DiverSync

Season 10 Episode 13

At the start of this week, many Governors across our nation issued a stay at home order for their residents essentially grinding businesses to a halt over the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak. Rich talks about his business and how it is affected and his thoughts on what will happen next in scuba when people won't go scuba diving.

Season 10 Episode 12

Rich talks about training that is going on in the chilly spring time. He also talks about some of the uncertainty surrounding the epidemic and tries to keep positive in a rapidly changing world.

Season 10 Episode 11

Rich talks about the past week with the news becoming more severe about the COVID-19 epidemic that we need to be aware of. He chats about some classes that were going well at the beginning of this situation and moves on to chat about the realities of the effect travel bans and such have on a small business like his.

Season 10 Episode 10

Rich does a short recap of his Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival experience. He also discusses the apparent disconnect among divers who have a interest in become Tec Certified and the realities of what that type of diving means. The comment was "that's just 'Baby Tec' I want to dive deeper than that" and the reemergence of the concept that technical diving is ONLY deep diving.

Season 10 Episode 9

Rich is back from Munising and a week of adventure with his fellow course directors. Rich talks about how this trip and his friend's visit reinforced the idea that visitors are tourists and you should not take for granted that your normal surrounding are not totally awesome to someone who is visiting. Especially if they are here for the first time.

Season 10 Episode 8

Rich talks about some the posts he has been reading on Facebook regarding people who are known "rule breakers" publicly slamming people for doing something they disagree with. Scuba is rife with disagreements but taking a side of something you know nothing about gets Rich a little riled when he knows people choose which rules to break and which ones to get outraged about.

Season 10 Episode 7

Rich talks about the weekend with his kids and his continuing process of sorting through six years of scuba stuff at his Monroe Store now that it is closing. Rich also talks about his Technical Diving workshop that he did at Divers Incorporated.

Season 10 Episode 6

Rich was able to plan a day of diving at White Star Quarry off the schedule and invited some of his good customers to join him. Winter diving is fantastic when you have a place to warm up before and after the dives! The weather was fantastic for winter dive day!

Season 10 Episode 5

Rich talks about the decision to close one of his stores. The process of making decisions in the scuba business tend to be more emotional than analytic and Rich takes time to break down the "Why's" of closing his Monroe Location of Divers Incorporated.

Season 10 Episode 4

Rich talks about a diving day that did not go exactly as planned. He talks about prepping for the closing sale at the Monroe Location. Finally Rich announces upcoming trips to Utila and to Yellowstone National Park for scuba diving and adventure!