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"No Performance Requirement in SCUBA Diving is more poorly defined or less often achieved than....Buoyancy Control!".
LOOK....NO HANDS!
SCULLING with the hands is: "THE HALLMARK of a SUBSTANDARD DIVER"
GOOD BUOYANCY CONTROL SKILLS
Begin with a symbolic amputation of the hands!
look no hands
 SCUBA Diving FUNDAMENTALS: are the basic skills that are needed in order to operate in an alien world. They are the foundation that supports everything else that a diver will ever pursue or accomplish.  Buoyancy Control, underwater propulsion skills ( fin kicks ) and a horizontal profile with streamlining are as basic to underwater pursuits as walking and running are to terrestrial activities.
Underwater skills do not equal surface swimming skills. This author has seen magnificent surface swimmers who were hopeless divers and has know some truly spectacular divers who had surface swimming skills that were barely sufficient to keep them alive  in an emergency. Equating good swimmers with GOOD SCUBA Divers is a profound mistake that has been perpetuated by the "Status Quo" because they are unable to agree upon or recognize a standard for truly exceptional foundation skills. These are the same people who  share their less than remarkable buoyancy control prowess.
EVEN WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS: ability that has not been mastered, cannot be shared with someone else. This is true regardless of the credentials that are held or the reputation that has been established.  A reputation  that may exist mostly on paper or plastic and that may or may not be deserved.
john noftall
WHO REALLY WANTS TO LEARN:

"Buoyancy Control SKILLS"
Most divers are in such a hurry to collect c-cards and to buy fancy dive gear and to score bragging rights that they allow the proverbial cart to get in front of the horse. 
Make no mistake....
 SCUBA Diving is an EGO Sport!  
SO FAR....fundamentals such as Buoyancy Control have managed to not become an "ego trip" or attract very much attention from most of the diving community. Perceived STATUS is more important than actual competence with fundamental skills.
WE "ONLY" MENTOR FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS.
We "pull no punches & take no prisoners".

IF you have nothing to learn....we can't help you!
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REMEMBER:  Our still photos "only show" how good the divers were for a fraction of a second....just like yours!
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meet us in mexico
   < THAT'S RIGHT!
One of us is a cave diver. But just a cave diver....not a cave instructor. AND not even a famous cave diver. NO exploration credits and NO patents on state of the art SCUBA gadgets. The only thing you can learn here is "high end" buoyancy control skills and a "pretty good" frog kick.
CAVE DIVING: isn't the reason that we have good buoyancy . AND being instructors isn't the reason we have good buoyancy skills either. We actually had good buoyancy skills before we embarked on leadership and technical diver training.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM:  "almost everyone" skips over that part. They just don't bother to acquire exceptional fundamental skills. They tell themselves that their Buoyancy Control is: "GOOD ENOUGH!" A few try to play "catch up"  and some succeed but most never revisit first base. They're the ones who share what they don't know about fundamental skills and the cycle, of substandard buoyancy control skills, across all certification and leadership levels, continues to prevail.
WE DO NOT: dress up in cave diving gear, in our videos, because we want the message to be that "Exceptional Buoyancy Control SKILLS" should be the domain of all divers....not just technical divers. Every diver should settle for nothing less than Tech Diver Skills!

IF YOU STILL BELIEVE IN "THE STATUS QUO":....continue down that path....the path of the "SCUBA  CUSTOMER", the path of "THE CASH COW".
BuoyancyQuest: OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE!
[ but you have to meet us in MEXICO ]
AND FOR THE RECORD: there's no such thing as Buoyancy that's "GOOD ENOUGH!"
VIDEO IS BETTER!

"WE NEVER SCULL!"

"WE PREFER TO FROG KICK!"

"WE MENTOR DIVE SKILLS!"
ABOVE IS SOME VIDEO  OF OUR BUOYANCY SKILLS
 REQUIRE THAT OTHERS PROVIDE THEIR VIDEOS!
meet us in: MEXICO
We'll not only improve the way you look underwater....we'll change the way you think about diving!

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TRY TO IMAGINE
A world in which 199 out of every 200 persons stumbled around like toddlers or drunks.
NOW YOU KNOW....
 ...how the aquatic world looks to the less than one half of one percent of divers who have excellent Buoyancy Control Skills.
WE ARE PART OF THE ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT & WE'RE WILLING TO SHARE WHAT WE KNOW!
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DON'T SCULL WITH YOUR HANDS: sculling is the Hallmark of Substandard Diving
WEAR GLOVES IN WARM WATER: just wear a sign saying your Buoyancy SUCKS!
EXPECT YOUR EQUIPMENT TO MAKE YOU INTO A BETTER DIVER!
HAVE DANGLIES: try to have a silhouette without any light holes in it while diving.
HAVE HOSE HALOS: shorten or re-route your hoses and reduce your girth!
DON'T IMITATE any instructor who does any of the ABOVE!
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AS MOST BUOYANCY CONTROL SKILLS CLINICS
YOU WON'T wear doubles.  YOU WON'T get a C-Card.  YOU WILL improve your buoyancy. YOU WILL learn to frog kick.

WE WON'T DRESS IN CAVE GEAR TO SHOW YOU HOW....AND YOU WON'T NEED TO DRESS THAT WAY EITHER

LEARN TO: Recognize & Avoid "DRESS UP AND PRETEND SCUBA DIVING COURSES"!


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