Ho, ho, ho....

I work with Hollywood Divers as a scuba instructor, and was on Catalina conducting classes. Walking through town Saturday night I saw that Santa get up in a shop. It had the hat, moustache, beard and everything all in one piece. The area that goes around your eyes was rectangular and looked to be the size of a scuba mask....I had to try it! On Sunday morning, I tried it out. The Santa mask fit right over my scuba mask..it was perfect. It would have been difficult to don the Santa in the water, so I got all geared up on land, Santa and all. I waited in line on the stairs leading down to the water at the Casino Point Dive Park. There was a cruise ship in and many tourists at the dive park. They got a kick out of Scuba Santa and many pictures were taken while I waited my turn to get in the water.

I only kept the Santa piece on during the descent as I had to conduct PPB skills with a student and didn't want it to be distracting...but it was fun!

As for my DUI TLS350 drysuit, I love it! I truly enjoy diving my DUI. Not just for cold water diving, but for almost all diving. I originally started diving dry for the redundant buoyancy characteristics when diving doubles. Now I dive almost exclusively dry for all my diving. Diving dry and being dry between dives is awesome. The TLS350 gives me a huge advantage while instructing too. I am able to focus on the students, and not on being cold or uncomfortable or wet or anything else. The TLS provides many benefits without any handicaps...and the Turbo Soles are the best thing to happen to my feet since warm fuzzy slippers.

Happy holidays to everyone!

Robert Arak
Valencia, CA