OWSI days 1 and 2

yesterday was the first day of the Open Water Scuba Instructors portion of our IDC.  and it was a long long long day. pete did damn well to hold our attention for as long as he did – but 8 or 9 hours in the classroom is a huge chunk of work to get through.  even...

AI day 4

today was the last day of our Assistant Instructor course and it was the best so far … and by far! we started out at Lake Pupuke with our open water session presentations. we had each been given two skills to prepare and the two we had worked out well.  alex...

AI day 3

as part of our PADI IDC, today we jumped in the pool. we headed straight over to Orakei Dive Shop first thing this morning. scott told us the pool was about 20 degrees and pete told us there was no excuse for us to get cold – so i made sure i had lots of thermal...

AI Day 2

both alex and i were pleased with the way our Academic sessions came out this morning and pete seemed to be pleased too. the great thing about working with pete is .. well actually one of the great things is his feedback. its to the point, constructive, full of tips...

ready, set, go!! AI day 1

last night alex, scott and i rocked up to global dive for the orientation night of our PADI IDC. armed with a bag load of manuals and tons of enthusiasm, pete mesley – our course director, walked us through the schedule for the AI (Assistant Instructor) portion...

i wish nell was here

todays the day .. rather tonights the night. its the PADI Instructor Development Course and i wish that nell was here. she got me into this after all.  bitch.