Bubblemaker and Scuba Reviews

Guess who will have the coolest story when he returns to school this fall.  We all know the teacher will ask his class either to tell or write about "What you did this summer."  I can tell you my new nine year old buddy Clayton will have one of the best stories.  He went SCUBA DIVING!!!.  Clayton's mom and dad are divers and he wanted to try it out. He is just months shy of being old enoough to be a certified scuba diver, you have to be 10.  But he could not wait to try it.

So Clayton's parent signed him up for PADI Bubblemaker. Along with going diving Clayton also received kid-sized beach towel, log book, certificate, temporary tattoo emblem and the adorable and a popular Bubblemaker “action figure". Whaoo too cool!

Once Clayton finished his Bubblemaker dive and was drying off with his new towel. His mom Audrey jumped in to do a Scuba Tune up.  This was all on Saturday.

Then on Sunday Clayton's Dad along with four other folks that wanted to do a Scuba Tunes where in the pool with me.  Besides Clayton's Dad we had a Boy Scout, as well as a bother and sister getting ready for a trip; she was only 12 and was an awesome diver.  All in all we had a get time this weekend.

Almost all of the certified divers in the pool this weekend are going on a trip with in the next two weeks to some exotic location for vacation and diving is part of their vacation plans.

So keep that in mind if you are planning a vacation soon and diving will be part of the fun. We do Scuba Tunes/Review every other Sunday at the Freedom Center pool.

Talking SCUBA at a Father-Son event

Spent the morning talking SCUBA diving at  a Father-Son event in Fairfax.  This was a church sponsored event that had about 250+ people show up.  With Virginia Scuba we spoke to about 50 Dads and their boys about PADI's Bubble Maker program, Discover Scuba, Open Water program. For the Dad's that where already certified divers we talked about PADI Advanced Open Water and Speciality options.

Lots of questions about where to go diving, sharks and coral reefs. 

We let those who where willing to try on scuba gear and breath off a regulator.

It was a good time with Susie and Gavin and hopefully we sparked some new friends to try SCUBA.

 

Bubble maker diving fun.

Had a lot of fun this morning meeting Mia. Mia is 9 years old. Her dad is a diver and she loves to snorkel.  She wanted to try scuba diving. Mia has to wait until she is 10, next summer to be come a certified junior open water diver. But she took advantage of of the Bubblemaker program to try scuba diving. 

We went to the Freedom Center pool put on all the gear, Mia listen to how it all work and she was off and diving the shallow end of the pool.  We worked through the differences she had between snorkeling and diving, by the end of our time together Mia did not want to get out of the pool. She actually did an extra lap around the area we had then sat on the bottom of the pool and watched the open water class that was in water with us for a while.  Mia is a natural, she will be a great diver, can't wait until next summer for her open water class.

Being a Bubblemaker Mia received a kid-sized beach towel, log book, certificate, temporary tattoo emblem, stickers and the adorable and a popular Bubblemaker “action figure.”