I have been diving for a little over a quarter of a century. I am not an instructor, but I have a lot of experience. I have to admit that your video shows that training makes perfect. Congratulations on your next great tutorial video. Greetings from Poland.
Great video! Wholeheartedly agree. There are times to stay in your comfort zone, but in order to grow as diver one needs to step outside those zones to become more than you are today. Thank!
Ben, I learned drysuit backmount then sidemount . It was all good until I tried to combine dry suit with my multiple tanks. I was all over the place at first. I keep diving, find where to put my weights and get better. This fall advanced nitric and deco. Hopefully in the spring intro to cave.
Did not understand the complexity of what u we’re doing but the opening film sequence up to getting out of the vehicle was a great edit. Quite professional!
I do like 20% Fundives, 50% schooling and 30% Training. My favourite training is out of air szenarious with dealing problems at the same time. Like having no mask/blinded diver, than having out of air, sharing 1 regulator with your buddy and solving visibility issue. Or also doing stage handling while somebody elese is doing bubbles under you, to give the whole thing some spices and chaos. Also Mask drills, 1 breath, clearing mask 5-10 times without changing depth.
In the past I was doing a lot of trainingdives in lakes. I was doing training dives every week. This month I did 2 trainings dives max depth 35 meter and max 15 minutes of deco. I did train skills during that dives. I also did 2 overhead dives in nitrox range and 2 overhead dives in trimix range. It’s important to do skill training. But if you do enough real dives you don’t need trainingdives every week I think. Here in the Netherlands there are not much places were you can do tech diving. I do tech diving in the Eastern Scheldt, there is a lot of current, poor visibility max depth 50 meter or more. There are only a few tech divers doing dives at this place. But I think it’s the best place to get a lot of real dive experience.
Most of my diving is done in a Sinkhole - 120m (360ft) - 160m (480ft deep) with no option of a grid. So loosing buoyancy or dropping equipment, which is quite possible during an exercise, takes on a new meaning.
And here I am, learning to handle a single 80cf :-) I have the fortunate privilege of having a few buddies that also like training and improving, so I get to do it quite a bit. On the flip side, I sometimes need to remind myself that I didn't start diving just to get better at it, and there should be fun dives, too!
Unfortunately, training and practice only happen when taking a course. Other times, its fun dive. We call ourselves underwater tourists, following the guide from one site to another. They say the more you dive, the better you get. But when you say that you want to do skills practice, there are very few takers, unfortunately. There is no concept of "Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong" in recreational diving.
@@DoktorBEN I call the facility (technical) and tell them that I want to do practice dives, not fun dives. Most times, it would be more expensive as I don't get people to share boat fees, but I have the divemaster to myself, he can video my dive and correct some mistakes while in-water.
Great video!!, I just discovered this channel love at first view I must say. I was wondering to a purchase a bigblue light and then I got caught in bigblue's recommendation engine and it recommend me a tl18000pc canister light I fell in love a little, is this overkill for night diving.(not considering price)
Just think about what you might need it for in the next 5 years. If you think you do kinds of diving you might need a canister light for within the next 5 years, go for the canister light.
I have been diving for a little over a quarter of a century. I am not an instructor,
but I have a lot of experience. I have to admit that your video shows that training
makes perfect. Congratulations on your next great tutorial video.
Greetings from Poland.
Absolutely! Thank you very much!
Great video! Wholeheartedly agree. There are times to stay in your comfort zone, but in order to grow as diver one needs to step outside those zones to become more than you are today. Thank!
Train hard. Dive easy. Great video!
Thanks! Yes that’s the spirit 😄
Ben, I learned drysuit backmount then sidemount . It was all good until I tried to combine dry suit with my multiple tanks. I was all over the place at first. I keep diving, find where to put my weights and get better. This fall advanced nitric and deco. Hopefully in the spring intro to cave.
Nice! Have fun! Where are you going to do the cave class?
@@DoktorBEN Williston Floods probably Blue Grotto
Did not understand the complexity of what u we’re doing but the opening film sequence up to getting out of the vehicle was a great edit. Quite professional!
Thanks! 😄
Thats how we roll!! Hahaha! It IS actually FUN! :) Nice job, Doc!
Yeah absolutely! Thank you!
I do like 20% Fundives, 50% schooling and 30% Training. My favourite training is out of air szenarious with dealing problems at the same time. Like having no mask/blinded diver, than having out of air, sharing 1 regulator with your buddy and solving visibility issue. Or also doing stage handling while somebody elese is doing bubbles under you, to give the whole thing some spices and chaos. Also Mask drills, 1 breath, clearing mask 5-10 times without changing depth.
you don't train until you do something right, you train until you can't do it wrong.
Yes absolutely. As Bruce Lee said: I don’t fear the man who trained 10000 kicks one. I fest the one who trained one kick 10000 times.
In the past I was doing a lot of trainingdives in lakes. I was doing training dives every week.
This month I did 2 trainings dives max depth 35 meter and max 15 minutes of deco. I did train skills during that dives. I also did 2 overhead dives in nitrox range and 2 overhead dives in trimix range.
It’s important to do skill training. But if you do enough real dives you don’t need trainingdives every week I think.
Here in the Netherlands there are not much places were you can do tech diving. I do tech diving in the Eastern Scheldt, there is a lot of current, poor visibility max depth 50 meter or more. There are only a few tech divers doing dives at this place. But I think it’s the best place to get a lot of real dive experience.
Sure, one must not forget to get real experience! Fun is another important part of it. I think a good mix of all these is key!
Most of my diving is done in a Sinkhole - 120m (360ft) - 160m (480ft deep) with no option of a grid. So loosing buoyancy or dropping equipment, which is quite possible during an exercise, takes on a new meaning.
Ok, but that’s only a very special kind of diving not accessible to most divers.
Find a shallower spot ;) easy bro
And here I am, learning to handle a single 80cf :-) I have the fortunate privilege of having a few buddies that also like training and improving, so I get to do it quite a bit. On the flip side, I sometimes need to remind myself that I didn't start diving just to get better at it, and there should be fun dives, too!
Sure! Fun is an important factor of motivation! 😄
Unfortunately, training and practice only happen when taking a course. Other times, its fun dive. We call ourselves underwater tourists, following the guide from one site to another. They say the more you dive, the better you get. But when you say that you want to do skills practice, there are very few takers, unfortunately. There is no concept of "Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong" in recreational diving.
That’s true mostly. Do you can practice apart from formal courses, though. But you have to commit yourself (and your buddies have to do the same).
@@DoktorBEN I call the facility (technical) and tell them that I want to do practice dives, not fun dives. Most times, it would be more expensive as I don't get people to share boat fees, but I have the divemaster to myself, he can video my dive and correct some mistakes while in-water.
Yeah, but most people don’t do that.
You're a machine, Ben. Keep up the great content.
Yeah thanks. I’m currently working on some new videos
Great video!!, I just discovered this channel love at first view I must say. I was wondering to a purchase a bigblue light and then I got caught in bigblue's recommendation engine and it recommend me a tl18000pc canister light I fell in love a little, is this overkill for night diving.(not considering price)
For just es night diving it might be a bit overkill, yes. Still for communication and diving in bright sun light, a light needs to be really bright!
Oh and thanks for the compliment!
@@DoktorBEN thanks for the advice ig I'll settle for the tl8000p non canister 8000 lumens should be plenty.
Just think about what you might need it for in the next 5 years. If you think you do kinds of diving you might need a canister light for within the next 5 years, go for the canister light.
The type of "Christmas tree" divers I wouldn't mind to dive with. :D
True story!
Love the green on that suit!
Yes…but I’m about to replace that suit, unfortunately
@@DoktorBEN why so and what are you going for now?
I considered the Santi E.lite plus or Rofos RSX. I think both suits are really similar, although Santis smart seals are really appealing :)
Bombenquali Ben! Mach bitte weiter so! :)
Danke! Mach ich 😄
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