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Originally Posted by sapdawg711
Question #2 for the day...
I took a plunge today and signed up for my SCUBA open-water dive classes with some of the money I saved on my cancelled 2-day. I figured its a pretty good silver lining.
I know that there are probably better forums to ask this question but I like the crowd here and am certain someone will point me in the right directions. I need to buy the required setup (Snorkel, Fins, Mask, Boots, and Gloves) but don't want to buy crap that I will want to immediately upgrade after my first 2 dives. Do you guys have any suggestions on the brands/specific equipment that you would recommend? I know I can ask the dive shop, but like most places, I'm sure they will recommend whatever it is they carry. It seems to not be a bad idea to go in with a little bit of an unbiased background as to some of this gear prior to walking into a shop.
My plan is to dive casually, nothing to extreme. Maybe a few trips a year. It would be great to eventually get into some spearfishing, but who knows. Class first.
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We are to dive forums what BWE is to Kayak fishing forums. Flame free (a little snark, but no flames) SoCal based (the other large forums are all Florida all the time) and like me (250+ a year) our members actually dive and don't just sit around and talk about diving.
Where are you located? If you're in SD, you're in luck, as the dive community in SD is top notch. I know most of the shops, tons of divers and instructors and I can surely hook you up so you don't waste your time or your cash.
Send me an eMail anytime and we'll go through some stuff.
-Ken (mo2vation)
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ken@divematrix.com
PS:
www.kennethkopp.com is my photo site if you want to see all of the local stuff that's down there. 99% of the shots are cold water and 95% of those are from Santa Barbara to San Diego.
-K