| Pool Session | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onWednesday, March 19, 2008 8:07 PM | |
| The pool session this evening consisted of Divemaster Skill Circuits,
Drysuit Orientations and a Discover Scuba Diving experience.
Mike ran the Divemaster session and as it was a mixture of experiences
the session focused on a teaching the students new demonstration
techniques to help improve their abilities.
Lisa conducted the Discover Scuba Diving with Michelle, who has now
decided to complete her PADI Open Water diver course with us here at
Diving Leisure Leeds.
Alex and Andrew were put through their paces in working with dry suits
for the first time. With fin pivots and hovers being the focus of
this session. It was also an opportunity for the guys to practice
removing their BCD and weight belt at the surface in a dry suit with
gloves on, not an easy task the first time you do it...
If you would like to come along to one of our pool sessions, simply contact Alex or Kat at the ... |  | |
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| TDI - Technical Diving International - NOW AVAILABLE @ Diving Leisure Leeds | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onTuesday, March 18, 2008 9:56 PM | |
| Diving Leisure Leeds are now pleased to offer TDI techincal diving courses. These programs are now able to be taught by Alex Varnals and Mike Fell. For more advanced techincal programs taught in the UK we are pleased to introduce Dave & Guy. If you don't fancy carrying out your course here in the UK why not join us with our TDI Instructors who live in Dahab, Egypt, Kevin Evans, Tom Steiner and Leigh Cunningham. For those of you not familiar with TDI, it is the largest technical certification agency in the world. As one of the first agencies to provide training in mixed gas diving and rebreathers, TDI is seen as an innovator of new diving techniques and programs which previously were not available to the general public. Training with TDI has provided divers with the opportunity to see such wrecks as the Andrea Doria, Luisitania and the Prince of Wales. TDI divers have explored underwater ... | | |
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| Fourth Element SubXero - IN STOCK NOW | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onMonday, March 17, 2008 10:52 PM | |
| We are pleased to announce that the long awaited Fourth Element SubXero has finally arrived. After months of anticipation it is here. The warmest undersuit ever released for under a tri-laminate (membrane) dry suits is now available. We have one of every size currently avaialable, however this is one hot product and it is moving very fast. The best thing about the new SubXero is that it comes in two parts, a jacket and a salopette and come in the following sizes:: - Small
- Medium (Short)
- Medium
- Large (Short)
- Large
- Extra Large (Short)
- Extra Large
- Extra Extra Large (Short)
- Extra Extra Large
Even better still is that you can mix and match sizes for the best combination for you. The jacket can also be worn as an ... | | |
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| Nitrox and Trimix Blending Panel Now Installed | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onTuesday, February 26, 2008 9:26 PM | |
| After a couple of weeks with the compressor being paritaly, we are now proud to announce that our new filtration system has now been installed. We also have a new manifold bar & gas blending panel which has been installed in the retail area of the dive centre. This means we can now offer oxygen clean air, nitrox, trimix and in the not too distant future Argon. We have a few bits of pipework still to plumb in, but the new parts are now in. This means we will be able to fill upto four air cylinders AND one NITROX/TRIMIX fill at the same time. Did we mention we now offer NITROX AND TRIMIX? If you want any further information about our gas blending facilites, please give us a call or drop in and Alex will be pleased to give you the guided tour. | | |
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| NEW Filtration System has arrived | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onMonday, February 25, 2008 6:45 PM | |
| We have just received a NEW Filtration System for our current compressor. This new filtration system is big. Really big. For the techies out there, it will be able to filter upto 2 million litres of air before changing the filters... Thats alot of gas. It will also mean that ALL the gas we will pumping is oxygen compatible and sqeaky clean. For those of you really interested in small technical details we have a 300 bar whip, however we will only be running the compressor to around 250 - 260 bar for the moment. The compressor will be pumping upto 300 bar (plus) by Autumn 2008 if there is demand for it. Let us know if you require 300 bar fills. | | |
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| PADI Deep, Wreck & Advanced Open Water | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onSunday, February 24, 2008 7:53 PM | |
| This is the one of most popular course combinations. Mainly because alot of the wrecks around the coast of England tend to be deep. Luke and Nick completed the three dives developing their skills. Nick practised laying lines and narcosis tests during his training dives. Luke is developing his skills in a variety of areas at the moment as he is looking to complete the PADI Assistant Instructor course in March (next month). Lisa and Alastair carried out two training dives towards the completion of the PADI Advanced Open Water diver course, PPB and Underwater Navigation. The Peak Performance Buoyancy dive allows the students to play games and develop buoyancy skills at the same time. As you may or may not have read before the Underwater Navigation dive does not require compasses that use batteries, does it Graham... | | |
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| PADI Drysuit Specialty | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onSaturday, February 23, 2008 10:09 AM | |
| Today was an appropriate day to carry out the PADI Drysuit Specialty as the water is 5 degrees in the fresh water of Blue Lagoon. Graham, Clare and Jen carries out the two open water training dives with Vanessa, Luke and Mike. The guys did really well considering the visiblity was not so good today. The guys, however, did make the best of the situation and developed their skills over the two dive. After the dives the students and staff came back to the dive centre to log their dives and get a warm cup of coffee.... | | |
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| Dive Centre Re-Organisation | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onFriday, February 22, 2008 10:14 PM | |
| | Luke and Alex missed the pool session this evening to carry out some essential building work. During the afternoon one of the display cabinets was removed by our technical staff (Alex, Luke and a lump hammer!). The window and display cabinet area has now been transformed into the new area for the gas mixing panel which is due to be installed next week. | | |
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| Frog Dive Equipment | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onMonday, February 18, 2008 10:34 PM | |
| The Frog range of scuba diving gear is a superb addition to the Diving Leisure Leeds range of equipment. It is ideal for both novice divers or advanced technical divers. They offer a range of products from simple introductory BCD's to twinset wing systems. More information about the Frog gear will be released shortly. For further details give us a call at the dive centre. | | |
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| Capernwray - Adventure Dives | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onSunday, February 10, 2008 10:50 PM | |
| "I think the batteries have gone on this compass". That is my favourite quote from the PADI Advanced Open Water Course this weekend. The guys completed two adventure dives towards the Advanced program, Peak Performance Buoyancy and Underwater Navigator. The dives were led by Kat and Pete, the buddy teams of Rowena & Pete and Graham & Mark had a great time, I think I can also say this was the warmest dive some of these guys had ever had. Our new range of dry gloves and 5mm neoprene gloves certainly helped the guys stay warmer today. | | |
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