Deep Blue Offers DIR Fundamentals October 17, 18 and 19

[Deep Blue]

Deep Blue Adventures offers DIR Fundamentals October 17, 18 and 19 instructed by Andrew Georgitsis and Michael Kane of GUE.

What is Fundamentals of DIR?
Deep Blue Adventures brings this exciting and dynamic class to the Midwest for a second exciting time. Valuable for all divers from the newly certified open water diver to the seasoned diver with hundreds of dives; this class is uniquely focused on enhancing your diving comfort, confidence and competence. We want you to enjoy this sport and believe this is a solid foundation to help you achieve your diving goals. This is not a certification class and no "c-card" will be given - our focus is complete dedication to your diving skill & in water practice!
After all, what good really is a "c-card" to your diving if you aren't comfortable in the aquatic environment or with your equipment? Would you enjoy the activity more if you felt more confident in your diving skills? Think of diving as a sport which deserves dedicated skill development and practice, then ask yourself how much time do you devote to your diving skills? If you want to improve your current diving skills and ultimately your enjoyment of this sport, this class is for you!

What is DIR?
DIR is a holistic style of diving that has gained notoriety through primarily through the equipment configuration. However, the Fundamentals of DIR course is much more than just an equipment configuration! When merged with other DIR skills such as team diving and precision diver control, individuals are able to appreciate a whole new way of diving, having more fun while diving safer and more responsibly. Simply put, these techniques & principles enable divers to maximize their personal abilities and eliminate some of the frustrations common in conventional diving.

The essence of these principles focus on creating a foundation of skills and procedures that serve as a platform around which divers can build from. It is valuable for basic open water excursions to the most advanced forms of technical diving.

GUE's DIR Fundamentals Course Emphasis
The DIR Fundamentals of Better Diving course instructs divers in the fundamental aspects of DIR diving, increasing diver fun and efficiency while reducing stress and diver risk. Skills will focus on: improving diver proficiency, team building skills, precision buoyancy control, perfecting diver trim, reducing drag, perfecting equipment configurations, refining propulsion techniques, improving underwater communication, effective risk evaluation and efficient dive planning. In water skills include: Horizontal Ascents, Horizontal Descents , Frog Kicks , Modified Frog Kicks , Modified Flutter Kicks , Helicopter Turns , Backwards Kicks , S-Drill (Safety Drill) , Valve Drill , OW Skills , Remove & replace Mask , Out Of Air , Out Of Air Ascents , Lift bag Deployment

All GUE Fundamentals courses are videotaped for educational purposes only. This is a valuable tool for the students to visually focus on their in-water skills. Dive video's are reviewed daily during the course.
Class Format & Duration

GUE's DIR Fundamentals class is structured around a 2 1/2-day session consisting of at least 8-10 hours of lecture and 4 - 5 Openwater dives.

Prerequisites
1.   Minimum age of 16
2.   Completed application packet on file through
3.   Open water certification
4.   GUE participants must be nonsmokers
5.   All participants must be able to swim at least 200 yards
6.   All participants must be able to swim a distance of at least 40' (15m) on a breath hold
7.   The use of prescription drugs must be authorized prior to the onset of diver training by a physician and approved by a GUE representative

Required Equipment Specifications:
5 or 7 ft. Primary Regulator Hose
22 or 24" Necklace Regulator Hose
Backplate/harness and wing BCD System

Suggested Accessories (not required, just nice if available for you):
100' Safety Spool
Lift bag or Dive Marker
BC mounted canister dive light w/ Goodman handle
Wetnotes

Cylinders:
Single tank configuration, or Double tank configuration. No stage or decompression bottle is necessary for Fundamentals

For more information or to sign up, please contact us at Deep Blue Adventures. We can be reached at info@dpblue.com or at the store at 414-964-DIVE (3483)

[jasondbaker]

Gert, I thought DIR-F was a pass/fail class now with a c-card. ???

[Deep Blue]

Jason, you are absolutely right. I double checked with Andrew and this is now a certification class and a "c-card" will be given.

Sorry for the misinformation.

Gert