Surface Interval Episode 019 (mp3 – 12MB – 33 min)

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Welcome another exciting episode of The Surface Interval Show podcast.

Des and Bear kick off this show with a discussion of a few things going on in the diving world, including

• Bear laments on delays to the sinking of the ex-HMAS Canberra in the Melbourne area and the future sinking of the (soon to be ex) HMAS Adelaide off the NSW central coast
• Feedback on the Captain Trevor Jackson interviews in Episode 016, 017 and 018.
• An update on the adventures of Trev on his boat Flight Risk
• Bear’s photo published in the latest issue of GUE’s magazine, Quest
• Des discusses a desire to get dive shop owners to give quick input into the show to tell us about the diving in their areas. Email us at podcast@thesurfaceinterval.net
• Bear’s upcoming adventures on the June long weekend, and Des’ upcoming teaching and fun dives

The interview this episode is with Richard Nicholls, owner of Sydney’s Dive Centre Manly, as well as Australian distributor for Halcyon. Tricky, as he is known, is a PADI Course Director, and is an Instructor Trainer for DAN Asia Pacific, Emergency First Response, DSAT TecRec and for the Draeger Atlantis and Dolphin Rebreathers. In many ways, Tricky is a pioneer of tec diving in Australia, certainly of tec diver training. Join in our discussions covering:

• Tricky’s early diving experiences
• Emigration to Australia as a golf professional
• Getting into the dive industry through snorkelling programs on cruise ships in the South Pacific
• Working at Manly Sports and Dive, which Tricky now owns as Dive Centre Manly.
• Tricky’s love of diving, teaching, the fun he’s had along the way
• Pioneering tec diving in Australia, and the need to leverage a formal training system
• Early of Enriched Air diving and the formation of a technical diving training agency
• The current state and future of tec diving
• More is less, and the need for a streamlined rig, and a uniform approach, making the sport safer for all participants
• The permeation of tec diving concepts back into recreational diving
• Developing better buoyancy techniques in beginner divers
• Better skills = more divers
• The current state of Rebreather technology, and the great progress of electronic closed circuit rebreathers
• The risk/reward for most people of rebreather use for going deeper
• To embrace the technology, we need to take a similar approach to training and protocols as do the military
• The sadness of diving fatalities and the myth of “dying doing something you love”
• The large number of conscientious people who do use the CCR technology well, and with the right approaches
• Dive Centre Manly started originally in the late-50’s as Ron Harding’s Sports Store, later became Manly Sports and Dive, and finally Dive Centre Manly.
• The diving in Manly, which has evolved into a fantastic dive location with weedy sea dragons, dusky whaler sharks, angler fish and more

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