everyone comes home this season?

You know that video suggestion might be pretty good. It would be cool to have something on this site, maybe on NCUH also, that we could tell new divers to check out. Something that shows not only how great things could be (think Mattison's canyons of fat abs or Big Jim's lunker lings) but also things going wrong and what to do.

Even for a new diver to see on video how big a breaking wave looks from eye level when you're in the water compared to from up on the bluff. And piggybacking on the ditch weight belt offer, maybe showing someone ditching the belt and becoming blessedly buoyant.

Any other hairy situations demonstrated and managed before they actually happen couldn't hurt. Ideas? Anyone out there think such a video could help?

Like Chadrock, I don't dive, but I do rockpick (yeah it's getting tougher). Even shore-based folks should never turn their backs on the ocean. That said, I often paddle to my rock picking spots. Any yakking on rough water needs to be thought about at least twice. At LRC last November, I was proud to be a part of an organization that had leadership wise enough to call off a major event when it looked unsafe. (Thanks again, Mike!) Later that week, when it looked a lot flatter, I went out with some Reno firefighters and still managed to roll my boat. It happens. Don't go alone. There is always another day unless you make a risky choice. It beats the heck out of your friends standing around a hole in the ground while folks say nice things about you!
Dan