BUOYANCY & TRIM     JET FINS AND FROG KICK

FROG KICK WORKSHOP

"No performance requirement in SCUBA Diving is more poorly defined or less often achieved than__Buoyancy Control."

DO YOU LOOK AS GOOD UNDERWATER AS YOU DO ON PAPER OR PLASTIC?
DO YOU LOOK LIKE THE DIVER THAT ANYONE ELSE WOULD WANT TO BE?
WHY NOT learn to be that "RARE DIVER" who actually looks better underwater?
FROG KICK
FROG KICK
HAS ADVANTAGES OVER FLUTTER KICK
AND NOT JUST FOR TECHNICAL DIVERS.
BUOYANCY & SCUBA DIVING
Most divers only seek better buoyancy skills training ....
 
....when it is packaged as "Tech Diving"
 "LIKE USING A CARROT ON A STICK...AS BAIT!"

DON'T BE LIKE MOST DIVERS
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JET FINS & FROG KICK
IF you really like jet fins then, by all means, wear them. But if you have bought into the fantasy that they are "the best" or that they are "the only" fin to wear for frog kick you should consider this: Jet fins were introduced fifty years ago at a time when divers knew little about buoyancy control and even less about frog kicking.  Most of the cave and tech divers that decided to give jet fins a second chance did so because the heavy rubber construction helped eliminate any need for ankle weights while diving a drysuit. There are lots of paddle type fins that serve as well or better than jet fins for frog kicking. You can do a respectable frog kick with jet fins, we're not saying you can't,  but you can't do a respectable frog kick with your fins on your toes so if you can't fit most of your foot into the pocket, choose another paddle fin.
AND MOST OF ALL....
don't just wear jet fins to be mistaken for a tech diver....
no split fins
PADDLE FINS ARE BEST FOR FROG KICK
Learn better buoyancy and you can "really" look like an elite diver!

"LEARN TO FROG KICK!
PLEASE WATCH our VIDEOS and contact us with your comments and/or questions....BuoyancyQuest@comcast.net
 A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER ABOUT OUR VIDEOS

We harvested this footage from 61 minutes of video that was shot for the purpose of recording diver skills but not scripted or designed to target  specific performance requirements.


Our goal was to present two reasonably  respectable divers who are not flutter kicking, sculling with their hands, dangling   their huge consoles and 2nd stages and trashing the underwater environment.


We are instructors.  We are expected to have those skills. We can't account for why most dive professionals do not demonstrate those same qualities.

Maureen has an exceptional frog kick. It is fun to watch and the long fins that she is wearing afford an opportunity for viewers to study the elements of this alternative propulsion method. John has less flexible ankles and the left one suffered some damage in a unicycle crash. He is a cave diver and his kick, while not as pretty as Maureen's, is very powerful. In the "kick glide kick" footage of one of the videos the camera man, a long time Cozumel Professional, is flutter kicking flat out in jet fins in order to keep up with the action.

Tech divers, DIR divers and other purists may take exception to Maureen's somewhat "heads up profile". We acknowledge that she is less flat in a single tank than she is in doubles. YES Maureen looks good in doubles even though she has no desire to be a cave diver; past, present or in the future. If you watch her in the videos you may notice that this posture is a subtle choice, a concious adjustment and not the result of the distribution of  her weights. This is a choice she makes when she has a camera. A choice that she can afford to make because her air consumption is so fantastic that she could, based on air , find herself solo diving on almost any dive. She operates inches away from things without ever making contact. Some of our video ended up on the cutting room floor simply because we knew that people would have trouble believing that she could possibly be that close to things without touching.

John is a cave diver and he is the force that drives BuoyancyQuest. We emphasize tech diver quality fundamentals but we try to show you that recreational divers can and should try to acquire these skills and substitute them for the less efficient methods that they were taught and currently use.
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  • 13 DIVES IN A WORLD CLASS SCUBA DESTINATION.
  • CAVE DIVER SKILLS WITHOUT THE TECH IMAGES.
  • A MENTOR WHO TEACHES ONLY FUNDAMENTALS.
  • NO CERTIFICATION CARDS & NO  RETAIL SELLING.
  • A "FUN" DIVE TRIP WITH A DIVE SKILLS BONUS      
  • CLICK THE PHOTO TO LEARN MORE >>>>>>>>
"MORE ACTUAL DIVING!"
6X AS MANY DIVES AS MOST BUOYANCY CLINICS
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TEAMWORK
buoyancyquest team
THREE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKE UP OUR TEAM
Left to Right: CESAR (videographer)
          JOHN ( BuoyancyQuest founder )
 FERNANDO (our guide).

We call the shots! We don't just take you to another country and turn you over to another dive supervisor. We set the agenda for a Frog Kick & Buoyancy SKILLS Workshop that has real merit. We have colleagues who recognize and support our efforts. They are mostly Mexican Nationals with years of experience and much to contribute to your success.
viva mexico

THAT'S RIGHT! we recognize the contributions that these very skilled individuals bring to the:
 BuoyancyQuest TEAM
We would be just another Cozumel Dive Trip without their efforts.


"WE'RE NOT JUST ANY COZUMEL DIVE TRIP!"



A few years ago, a celebrity diver with a TV Show in the United States did a Cave Diving episode in Mexico. This  diver did some cave training with a Mexican friend of ours. When the piece aired in the states, another celebrity diver (from the states) was substituted as "the cave instructor".  The message we took from that was; someone didn't think that an audience in the United States, was ready to see their hero learn anything from a Mexican.

IF YOU DON'T THINK: you could learn anything from a Mexican, you'll be happier on everyone else's workshop or  dive trip!
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