Off Gassing: A Scuba Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

The art of frustration is something that needs to be embraced when flirting or participating in exploration. Vincent Rouquette-Cathala, co-owner of Under The Jungle in Mexico is no stranger to exploration. Becoming obsessed with diving from an early age would eventually lead him down a path of searching for the unknown. At first, cave diving was a way to improve skills and pass the time until he could return to his love of wreck diving. With each dive, he would become more attracted to this environment that allowed him to improve, explore, create life-long friendships, and most importantly practice the art of frustration. Please enjoy.

Website:
https://www.underthejungle.com/en/home/

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https://www.instagram.com/vincent_rouquette_cathala/
https://www.instagram.com/underthejungle/

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With a few lights, a model, and a flooded cave, Natalie Gibb captures moments and creates a narrative for viewers to explore. Images that give us a glimpse into a world that many do not see or dare go. Images that take us away momentarily from our daily lives. As co-owner of Under The Jungle, she has helped to establish her shop as one of the premier dive training destinations in the world. Designing a team that inspires, motivates, and mentors all of their students. A place where students return time after time to further their education and become future explorers. Film, photography, explorations, science week, future goals, and much more. Please enjoy.

Website:
https://www.underthejungle.com/en/home/

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/underthejungle/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/underthejungle

Originally from Germany, Nicole Krass would find herself diving occasionally before taking an extended break. As she was about to embark on a lifetime trip to Indonesia, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Determined to continue, she persevered and at the same time inspired others to pursue their dreams. Since this interview, she has become an Open Water Instructor to help the adaptive diving community. Starting a blog to bring awareness to diving with disabilities, diving after diagnosis, challenges faced, what you can do to help, and much more. Please enjoy.

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https://www.instagram.com/tauchenmithandicap/
https://www.instagram.com/dynamicnord.official/

Website:
https://www.tauchen-mit-handicap.de/
https://dynamicnord.com/

In this Round Table Discussion, I have a conversation with Kosta Koeman about if there should be a big emphasis on neutral buoyancy while conducting a Discover Scuba Dive in a pool or if should it come during the Open Water Course.

Kosta Koeman is an SDI Open Water Scuba Instructor who resides is Seattle, Washington. Some of Kosta's articles can be seen in the SDI blog as well as his personal blog page on his thoughts about scuba instruction and the scuba industry. He is also an active member of ScubaBoard (wetb4igetinthewater)

Website:
https://divingwithkosta.wordpress.com/
https://thehaes.org/
ScubaBoard

Explorer, pioneer, innovator, a few words used to describe my next guest. In this week’s interview, I speak with Bill Stone. Bill has been pushing boundaries as far back as he can remember. From the deepest caves to space exploration, no frontier is off-limits. I get a chance to speak with Bill about the early days of technical diving, rebreathers, past explorations, future projects, arguments over cheese, and changing the world. I hope you enjoy.

Website:

https://stoneaerospace.com/
https://sunfishinc.com/

I want to introduce a new series to 
Off Gassing: 

Round Table Discussions

The interviews will always be the main course of the show. I would like to think of The Round Table as side dishes. I came up with this idea while on ScubaBoard, a place where many divers of all levels get together and have discussions. ScubaBoard is a great place for any diver to gather information and learn but as many of you know ScubaBoard can get very heated sometimes. The goal is to get these divers together to have respectful and engaging conversations. Round Table episodes will be released as I record them. Stay tuned and hit that subscribe button so you don’t miss them when they drop.      

It has always been a goal of mine to keep learning and seek out the why behind different perspectives, methods, and philosophies. I became a recreational scuba instructor a few years ago, and even then, I knew there was so much more to learn. I have taken this past year off to further my own education and hope to get back into teaching towards the end of this year. With each Round Table, interview, and different courses I take, I hope to learn and add to my toolbox to become a stronger, safer, better instructor and overall diver. 

On this week's episode, I interview Charlie Roberson. I get a chance to talk with Charlie about his early days of diving, Florida caves, NSS-CDS, Karst Underwater Research, and of course Fathom rebreathers. I hope you enjoy.

Website:
https://www.fathomdive.com/

Karst Underwater Research

https://nsscds.org/

Pyle stops, deep stops, do you know the whole story? In this week's episode, I speak with world-famous ichthyologist Richard Pyle. Richard speaks about how a serious accident in his youth ended up being a life-changing event that led him down the path of where he is today. His love of fish, getting bent, rebreathers, diving physiology, the truth about deep stops, and much more in this interview with the self-proclaimed fish nerd. Enjoy!

https://www.bishopmuseum.org/

On this week's episode, I interview Laura. The woman behind The Dive Meme. Something that started during the lockdown of the Covid 19 pandemic, has now grown to be an internet sensation. I speak with Laura about how it all started, her diving experiences, local diving, content creation, how she likes to spend her downtime and the joy she finds bringing laughter, one dive meme at a time. Enjoy

Instagram:
@thedivememe
Website:
https://linktr.ee/thedivememe

About a year ago, I had the opportunity to relocate to the beautiful country of Malaysia. Anytime I can highlight and show off this amazing place, I jump at any opportunity.  On this week's episode, I'm excited to speak with Malaysia’s very own Stacy Chee. Born and Raised in Malaysia, Stacy is the owner and founder of Moby-Tek, a recreational and technical dive center on Tioman Island on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. We get a chance to speak about some different dive destinations in Malaysia, some of her favorite places to dive around South East Asia, her journey as a diver, and of course, Moby-Tek and Tioman Island.

Instagram:
@Stacychee
@MobyTek.Dives
Website:
https://www.moby-tek.com/
Facebook:
Moby-Tek Dive Centre
Stacy Chee