A little sarcasm. But, pumping only air on LI while others are doing
nitrox and mix leaves something lacking in a shop. I stopped by their
when I first moved to LI. The people there were very friendly, but, I
dive nitrox and love the shop where I have my stuff serviced and tanks
filled. The rest of my post is speculation on my part. The fact is,
there aren't many divers here in NY/LI that actually dive here. Most
head to warmer and clearer water. You are not going to be selling many
tanks or equipment that would be required to dive here in the North
East. It's a tough market. In it's 'heyday', it was not uncommon for
dive boats to have 30 divers, and the boats doing Wed, Sat, and Sun
trips. Now, most just do Sundays, and not to the capacity of by-gone
days. It's costly, more gear intensive, colder and darker than what most
people want.