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	Lorne Garred Lorne started diving in 1991 while living on Vancouver Island during his time with the Canadian Navy. He went on to earn his instructor certification in 2002 and is currently a certified Staff Instructor Trainer with SDI and an Instructor with TDI. He started diving with a rebreather in 2007, but still makes bubbles with his students on a regular basis. He has done alot of diving around Alberta and Vancouver Island has traveled to the Caribbean including Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Bonaire, Dominican Republic. He has dove many times on the artificial reef "HMCS Cape Breton" in Nanaimo which was once his sleeping quarters during his Navy days. Favorite Place to Dive: "Toss up between Vancouver Island and Bonaire. Then of course there's Twin Lakes."
	Angie Garred Angie is a certified instructor with SDI & PDIC. She got bit by the diving bug back in 1999. Like many Edmontonians she got certified in Jasper. It was September long weekend and it SNOWED! She has dove around Alberta, Vancover Island, Mexico (including cenotes), Dominican Republic, Honduras, Belize, and Bonaire. Favorite Place to Dive: For warm water, definitely Bonaire. For cold water, Vancouver Island.
	Cheryl Sales & Customer Service Cheryl has been a certified diver since 1997 and has dove all over the Caribbean, Alberta, and Vancouver Island. She has also dove Scapa Flow in Scotland. Cheryl earned her Instructor rating in 2012 and loves introducing the underwater world to others. Favorite Place to Dive: "Vancouver Island!"
	Dan Sales & Customer Service Dan started diving in 2011 and has been hooked ever since. Dan has dove around Alberta and Hawaii. Favorite Place to Dive: So far Hawaii but he's just getting started.....

Rick
Sales & Customer Service

Rick started diving in 2008 and became such a regular appearance around the store that we put him to work. Rick has dove around Alberta and Mexico.

Favorite Place to Dive:
Cozumel and Jasper and Twin Lakes and wherever else I can get wet and go deep.

	Lorne Garred Lorne started diving in 1991 while living on Vancouver Island during his time with the Canadian Navy. He went on to earn his instructor certification in 2002 and is currently a certified Staff Instructor Trainer with SDI and an Instructor with TDI. He started diving with a rebreather in 2007, but still makes bubbles with his students on a regular basis. He has done alot of diving around Alberta and Vancouver Island has traveled to the Caribbean including Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Bonaire, Dominican Republic. He has dove many times on the artificial reef "HMCS Cape Breton" in Nanaimo which was once his sleeping quarters during his Navy days. Favorite Place to Dive: "Toss up between Vancouver Island and Bonaire. Then of course there's Twin Lakes."
	Angie Angie is a certified Staff Instructor Trainer with SDI and has been teaching since 2003. She got bit by the diving bug back in 1999. Like many Edmontonians she got certified in Jasper. It was September long weekend and it SNOWED! She has dove around Alberta, Vancover Island, Mexico (including cenotes), Dominican Republic, Honduras, Belize, and Bonaire. She enjoys underwater photography and videography. Favorite Place to Dive: "For warm water, definitely Bonaire. For cold water, Vancouver Island."
	Bill Bill started diving back in 1993 and earned his dive instructor rating in 1994 and is currently an Instructor Trainer with SDI. Favorite Place to Dive: "Vancouver Island"
	Shawn Shawn started diving in 1997 and became a certified instructor in 2001. He has dove all over Southeast Asia, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Phillipines, and Thailand. He has also dove the wrecks of the HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Repulse, and Seven Sky. Favorite Place to Dive: "Sipadan, Malaysia, Manado, Phillipines, Similan Islands, and Thailand"
	John John started diving back in 1988 and went on to become an instructor in 1995. Then in 1998 he started technical diving and a year later became a tech diving instructor. He is now a SDI/TDI IT Staff Instructor Trainer IT. John has dove all over Canada including Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, the Great Lakes and extensively on the west coast from Victoria to Alaska. He also dove Scapa Flow in Scotland and has done many trips to Mexico for cave diving and reef diving. John is also a rebreather diver and enjoys underwater video & photography. Favorite Place to Dive: "Anywhere underwater that is interesting.... especially wrecks and caves!"
	Arne Arne started diving 2007 and earned his SDI Instructor certification in 2011. His dive travels include Jamaica, Bonaire, Mayan Riviera, Cozumel, Sea of Cortez by Cabo San Lucas, Hawaii, Oahu, Maui, and of course around Alberta. Favorite Place to Dive: Bonaire definitely, with Maui a close second. And of course Jasper is always incredible & fun!

	Cheryl Cheryl has been a certified diver since 1997 and has dove all over the Caribbean, Alberta, and Vancouver Island. She has also dove Scapa Flow in Scotland. Cheryl earned her Instructor rating in 2012 and loves introducing the underwater world to others. Favorite Place to Dive: "Vancouver Island!"
Ross	Ross Ross was first certified as an open water diver in April 1990 and has since completed advanced training from a variety of training agencies including SSI, PADI, and SDI/TDI. Ross enjoys the clear waters of the tropics but when it comes down to it, he is very much at home in our less luxurious Alberta lakes. Favorite Place to Dive: "Zihuatanejo, Mexico"

	Greg Greg started diving in 2004 and earned his PDIC Dive Supervisor certification in 2008 and helps out regularly with students and certified divers. Greg has dove around Alberta, many BC lakes, Vancouver Island, and Mexico (including cenotes). If he's not diving, he's sledding, biking, hiking, or horse-back riding. Favorite Place to Dive: His favorite place to dive is Mexico, especially the cenotes and BC lakes like Okanagon & Shushwaps. Most memorable dive was off Jesse Island on Vancouver Island where he lost his watch and managed to find it on the way back to the anchor line.
	Mark Mark started diving 2008 in Arkansas where he dove several lakes and springs. Various dive trips took him to Florida & the Gulf region, as well as Mexico. He's also dove around Canada including Twin Lakes and Jasper, including Annette & Beauvert. Favorite Place to Dive: Any ocean, lake, pond, or puddle deep enough to blow bubbles.
	Stuart Stuart started diving in 2006 getting certified in the cool crystal clear waters of Lake Beauvert, Jasper. His dive travels have taken him to the reefs of Cozumel and the Mayan Riviera of Mexico, including the cenotes. He has also dove Maui and Vancouver Island. He's also a familiar face out at Twin Lakes and helping out with students at the pool or lake during the summer. Favorite Place to Dive: The Caribbean may be warm, but Vancouver Island simply cannot be matched for the sheer abundance of underwater life.
	Lee Lee started diving in 2004 in the Okanagan (not counting “the bucket incident”). In what quickly grew into a passion, he took his diving to incredible places in the North West Territories, Caribbean, Australia, and the deep interior lakes of British Columbia. He gained much industry experience as a co-owner of a dive shop on Vancouver Island, and is now an active member of the Alberta diving community. Favorite place to dive: “Anyplace new; one of the best was an exploration on 'Little Group' by Sidney, BC….there was an amazing amount of life on every square inch! But the most memorable dive is always the first one!”