An Evening of Diving History - April 26th

How long have you been diving? 1 year, 5 years, 10, 20 more? Have you seen a lot of equipment and technique advances since you started diving? I know I have!

Now step back and realize that scuba began over 50 years ago, imagine how it's changed!

DiveTulsa is deeply honored to have an evening arranged with Ralph Erickson to share the history of diving with us. Ralph has a long and incredibly accomplished diving career...

Ralph began scuba diving in 1951 with some of the first scuba equipment available. When he learned to dive, you learned by doing it.

He is one of the very first scuba instructors, period. Many interested divers turned to Ralph to learn to dive safely. SCUBA instruction was very much in need of a system, a way to assure that you could learn safely.

In answer to that need, Ralph co-founded PADI. He personally crafted many of the concepts, programs and classes that are now simply the standard.

Today, to become a very highly rated instructor, you need to teach a couple of hundred students. Ralph has taught about 5,000.

During the past 52 years and 10,000 dives, Ralph has observed a lot of change in the industry and the gear. We have the golden opportunity to hear it right from him.

This evening takes the form of Ralph's PADI Dive Historian class.
• Anyone can attend
• You do NOT need to be a certified diver or a PADI diver
• There is no test

There are 3 ways to attend this evening:

1) Just listen in and meet Ralph - Cost $30
2) Attend the class, receive a PADI Dive Historian Card - Cost $45
3) Attend the class, if you are an instructor, you can become a Dive Historian Instructor - Cost $60 (you pay your PADI application fee).

Contact the event leader to reserve your spot.

Added bonus!
If you take one of the two certification options, you will receive your PADI certification card with Ralph as your instructor. Ralph's PADI number is "0", he's the first Course Director.

Questions and Reservations:

Contact the event leader, Chad Engler
Phone: 633-3251 e-mail: [email protected]