Intro to Sidemount | 4 hours split over 20 videos

Course Information

Intro to Sidemount | Only £25 for 1 year of Access

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After many years of thinking about this, we finally decided to release this intro course at a rate we hope every diver can afford. The 20 lessons have been carefully selected from our full sidemount course to ensure you will get a great start into sidemount diving and even the experienced sidemounters will still learn a lot too, we are very confident about this.

We can 100% guarantee you will get value for your money, so much so! If you feel
you did not just get in touch and we will return your £25 back to you in full.

Our bet is you will more than happy and you will want to upgrade to the full sidemount course.
If so all you need to do is get in touch and we will email you back with a
£25 discount coupon you can use off any upgrade.

Intro to Sidemount Course

Promotional Video – Short Version

If this video does not make you want to buy our new intro to sidemount course, then nothing will! It is aimed at anyone who is looking to get into sidemount diving.

Promotional Video – Extended Version

This is the full promotional video and will show you short previews of each of the 20 lessons, video has timecoded chapters for easy viewing.

20 Online Video Lessons

Rigging your Sidemount Cylinders – 11 min

Detailed step by step workshop covering how to correctly setup your side mount cylinders

Cylinder Band Height Testing – 4 min

I test cylinder band height in increasing and decreasing 5cm increments, to find the optimal length

Regulator Configuration Workshop – 22 min

Complete step by step workshop covering every part of my side mount regulator setup

Regulator Breakaway Boltsnap – 6.5 min

How to make a regulator breakaway boltsnap and why it should be used over a cut-away one

Side Mount System Setup | Part 1 – 33 min

Step by step complete SM harness setup, 1st of 2 parts covering sizing and fitting for all body shapes

Side Mount System Setup | Part 2 – 22 min

2nd part goes through the step by step fitting of your BCD/wing system to the harness

Will My Sidemount Harness Work In All Locations – 5.5 min

We discuss which systems you need and if you really need lots of lift capacity. Also if you need safety clips and entry and exit difficulties and our advice

Using your Side Mount BCD – 5.5 min

I cover horizontal and vertical use of your BCD with how to handle common problems

SM Diver Trim Check Exercise – 13 min

I cover what trim is and how you can test and to get perfectly balanced using side mount configuration

S-Drill Demos and Problem Solving – 10 min

Demonstration of safety drills and problem solving students during training

What Weight Do You Need? Doing the Maths – 14 min

Have you ever gone diving with new equipment for the first time and wondered how much weight you will need? Well, that happened to us last month with our new Santi dry suits and thermal undergarments. We could have dived over weighted and then taken weight off after the dive, but we wanted to see if we could better estimate what we “should” be using right from the start. Here is a what we did and how we worked it out. We had to do some maths, but we tried to keep that simple and even use coloured pens!

End of Dive Weight Check Procedure – 10.5 min

The most accurate weight checking test procedure, I take you through it step by step

Spools, Reels and SMB’s – 9 min

Covers setup of spool, guide to correct length to use & different types of surface marker buoys

Cylinder Band Failures – 3 min

If you have any problems with your side mount cylinder bands, this video shows exactly how to fix them

How Important Is Knowing Your Air Pressure – 11.5 min

We discuss how frequently you should check your air gauges. Once you turn your dive, do you really need to know the remaining air pressure? Plus understanding how time and gas awareness will help you when dealing with a catastrophic gas failure.

Cylinder Donning and Doffing – 22 min

Step by step guide explaining how to donn and doff your cylinders, what order and which hand does what

Dive Planning | What You Need to Know – 23 min

A comprehensive guide to dive planning, covers what all types of divers should plan & why

Mastering the Back Kick – 8.5 min

Comprehensive step by step guide to mastering the infamous back kick

Underwater Skills with 4 Cylinders – 6.5 min

Covers general use of 4 cylinders, plus many tips; like how you keep cylinders in trim throughout your dive

Useful Hand Signals for All Divers – 12.5 min

Comprehensive guide to hand signals for general underwater communication