Having a go at the Dive Show 2006 February 7, 2007
Posted by Mark Gilmour in : General , trackbackI have been meaning to post this on here for a while. Scott, my 7 year old has been a regular at the dive show for the last 3 years and at this last one he was tall enough to reach the bottom of the try dive pool so he could have a go. He had been gearing himself up for a year since being denied the year before for being a little too short.
As we were helping out on the Diving Daisy Stand we arrived nice and early on the Saturday of the show. Scott immediately wanted to go over and book on at the try dive pool. He could have gone in at that moment but he wanted to book on and come back so we did.
His first attempt wasn’t great as the mask supplied was far too big and so kept flooding. So we went back for another attempt in the afternoon after buying him a mask that fitted. As a keen snorkerler he already had one but we didn’t take it with us. Oh well now he has a spare.
With the new mask fitted he was much happier and shot off, he was disappointed that he didn’t get all the way around the pool because he kept falling through the Buddy Wing they were using. He had set himself a very high standard.
The good news is it hasn’t put him off, So in a couple of years time he will be able to do this first PADI courses.
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Well done, its great diving with your own kids.
The top pic of Scott reminds me of the film ‘The Fly’