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Recently I have being getting quite a few questions asking me about trimix diving, if is it possible in side-mount configuration, and if there is any difference in the Z system configuration?

So, I thought I would answer these questions by saying ---- YES of course it is…

Yesterday I had a great experience sharing the ESM to a really good friend and a great mentor. I thought I'd blog about it because it was quite a different experience for me to teach someone who had such a great impact on my own diving career about 20 years ago. There were a lot of surprising moments for both of us. He was surprised by UTD's topsy turvy thinking and progressive style, I was surprised that he was. One particular quote that struck me was "I've been teaching **** for over 20…

Guys.... as you may know me and Adam are separating the business so from now on if you want to dive/do courses with me please contact me at: elabertoni@pachacavediving.com , I will be not available any more on Cave Heaven's addresses . My new website is http://pachacavediving.com/ still working on it , and as always my face book page is active and full of pics, videos and updates. My base will be in Tulum but also teaching around the world, next…

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Last week I completed a UTD Foundational and Side-mount IDC in Anilo, Philippines. Over the week the candidates practiced and prepared for evaluation, their dry runs, lectures and skills for the ESM/ZUBA, Open Water, Essentials of Recreational Side-mount (Single tank) and Essentials of Side-Mount (Double Tank) classes. They did excellently and I will be recommending them to the Training Board of Advisor for evaluation. I am sure we will see some new UTD Instructors in CEBU and…

Thank you to Andrew G and Jeff S for their time and guidance during my recent IDC with them in California. Also a special thank you to Greg Feldheim for being my teammate during our training as well. I'm very excited to be part of this community and I hope to help UTD grow both here in Eastern Canada and elsewhere.

Side Mount diving is becoming wildly popular among recreational open water divers, advanced technical divers, cave divers, and wreck divers alike. Although rooted in cave diving, many “regular” open water divers are now shifting over to side-mount style diving because of…

I had a blast of a time with the first batch of Extreme Scuba Makeover X-students from Manila!  It was a day of learning and sharing with moments of great discovery.  From a quick dip in the morning, to snorkelling, horsing around with that wonderful ZUBA contraption, so much change transpired in a few hours of a fun foundational overhaul.  Congratulations to Voltz, Irene and Jujut!  If it weren't for your collective commitment, this event would not have been as great a success as it…

UTD has always looked for Instructors who want to offer a progressive training and a diving system that has the highest standard and quality in the industry. Most agencies out there teach a cookie cutter class and their "old" style of teaching methods and equipment produce "run of the mill" divers with the bare minimum skills to survive.

UTD is the "Rolls Royce" of the industry and has always sought the dedicated professional who wants to offer a progressive and unique program, one…

Great Experience!!
Happy to pass it!!

Very happy affording it
really great experience!!

Kevrumbo you should be teaching , i read all of your posts and learn from everone i read. Way to tech for me but i know what you're talking about keep it up .

October 3, 2012

 

Today, UTD released the online classroom materials to support the UTD Regulator Service Technician Certification Class. These are excellent support materials, consisting of 17 chapters including Power Point presentations with instructor voice overs,…

I pass my UTD Foundational Instructor and i am very glad.

A big thanks to Sergi Perez for the best Instructor Training ever.

Also a very big thanks to my girlfriend Charis R. Schlundt for the time before the IDC starts because i finish my work and sitting all the evening on my computer and learn the stuff.

I will never forget.

Special thanks also to Michael Deckert for his help and support all the time (before, during, and after) and the Dive Station Hemmoor for the Gas…

Zuba units are so easy to carry!

Press Release

RE: UTD Releases UTD-X Program

09/17/2012

Unified Team Diving is once again changing the dive industry through the release of the new UTD X-Program. A truly innovative marketing program focused on consumers, instructors, dive shops and the dive industry. Our goal is to be more than a “publishing company;” we are investing in the success of potential divers, current divers, instructors, dive shops…

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Today, August 31, 2012, at 11:30am PST UTD Equipment went live with a whole new redesigned website (http://www.utdequipment.com) Thanks to all the hard work over the summer of web designer Jeremy Bonner, the new UTD website is up and living. Amongst the many new products and features on the website, I believe, what this new design best illustrates is just…