Tag Archives: sidemount

DPV Stage Cave

DPV Stage Cave | Blue Label Diving Three divers slosh through the Thai Jungle. Their rock boots sink in the dirt under the weight of their gear – a cylinder in either hand, a dive harness, and a host of technology designed to push the limits of human exploration. Lighting the way with their torches, they come […]

Sidemount Bungee Systems

A Comparison of Sidemount Bungee Systems Diving sidemount has several advantages over back-mounted configurations, one of which is the use of sidemount bungee systems to secure tanks. Tank valves secured by sidemount bungee systems can be pushed away when they must be manipulated and hold tanks tight to a diver’s body at other times. Several types […]

Technical Diving Internship

Technical Diving Internship – part 1 – Full Cave Diver What an exciting first two weeks of my technical diving internship with Blue Label Diving! After a crash course in dive theory, instructor Ben Reymenants, full cave CCR student Chris Sammut and I headed to the caves of southern Thailand for some tech diving. On […]

Sidemount Cave diving course

Sidemount training in a cave

Learn Sidemount cave diving course from Bluelabeldiving.com If you are a technical diver, you must be familiar with the cylinders that divers wear. But if you wish to stay underwater for a longer period of time, sidemount cave diving is a solution. Diving in sidemount configuration is much more than a recreational activity. Today, many […]

Sidemount Diving Benefits

Sidemount Diving Benefits – A New Age for Diving Sidemount diving benefits. Sidmeount is evolving into the super model of the dive configuration world – sexy and sleek, versatile and comfortable, and easy yet safe. Moreover, its total cool factor and potential for awesome conversation starters potentially are quickly driving it into the diving spotlight. A closer […]

Sidemount Rigging

Sidemount Diving Equipment – Rigging Our twinsets slowly but surely are getting dusty or are converted to single tanks with left and right valves. We just certified our 50th sidemount diver and decided to go and test what the manufacturers throw on the market these days. We found 3 schools of sidemount rigging configuration; the […]

Indonesia tec update, week 12

Having arrived and celebrated my arrival it was time to get down, dirty and wet with Maria from Sweden. Don’t get too carried away now there, we’re talking about PADI tec sidemount course still. Repetitive skill drills produce mastery and along with some “stressful” situations Maria was on top of her game throughout the whole […]

Side Mount Diving

Side mount Welcome to a new era in diving. In the last year we have seen a tremendous increase towards the demand in side mount diving. Were side mount has been deployed in cave diving as early as the 1950’s, it wasn’t until some famous cave divers in Florida and Mexico posted their underwater ballet […]