Discover Scuba for My Nephew

Vercingetorix · 02-07-2009, 11:44 PM

Today, my nephew Corey, did a Discover Scuba session. He turned 13 on 23 Jan. As a birthday present, I gave him a dive knife (purchased from ST, of course). Then, I told him that represented his "real" present, that being the Discover Scuba. ever since I got into scuba a couple years ago, he's wanted to as well.

We did it today, during the ScubaDillo Dive Club Pool-lympics which we do to practice our skills and prepare for the upcoming dive season. Corey's instructor was David Prichard, who is very well-known among dive photographers (he and his wife's photos are published about eight times a year in Dive Training magazine as well as others).

Corey is a very active kid. He's in baseball nearly all year, track, and football. He's been in soccer and the band as well. Smart kid, too.

Who knows,...he may end-up being my dive buddy someday. Coz...here we come!!!

Straegen · 02-08-2009, 01:16 AM

Give them a free taste and then you got them for life... hook'em young I say.

That is a great gift and I hope he really enjoyed himself.

Mark&Heidi · 02-08-2009, 02:30 AM

that is awesome

mm2002 · 02-08-2009, 07:30 PM

Very cool! Give Corey a high five for me!

LRDWILDER · 02-09-2009, 08:30 AM

I gave my nephew his scuba cert for his 13th and he is totally hooked, its a great thing to do as well! It means we get to spend more time together which is great as he's a really great kid!

Vercingetorix · 02-09-2009, 09:33 AM

Thanks guys. I'll pass on your good words to him. If he shows an interest, my next gift will be that I'll pay half his certification costs. I want Corey to pay half to "add value" because he would have a vested interest.

ScubaToys OW cert is $250 (I got all my training from ST, which is NAUI). However, his instructor for Discover Scuba is a good friend(PADI). Frankly, I don't give a darn which agency; OW is OW. During the session, I was able to observe David as an instructor to see how he is with students, especially young students.

We'll see.

Queen · 02-09-2009, 10:43 AM

What a great gift! I got to breathe off a reg with a Navy diver in Greece when I was 10 and thought it was the single most wonderful thing I ever experienced!

fanatique · 02-11-2009, 09:41 PM

Wow. I wish I had an uncle like you. Corey's really fortunate.

waytooslow · 02-11-2009, 10:49 PM

good job Rick. Congrats to Corey.

Jiblets · 02-11-2009, 11:11 PM

Wish I started at that age. Good job!

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