DUI "Dog" Days Delight!

To say that Drysuit diving is nicer because "its warmer" doesn't quite describe the experience completely! DUI's "DOG" (DUI Owners Group) Day lets divers experience it first hand and try out the entire line of dry suits available to them.

The first aerial shot was courteousy of Vertical Reality's climbing and repelling tower! The tower is the tallest in the Midwest and hosts training sessions from public rescue agency's as well as letting walk in customers don some gear and try out repelling! Bring your scuba gear and your harness!

My dive buddy, Mitch (students know him as their instructor from GLDC), was a popular guy with his new friends down at Gilboa Quarry! His CLX 450 dry suit kept him nice and toasty and nearly doubled his play time!

I opted for the TLS 350 suit which kept me comfy too! I felt very comfortable exploring Gilboa Airline's Grumman airplane! ;-) Mitch caught me coming down the gang plank... There's so much to explore here at Gilboa, take a moment and check out the site.

Here's an eery view from inside the plane, yikes! Hope you get to come down to explore the quarry first hand, you won't regret it. Email me or Mitch anytime and we'll buddy with you for Gilboa (or anywhere else! ;-)

Ty Sawyer, from "Sport Diver" magazine was here today snapping shots. DUI's event at Gilboa is the largest dry suit event in the country and will be featured in September's issue. Be sure to check out his photos!

Representatives from Divers Alert Network and DUI spoke about their involvement in the industry. Very impressive was DUI's all-American production facility in San Diego! Personal pics of the great staff working on every aspect of DUI suit production, from sewing to quality control testing. Mention's of respectful involvement in the movie industry as well with help in filming diving scenes in movies like Mission Imposible and the Italian Job. DUI is a very impressive company indeed!

DUI put 172 divers in the water on Saturday alone, but Mitch and I were just happy to be 2 of them! We met fellow dive enthusiasts, DUI dive professionals, and rounded out our own dive experiences by test driving our favorite dry suits! A very successful day!

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