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Brian Shreve

About Brian

Born and raised in Wyoming, Brian has been an instructor since 2002 and an SDI/TDI Instructor Trainer since 2008. Brian operated a successful SDI/TDI 5 Star Professional Development Center in Nebraska for over 13 years, and still enjoys sharing his passion for diving with others. Brian now brings that experience to the Training and Membership Services team at HQ. When not at work, he enjoys diving (especially deep wrecks and caves), playing guitar, working on projects around the house, and playing on the beach with his chocolate lab Zada.

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What To Expect In Your First Freediving Course

Now that you’ve done some research on finding the right freediving course and instructor, and you’ve taken some time to prepare via Google, the next thing you might be wondering is how is this all going down? What will this freediving course be like? What should you expect?
أغسطس 12, 2021/بواسطة Adolfo Ruiz Cantero

The Rules Have All Changed! A Scuba Instructor Learns to Teach Freediving

Wondering what the process looks like for a scuba instructor to become a freediving instructor? Our Training Manager, Brian Shreve recently went through the whole process and is here to lay out the steps in detail. Consider this your first step to teaching freediving if you’ve been on the fence.
أكتوبر 8, 2020/بواسطة admin

Scuba Divers Learning to Freedive: Three Different Perspectives

Have you ever wondered how scuba diving courses compare to freediving courses? Aside from the obvious lack of tanks and other equipment scuba divers use, freediving courses follow some of the same structure scuba divers are used to. Read more about these three divers experience learning to freedive.
مايو 7, 2020/بواسطة admin

Can I Use Distance Learning?

Are you trying to keep scuba diving courses moving along during COVID19? Here's everything you need to know about conducting virtual courses.
أبريل 15, 2020/بواسطة admin

Three Safety Protocols for Technical Diving

Pre-dive safety, gas switching and end of dive safety checks. These are just some of the things tech divers have to think through on each dive. To make them easier to understand, we’ve come up with a set of acronyms.
يوليو 2, 2019/بواسطة admin

Crafting a Line Marker Holder

Do you have trouble finding or even making that perfect cave marker holder? We’re sharing the step-by-step instructions on three different ways to craft a line marker holder. So pull together your supplies and you’ll be on your way to a new line marker holder that suits your needs.
أغسطس 7, 2018/بواسطة admin

Transitioning to Tech

If technical diving has always sounded cool and now you’re ready to make the transition, learn more about what to expect from a student’s perspective and from the instructor’s perspective. It’s certainly not as easy as taking a course to become a tech diver, it’s a process that takes time and a lot of problem solving skills.
يوليو 9, 2018/بواسطة admin

What to Expect – Learning Agreements in Technical Training

It goes without saying that life goes easier when everyone is on the same page. This continues to prove true in technical dive training as well. This is why we encourage the use of learning agreements. Not sure how these work or what to include? No worries, Brian Shreve is here to lead the way!
مايو 8, 2018/بواسطة admin

Setting the Bar

Upgrades, crossovers and instructor courses? What's up with that? Whether you're an existing TDI instructor, or planning to take that leap in the future understanding the nuances and details of instructors gets you on the right path. Take a minute to read through how TDI sets the bar high for technical instructor ratings.
أبريل 11, 2018/بواسطة admin

KISS Rebreather Course: A Student and Instructor Perspective

Ready to jump into rebreather diving? Not sure what to expect? Are you sure you're doing it for the right reasons? Take a look into this unique perspective of a student and instructor going through a KISS rebreather course. It might just make you think a little longer about making sure you're REALLY ready to enter the world of rebreather diving.
فبراير 6, 2018/بواسطة admin

In-Store Certification Card Printing: A Tutorial

Are you considering a in-store card printer for your dive shop? Already have one that's collecting dust? Learn how to use it now so you can give your customers the instant gratification they're looking for. Because what student doesn't want to walk out of the dive shop with a shiney new C-card right after finishing their dives? Spoiler Alert: Very few to none.
مايو 22, 2017/بواسطة admin

That’s Wrong: Misconceptions on Overhead Diving

Crusing the internet for cave diving info is an interesting situation because like anything else you're finding the info could be really awesome or uh... well not so awesome. This is where trouble begins, divers reading misinformation and not confirming it's accuracy. We crusied the fourms and are tackling to misconceptions in overhead diving.
مايو 9, 2017/بواسطة admin

That’s Wrong: Technical Diving Misconceptions

Have you been on the diving forums lately? Heard a few interesting theories? While sometimes this is a good place to start for basic questions, it can also lead you down a very wrong plan to misinformation. We cruised the forums and picked out a few things we saw and now we're setting the record straight.
أبريل 10, 2017/بواسطة admin

Don’t Be a Pain

Leg cramps got you down? We're sharing a few ways to prevent and remedy them so you can dive without pain.
فبراير 28, 2017/بواسطة admin

Solo Diving in a Technical World

Being a solo diver, whether diving alone or in a buddy pair, offers many benefits to both safety and recreation but does inherit a higher risk factor when applied in the wrong scenario.
يناير 4, 2017/بواسطة Rob O'Goodenow
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How Much Does Scuba Diving Cost?

The cost of the actual training course is all that most potential new divers consider when they ask the big question.  While it certainly is one of the costs, it’s not the only one.
سبتمبر 26, 2016/بواسطة Rob O'Goodenow

Wreck Diving: Do’s and Don’ts

I thought I’d share a list of some basic do’s and don’ts for divers new to wreck diving.
سبتمبر 26, 2016/بواسطة Rob O'Goodenow

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