving the wreck of the  Aircraft Carrier Oriskany and the Vortex Springs as he worked to become a PADI TEC60CCR Instructor on the Hollis Prism2.

Season 8 Episode 24 Rich has crappy time management skills this week so he does this podcast from his truck heading southbound to his PADI Tec60 CCR Instructor course.

Season 8 Episode 23 Rich talks about the not so glamorous side of business ownership, when the process becomes more like "a job."  Rich also talks about the changes that happen and go alone with breaking in new captains with new charter boats.  Rich also talks about things to come and some of the upcoming trips he now has openings for.

Season 8 Episode 22 Rich talks about his trip to Meg Ledge and the surrounding area in North Carolina, talks about the surprise trip to the mountains afterwards and the week he has had. Rich finishes up with a comparison of the new Teric Dive computer by Shearwater Research and the Garmin Descent Mk1 that he has been wearing for two months or so.

Season 8 Episode 21 Rich records on the road and talks a little about the trip but spends most of the time with a presentation that he recorded a presentation about river diving to the customers of Patriot Dive Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Season 8 Episode 20  Rich spent the early morning on the podcast talking about his week of PADI Instructor Development, The PADI Rescue Diver Course,  and his Prism2 Rebreather course this weekend.   An informative, informal podcast talking about the busy week he had.

Season 8 Episode 19 Rich is back from Utila, Honduras with tales of an amazing place. Fantastic coral, great people, amazing experience.  Complete with Whale Sharks, Spinner Dolphins and some pretty amazing coral.

Season 8 Episode 18 Rich did a brief recording on the Island of Utila that describes a little about the internet, first impressions of the island and some other things.  He was not well when the recording was made and it almost was not published.  Island internet was very poor so uploading it down there would not have been possible.  Look to Episode 19 for a more detailed program.

Season 8 Episode 17 Rich talks about the past week teaching the tec programs in a 6 day format along with the awesomeness that came from collaborating with another dive shop owner/course director on how to make his teaching style better and improvements that he can make to his shop.  RIch also talked about getting White star up and running for the new season and the trials and tribulations for tha...

Season 8 Episode 16 Rich just got back from the Cooper River Trip and reviews a book he listened to on the way down.  The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols had a lot of information about the challenges experts have with people who do not do their own research. Rich talks about how that relates to diving and what he is trying to do in his own life. He also talks about the Cooper River Dives and lam...

Season 8 Episode 15 Rich talks about prepping for the Cooper River, organizing better. A week of teaching and training and a new project.  Rich also talks about the upcoming dive seasons and plans for 2019 (yes already)

Season 8 Episode 14 Rich does his first podcast from his new office. Testing out the new sounds in the new office. He talks about the dives he did in the past week. Rich talks about the most amazing dive with his CCR course.

Season 8 Episode 13 Rich does  a short podcast about the diving that has been done over the past week. Catching up tec 40 people to get them in the same place as the rest of the course.

Special Episode Rich recorded his talk from the 2018 Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival.  It is a live performance  recorded March 3, 2018

Season 8 Episode 12 Rich spent his week teaching the PADI Tec 40 Course in many different ways and in many different forms. He got to dive as well!

Season 8 Episode 11 Rich does a podcast from his truck an talks about the stuff going on in classes.  He talks about the stuff that he dives and what the quarry has in store for this weekend and next.

Season 8 Episode 10 Rich talks about the shipwreck festival and the troubles that he is having with finding time to start up  the scuba concession at the quarry.  Busy schedules full of diving this season!