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Finally Met Bob Decker

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Trace Malin - 24 Aug 2004 01:58 GMT
I just had to post this to the group.

After missing Bob Decker during previous trips to Morehead City, NC and failing
to run into him at various trade shows, my luck changed this past week while
diving with Olympus Dive Center. I finally met Bob! Not only that, but I was
able to share a day of diving with him too. We put two dives in on the Carib
Sea where I was filming sharks and two of my specialty students. Bob was
watching & waiting for a shark to mate with me since he commented upon how
scary it was that they just accepted me into their tribe. You had to be there
for his post dive debrief regarding that. Hysterical. I cannot stress enough
what a pleasure it was finally making his acquaintance. Most importantly, it's
rare to find someone of Bob's experience and level of diving who isn't an
@$$hole! Bob is so much fun and probably the nicest and most laid back
instructor I've ever met. How laid back? Well, he doesn't even worry when he
wears a Jet Fin upside down. He kind of even makes it look stylish. He's truly
hilariously entertaining. He's full of antics and one-liners. Those of you
who've met him know what I'm talking about here.

If you go to NC to dive, look Bob up at Olympus. Good times.

Trace Malinowski
PDIC Instructor #2075
Freediving Instructor Trainer
RDecker388 - 26 Aug 2004 02:59 GMT
Had to sucker me back into this mayhem didn't you Trace?  :-)

FWIW, Trace proved himself to be a quality diver....... an pleasure to talk to
and exchange stories with...... and a true Don Juan in the eyes of the local
Sand Tiger Shark population 8-)

Now I need to hook up with you for some of that scarey... evil......
unspeakably dangerous Cave diving!!!!

Bob D.
www.SportDiverHQ.com
(home of the NC Techdivers mail list)
Trace Malin - 26 Aug 2004 06:08 GMT
>Had to sucker me back into this mayhem didn't you Trace?  :-)
>
>FWIW, Trace proved himself to be a quality diver

It's a good thing I kept my grip on the ladder then, otherwise I might not be
receiving such praise. I don't know if you saw it when I was boarding the port
side opposite you, but I came close to taking my first ever "ladder rodeo loss"
when my right fin slipped. Luckily, I caught the edge of the Christmas tree
before I ended up back in the Atlantic!

....... an pleasure to talk
>to
>and exchange stories with...... and a true Don Juan in the eyes of the local
>Sand Tiger Shark population 8-)

They just liked my trim.

>Now I need to hook up with you for some of that scarey... evil......
>unspeakably dangerous Cave diving!!!!

Only if I get my own picnic table :-)

>Bob D.
>www.SportDiverHQ.com
>(home of the NC Techdivers mail list)

Trace Malinowski
PDIC Instructor #2075
Freediving Instructor Trainer
whistler@san.rr.com - 26 Aug 2004 22:02 GMT
> Only if I get my own picnic table :-)

You guys should get a room.
chilly - 27 Aug 2004 10:55 GMT
> > Only if I get my own picnic table :-)
>
> You guys should get a room.

You are twisted.
 
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