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The legends themselves!!
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Setting up at the Inland Sea, Gozo
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Great video from a recent student and all round awesome guy Mr Kevin Wong - a must watch if your thinking of coming to Gozo http://vimeo.com/72027987
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Houston we have a problem 😉
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Single stage handling 🙂
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Okay guys warm up day before 9 days of technical diving training is over 🙂 Kevin please put down the camera, Vas please share those stages with your teammate and if you need any advice on how to be a good Tec diver ask Tom Suetens below you as he just did a great job with his technical training be quick though as sadly he has to go home soon 🙁
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Trust me you don't need anything on your back!! Photo by the one and only Kevin Wong
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Tom & Steve go head to head 🙂
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Watch out Vas!! I am sure that is what Kevin is shouting behind his camera 🙂
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Welcome back Vas Proud, lets take what you learned last year in Sidemount Essentials to whole new level, we have 10 days lets make everyone jealous with daily picture posts of our dives 🙂
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Vas can we make this debrief quick, clearly I need to pee 🙂
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There are no words for this... actually LEGEND!!
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2 instructors, 4 students, 3 assistants/videographers with a common goal advanced nitrox, deco pro and normoxic sidemount diving 🙂 Let the training begin!!
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🙂
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The guys did well on there 154 minutes skills test dive today; included single stage handling, switching, no mask, OOA and advanced buoyancy and fin techniques training - plus the most important team diving training 🙂
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Audrey doing whatever it takes to get the shot 🙂
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Plenty of stage donning and doffing
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and stage donning and doffing without masks 🙂
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"Houston we have a problem"
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"why does he do this when my hands are full" 🙂
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Kevin do you know why Vas so tired each day..?
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No VAS!! Audrey won't swap fins with you, now get on with it...
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Vas... "actually I think they suite me"
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Comments please... 😉
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Correct team descent
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The boys are back!! Great 45m multi-level decompression dive on the Karwela today 🙂
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Looking great Kevin!! amazing camera you let me use and you guys did great today 😉
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Guys did great with there simulated deco dive on the Karwela yesterday, back in here tomorrow but today we do a limited deco dive on the P29 in Malta 🙂
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This is a great way to practice the back kick while maintaining trim, the bar needs raising a bit 🙂
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Backmount configuration is good and it works, it is a safe configuration for all types of diving including overhead but you will find it is like diving in 2D, when you compare it to using sidemount configuration this puts everything in 3D!!
If you reach a high skill level using both configurations, you will know what I am talking about and choose to dive in 3D as it is just way more FUN!! Question is do you really need the weight on your back in the first place..?
If you agree please LIKE, if you disagree please COMMENT and SHARE if you want to help others 😉
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There is only one!!
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I asked them after a nearly 2 hour dive including training session, you want to go up or down...
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Kevin was excited the deco was over and Vas for sure wanted to stay longer!! Tec diving skills are coming on great guy, soon we start the normoxic training and go a little bit deeper 😉
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Great work on team descents, ascents and levels today, thanks Matt for joining us and helping to train the guys. Going be another good day tomorrow 🙂
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The P29 patrol boat shipwreck in Malta
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The hatch 🙂
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Kevin penetrating the P29!!
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Vas penetrating the P29!!
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Great sidemount limited deco training dive on the P29 shipwreck today, thanks Kevin Wong for the great picture 🙂
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Team ascent training
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I would say the guys are looking good so far for day 5 of their sidemount technical training course - what do you think..?
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I said your "nearly" ready boys don't get too excited!!
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Yeah think I will have to try twinsets again.... NOT 🙂
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You need this...
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...picture says it all!!
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It should not be possible to have as much fun as we did today!! Thanks guys, I have not laughed that much ever before underwater 🙂
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You think you would know if your regulator was to come out, right..? ..."Wong" 😉
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Your 2nd stage regulator does a good job reducing this flow, choose wisely 😉
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The Blue Hole & Azur Window in Gozo
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Diving the P31 in Commino 🙂
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Camera lens shows it all... Sidemount + Wreck = ???
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Having fun diving on the P31 Shipwreck in Gozo, Malta
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Vas Proud checks out the size of the hole, what do you think possible in sidemount or not..?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b1rwH-blZA - www.facebook.com/sidemounting
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Taking a break..? 🙂
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Ohh HELLO!!
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As we dived in wetsuits, I included a sidemount drysuit workshop as part of the technical training
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Vas working hard on the deco plans...
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...Kevin is not 🙂
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Why so excited Vas..? Is it because its STUBBORN day!! by any chance? 🙂
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HMS Stubborn here we come!!
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HMS Stubborn here we come!!
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What an amazing (submarine wreck) dive to end 10 days of technical training with great students and for sure life long friends 🙂 Well done to Vas Proud and Kevin Wong (behind the camera) video to follow this...
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HMS Stubborn in Malta
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and what do you want us to do about THAT!!
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Guess what it says..?
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Curiosity got the better of us, picture from a dive inside the tuna farm in Malta!!
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Yes, that is where the famous "Will Smith" got injured!!
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Today is a sad day, we said goodbye to Kevin he leaves us back to Hong Kong and I know I speak for everyone!! ...he will be greatly missed BUT absolutely impossible to forget 🙂
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