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Updated 05/15/07 

A new model of VR3 for 2008

 

        VR Technology Limited have just announced a brand new VR3 model for 2008 armed with High Definition (HD) software giving enhanced screen visibility and some exciting new options as standard.

In addition to the vast range of features that VR3 owners have enjoyed to date, the new 2008 model gives the diver:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

No Deco Dive Screen                    Deco Dive Screen

 

 

CIUSR Divers upgrade to Professional Public Safety Diver Certification!  

DIVERS DOWN!!!!!

May 20, 2007

        Ames, Iowa – Looking for things underwater in a pool is something all of us have done.  However, imagine trying to find something in water that you can not see through, or has snags that can keep you down. These are the conditions that professional search and recovery divers are subjected too.  Members of Central Iowa Underwater Search and Rescue (CIUSR) spent Sunday morning at Ames Municipal Pool practicing search patterns and upgrading their skills to begin to meet professional safety diver status. 

CIUSR Divers practice a ‘V Search Pattern” at the Ames Municipal Pool!

        The training, which is to Professional Public Safety Diver Level as put forth by Emergency Response Diver International level, prepares divers and ground personnel to deal with the hazards of rescue and recovery diving per national level regulations. 

Scott Madison, Ames, tows Ernest Pettit of Osceola during dive training!

         “In order to better protect the departments who call us out and to protect our own divers and personnel, we are upgrading our training”, says CIUSR Training Officer Bryan Gentner of Ames.  “We have some of the most experienced recover and rescue divers in the state but we always need to upgrade our training”.

 

Towing 2:  Jason Hamilton, Adel, Steve Huff, Des Moines, Larry Doss, Des Moines, Derek Campbell, Des Moines

        Divers and line tenders completed training in the US Coast Guard approved floatation device with cutting tools, rescue signals (audible and visual) gloves (latex and work) as well as a 200 meter swim, 100 meter emergency tow, 200 meter snorkel swim, 200 meter emergency tow, survival float for 15 minutes, weight retrieval from the bottom of the pool and search pattern practice.

 

Larry Doss (in goggles), Des Moines and Derek Campbell, Des Moines, start their towing leg of ERDi Training!

        The written portion of the test will be administered at the next training and will cover such things as dressing the primary diver, proper tethering techniques, diver communication using tethers and line signals, evidence handling procedures and decontamination procedures. 

        CIUSR is a professional non profit rescue and recovery dive team based out of the Polk County Sherriff’s Office.  CIUSR provides requesting agencies with highly trained professional volunteer divers and support personnel to assist in the recovery and/or rescue of person or evidence in swift water, ice and still water situations.  CIUSR members are from all over central Iowa.  More information can be found by calling the Polk County Sherriff’s Office at 515-286-3800.

         Emergency Response Diver International is a nationally recognized professional public safety diver certification and is OSHA and NFPA 1670 and 1006 approved.  Some of the most successful ERDi teams are the Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. More information can be found by calling Randy Molnari at 515-255-7282 or  www.tdisdi.com.

Contact info:  Bryan Gentner:  Training officer 233-3435  (also Ames Outdoor Power Equipment)

Scott Madison:  VP  515-314-0570

Robin Habeger:   Secretary  515-231-5763

Randy Molnari:  Certified ERDi I & II Instructor.  Adventure Diving Inc. in West Des Moines.  515 - 255 – 7282

Adventure Diving is a Delta P Technologies Dealer! The World's Only Upgradeable Dive Computers!

 

                  

                    

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Online Computer Nitrox Release                                     

 

Scuba Diving International (SDI), sister company of Technical Diving International (TDI) and Emergency Diving International (ERDI) is proud to announce the launch of its SDI Nitrox Online Program. This online program is based on SDI’s recently released revised nitrox course materials and reflects the most up-to-date learning materials available today.

SDI, the worldwide leader in diving education through e-learning and distance learning applications, is known for its innovative approach to scuba diving educational products.The SDI online open water scuba program continues to be a tremendous success and undoubtedly remains unrivaled in online educational products and services available today. Due the positive reaction worldwide to the SDI online open water scuba program, there was an immediate demand for additional online courses to be made available.

“High profile retailers have found the SDI online program to be highly effective in meeting their customer’s needs.Therefore, the new addition of the SDI Online Nitrox Program provides yet another opportunity for dealers to take advantage of the flexibility online programs while providing their students with a program they enjoy completing”, stated David Burroughs, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SDI.

“SDI looks forward in the coming months to releasing new and exciting products and programs for consumers to enjoy.By embracing the concept that different people respond to slightly different learning stimuli, SDI has begun to provide an additional avenue for those interested in the underwater world to enjoy their Diving Adventure: and that’s online learning” stated Brian Carney, President.

To purchase the SDI Online Open Water or SDI Nitrox Materials call Adventure Diving at 515-255-7282 or stop by our educational center.

 

 

SDI/TDI and Willis, Insurance Announce New Insurance Program for Manufacturers

Another first from International Training and Willis, Insurance
 
In a combined release, International Training, parent company of SDI, TDI, ERDI and Willis, Insurance announced the introduction of a new insurance program for recreational dive equipment manufacturers that will provide general liability and product liability coverage. This will provide one stop shopping for those companies manufacturing life support equipment such as rebreathers, computers and regulators as well as accessories and exposure protection including dry suits and wetsuits.

Brian Carney, President of International Training, said “SDI/TDI recognized that some manufacturers, such as rebreather’s manufacturers, were having difficulty finding appropriate insurance. So we went to our underwriters to ask for their expertise and assistance to develop this program. The underwriters were happy to help based on SDI/TDI’s excellent record and this is the resulting program.”

Peter Meyer, Senior VP of Recreational Dive Programs for Willis also stated: “Finally, here is coverage from the same underwriters that currently insure a major dive training agency, dive retailers, live aboard fleets and day charter operators on a worldwide basis.” Willis has been handling recreational dive insurance products since 1986 utilizing A-rated carriers and dive-experienced staff.

For more information regarding this insurance product and others, contact Willis Insurance at 1-800-665-5252 or via email at peter.meyer@willis.com.

For more information regarding programs and materials from SDI TDI and ERDI, contact World HQ at 1-888-778-9073 or via email worldhq@tdisdi.com or visit www.tdisdi.com

 

    Like Father, Like Son – Travis Cove an Example of the Next Generation of Shark Divers at Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas

        10-year son of world-famous shark wrangler gets started in the “family business” at a young age
 
    It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Travis Cove loves to dive with the sharks. After all, his parents Stuart and Michelle Cove are both known around the world for their aquatic     adventures with the shark population in the Bahamas. Travis caught the same diving “bug” at an early age.

    The ambitious 10-year old, who shows the same sense of fearlessness and confidence as his parents, frequently joins groups of divers participating in shark adventure dives at Dive Bahamas. According to Stuart, he’s quickly gained a following among guests and locals.

    “He is a great promoter of diving and tells all his friends about diving with the sharks,” Stuart says. “There have been a few times when divers have been hesitant of doing a shark dive, but when they see that Travis isn’t afraid, they jump in and have a great time.”

    Naturally Stuart is proud of his son and looks forward to grooming him into the family business. “Diving has been very good to our family and it makes me very proud to see Travis want to get involved. He’s become a strong diver at a very young age. That’s an inspiration to all of us.  It will be fun watching him do more in coming years.”

    While just 10, Travis is one of a growing number of young divers anxious to get up close and personal with the Caribbean reef sharks that inhabit the waters near Nassau. Stuart said that there has been an increase in the number of junior divers that come to dive with Stuart Cove’s in recent years.  A heathly population of sharks live on many of our Wall, Reef and Wreck sites, which frequently gives young divers an opportunity to see Caribbean Reef sharks up close as a bonus on their dives.  “It’s an incredible experience when you’re doing a dive and the sharks just ‘appear’,” he said. “Now, we’re seeing younger divers wanting to experience the same thrill and we’re happy to accommodate them.”

    Cove said that Junior Divers are eligible to participate in many of the diving options offered at Dive Bahamas. Junior divers must be certified and accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18.

    For more information on Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas and the famous Shark Adventure™ dives, call Adventure Diving at 515-255-7282!

    

    SDI/TDI Returns to Our World Underwater-Overflow Crowds Welcome SHADOW DIVERS

         Our World Underwater Show a success for SDI/TDI as show attendees swarm the company's booth space.
 

       Scuba Diving International and Technical Diving International returned to the Our World Underwater Show last weekend.

       The experience was a popular one for the show attendees.

 
       According to David Burroughs, Vice President of Sales and Marketing,

       "People were anxious to learn about our products and courses. We are pleased to have been involved with this show."

 
       The most popular element of the show was the appearance at the TDI/SDI booth by John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, the SHADOW DIVERS.                  

       Burroughs said the interest in these two popular diving figures was so strong that the police had to be called for crowd control.

 
       SDI/TDI will be involved in other consumer dive shows during the coming months. For more details, visit the SDI/TDI website at www.tdisdi.com

 

Grace Industries - Accountability and Safety Systems for Firefighting and Industry

 

Adventure Diving is a full line Grace Industries, Inc. Dealer! Grace Industries, Inc. is the parent company of Grace Sales, Inc., and is a family owned business incorporated in October 1974. They are located sixty miles north of Pittsburgh, in Fredonia, Pennsylvania. Their primary business focus is on safety products, with special emphasis in advanced technology through research and development. Mr. James Campman, founder and President of Grace Industries, Inc. is an electrical engineer who previously worked with Bell Labs and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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        During the past several years, Grace Industries, Inc. developed and manufactured a complete line of hydrocarbon detectors and other safety products used both in the public and private sector. The Grace hydrocarbon detector set the standard in gas detection equipment used in arson detection in major fire departments throughout the nation.

        In 1988, the company recognized the need of emergency service workers for a personal alert safety device that was compact and dependable, and that would produce an audible warning beacon that could be heard over background noises at a great distance. To accomplish this goal, Mr. Campman invented technology which led to the development of the SUPERPASSTM. Currently, Grace Industries, Inc. produces the largest line of stand-alone NFPA compliant PASS devices in the world.

        The company was approached by fire service leaders and asked to develop technology to solve the problem of personnel accountability. In response to this request, Mr. Campman integrated a spread spectrum radio telemetry signal into the PASS device, and the GEM SystemTM was born. This device not only provides the loudest audible alarm when the wearer becomes motionless, but also transmits a signal to a remote receiver indicating that a firefighter is in trouble.

        After four and one half years and two million dollars in research and development costs, the GEM SystemTM is now available on the market in both one-way and two-way signaling configurations.

 Adventure Diving is a full line Stearns and Hodgman Outdoor Apparel Dealer 

Stearns
Today, the Stearns product line continues to grow. Currently, Stearns distributes:

Personal flotation devices (life vests)

Wetsuits

Inflatable towables

Inflatable boats, kayaks, and canoes

Marine cordage and accessories

Self-inflating sleeping pads

Waterproof, floatable dry bags

SunShower® products

Portable water filters

DryWear® rain jackets and pants

Mad Dog Gear hunting packs and accessories

Work vests

Flotation jackets and coveralls

Ice rescue suits

Cold water immersion suits

Waders and boots

 

Stearns Inc. has two manufacturing facilities located in Minnesota. That centralization and high-quality workforce provides the core

which permits the company to establish and maintain consistent standards for quality. So, 98.8% of Stearns products stay in the field.

 

Hodgman

The Most Trusted Name In Outdoor Apparel

 

 

 

http://www.sarind.comSartek Industries, Inc.

"THE TECHNICAL ADVANTAGE"

 

Adventure Diving is a Sartec Dealer! Sartek's mission is to design and manufacture

innovative products that allows us to explore, observe and control our world more safely. 

Sartek seeks to develop these new products using the latest technological advancements.  

We design products that we would like to use.

 

 

 

Keeping the Passion Alive!  Message from the President of TDI / SDI / ERDi  

In the mid-1980s, my father took me on one of his business trips, after which we ended

up diving in the Florida Keys. It became one of the best vacations ever and influenced

me to continue  diving anywhere I could find water. My dad had signed the two of us up

for a “resort” course on a previous vacation. After that, we knew we had to get certified

as quickly as possible. My dad’s schedule made getting us into the same program

impossible, so we signed up for separate Open Water Diver courses through different

dive centers. The race was then on to see who could get his certification first. Much has

changed in the 20 years since that memorable Florida Keys dive trip — not to mention

the fact neither of us are as young as we once were. Just last month, my dad and I again

found ourselves in the Keys, with our masks and dive computers close at hand. We

located an SDI Dive center that had room on its boat, and decided on an easy,

20-meter/65-foot dive. After my father had gotten use to the cold water (he lives in Florida

year round, so 21°C/72°F is now a shock), we descended on a small wreck. It wasn’t until

about ten minutes into the dive that I remembered I had been on this site with my father,

20 years before! It was one of those moments in life where you reflect on where you have

come from, where you are and where you are going. Many of us in the dive industry work

long hours, promoting an activity we love so much we forget how it all started. That’s why

it’s important to take a moment, from time to time, to reflect upon the person, TV show or

whatever else influenced you to start diving, and ask yourself why you did. In those

answers you will find the true reason why we are all involved in this sport. Take that

passion and absorb it, embrace it, and ultimately use it to help attract more people in our

sport. Dive industry professionals frequently talk about how we can grow and how we can

influence more people to do what we love. We simply have to continue showing non divers

our passion. In just the way we talk about our sport, we will ultimately attract more and more

people to participate. I know it was my dad’s passion that got me started.

From there the sky was the limit!

 

Here are a few ways to continue the passion.

                               

Buy your son or daughter a mask

Sign your brother, sister or friend up for a scuba experience.

Or do as I did: Go diving with your original dive buddy.

 

The passion is there, we just have to remember it.  Brian Carney, President, International Training

                 

Adventure Diving is working with CIUSR volunteer dive organization to conduct

another New Years Day Saylorville spillway dive!

January 1, 2006

January 1, 2007

Come and join the fun of diving in the spillway with one of Iowa's long time volunteer

organizations! Call 515-255-7282 to reserve cylinders and make reservations! Meet at

Oak Wood Learning Center at 10am. New Years Day. for briefing and refreshments!

Make sure your gear has current yearly service and is tuned specifically for cold water diving!

     

 

      

Adventure Diving is working with Dean Ponder at the Des Moines Public Schools

Wellness center to promote physical fitness!

To take a tour of the facility, please call the Director, Dean Ponder, at 515-577-1492 to set

up a date and time.  The tour takes only 15 minutes.  An application is available to print

here or you can get one at the center.

http://www.dmps.k12.ia.us/quickref/5index.htm

   

Adventure Diving is a Pinnacle Aquatics Wetsuit Dealer!

Take a fiber that man has been using for centuries and combine it with a material

that has been helping divers to combat the effects of cold water since the 1950s.

The result is a New Zealand company's breakthrough product set to revolutionize

the underwater world. A new way of using merino wool has been devised by

father-and-son team John and Corey Gordon, owners of the Wellington company

that makes the Pinnacle range of wetsuits. The wetsuits incorporate a lining in merino

fiber that is said to keep the wearer warmer than anything else on the international market.

www.PinnacleAquatics.com

 

Adventure Diving carries Can-Do Maps & Guides!

Can-Do maps and guides is based in Polk City, Iowa! What a find! We carry their

Cozumel Mexico Snorkeling and Scuba Map Guide that contains detailed information

on over 50 scuba and snorkeling sites with detailed reef maps, fish / coral guide, and

reef cutaway drawings! We also carry their Cozumel Mexico Guide-In-A-Map, your

ultimate travel companion. This guide has restaurant reviews, beach clubs, transportation,

snorkel spots, hotel information, and a self guided island tour! Visit our friends at

www.cancunmap.com!

   

 

 

 

Adventure Diving is a Waterproof Wetsuit and Dry Suit dealer! Waterproof - Sweden 

These suits are made from DuPont Neoprene, the best! The men's suits are designed by

men and the ladies are designed by ladies. These are not your off the rack typical suits.

Waterproof suits have stretch neoprene inserts at the knee and elbow areas with twice the

panels of most suits on the market. They are also available in several short, regular, and

tall sizes for a better seal and fit! Features include an anatomical design, unique comfort

front neck zipper, inner plush lining, and hardcore rubber kneepads. Come in and compare

these high quality suits to others you have seen.

 

 

Adventure Diving is an Emergency Response Diver International Training Facility

Adventure Diving is pleased to announce that Randy Molnari has completed ERDi

Instructor certification to train divers in the professional field of emergency response

diving. Adventure Diving is capable of instruction in recreational, technical, and 

emergency response / public safety diving! ERDi is an agency that endorses the training

of professional public safety divers in a wide variety of specialties that meet or exceed

NFPA  ( National Fire Protection Association ) and OSHA ( Occupational Safety and

Health Administration ) standards.  

                                                   

                                            

 

 

 

 

 

    

   

Adventure Diving Honored with two awards for 2004 from SDI / TDI / ERDI

Adventure Diving is pleased to announce that we have been honored with two awards for 

excellence for 2004. Adventure Diving has been named as one of the top five stores in the 

United States for SDI / TDI / ERDi in 2004. Adventure Diving is also lucky to have on staff, 

the recipient of SDI / TDI / ERDi Top Five Instructor of the Year Award - Randy Molnari. We  

could not have done this without all of you - our customers, students, volunteers, and staff! 

We appreciate the positive feedback you have given to SDI / TDI / ERDi. We wish to thank   

everyone for your support during 2004 and look forward to serving you in the future!  

    

Buy Oceanic Gear ONLINE from Adventure Diving

Adventure Diving is proud to sell Oceanic Diving Equipment online for the first time! Visit 

us here to see our online site for great Oceanic Dive Gear 

    

Adventure Diving has Visual Inspection Plus Testing Available

Adventure Diving has the Visual Inspection Plus System. Visual Plus is designed to find

even the smallest micro fractures in diving cylinders, the VIP Plus system makes you safer

by better identifying potential cylinder malfunctions before they happen.

Visit VIP Plus on the web for more information!

                                      

 

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