Remembering back a year ago when a boat filled with inexperienced divers tried to go out on a stormy day. The waves flipped their boat over and there was panic. Then the lifeguards came and their rescue ski flipped over too. The ocean can be very unpredictable and doesn’t care who you are. So if you enter it on a stormy day, you better be with an experienced person.
I’d never imagine feeling safe diving with my nephews. I use to be the Uncle watching over them in the ocean, and now they are the ones watching over me. I’m down deep hunting for fish as one of the boys are closely watching my every move. If something happens, I know they will come and get me. I use to tell them if I’m too deep and they can’t reach me, go as deep as you can and spear me in my leg and pull me up. They use to laugh but now they know I’m serious.
Whenever I visit the Dove Factory in Japan, I walk around in awe. There is so much history in the 50 years of Dove. Surf champions, surf legends, and your everyday surfer all came across Dove at some point in their life. Here is a Dove Advertisement of 4x World Champion Mark Richards back in 1978. How cool is that!!!
