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The day before class was to start, Typhoon Songda was beginning to make her prescence known. Maeda Flats was no longer "flat" |
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Class A begins 4 September 2004
Dave, Stephen, Eric, Red, Jorge, and Shane begin the journey |
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Sonya does her best to break the ice during the first lecture |
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Shane and Jorge sit quietly trying to fool Sonya into thinking they are meek |
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Eric and Red...well you need a chainsaw to break the ice here |
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Dave and Stephen, with these guys there's never a dull moment |
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Doesn't look like a classroom. Typhoon Songda has everything on hold...except a little sightseeing |
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Sonya braves the increasing winds to take a look at the building waves |
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Sonya bracing herself long enough to get off a few shots |
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Here comes the typhoon, DIR-F Class A is now on hold. |
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Typhoon is gone, but lots of rain drives our boys inside for some drills |
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Sonya points out the keys to proper finning techniques |
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Really Jorge, your ankles can twist this way! |
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Okay, for those that didn't quite get it the first time |
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Dry land drills on the soggy pool deck |
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So this is what a long hose is for...cool! |
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More instruction on the proper use of the long hose |
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I don't think Jorge and Shane are into the dry drills |
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Okay, we've been in the pool finally, the sun is out and now we are getting cooked, oh and we are learning how to deploy our bags or SMB |
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Sonya making sure everyone understands how to deploy a bag or SMB |
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Back in the classroom that evening for a healthy snack and video reviews |
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Eric is sporting a new racing stripe and is chuckling at the antics on video |
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Unidentified Fried Object |
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Everyone relaxed after the final day of diving waiting for their turn on video to laugh and learn |
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Discussion prompted by part of the video review. Healthy snacks again. |
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Stephen looks a bit tired after a long weekend of class |
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Video review of S-drills on the days dives |
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Shane, you're supposed to look at the video. Was that an oops? |
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Shane relives his out of air drill where he had the best hand signals of the day |
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Eric trying to mind meld with the video review. |
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