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New PPB PADI Specialty Materials |
New PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Materials Now Shipping
The Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty provides a trifecta of benefits for the diver: conserve air, lose weight, and protect the marine environment. "PPB" is also PADI's second most popular specialty after Enriched Air. Email subscribers may need to click through to padiinstructorinfo.com to view the images below.
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PPB crewpak - product no. 60177
(now with 50% less neon) |
It's been more than ten years since we added PPB to the PADI specialty roster, and the new materials include some useful updates. There is a new student manual (we only had a booklet before) and an completely updated DVD (now with 50% less neon in the wetsuits).
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| New PPB instructor guide - product no. 70236 |
There is a new instructor guide (product no. 70236). It's not mandatory to switch to the new guide, but there are two sets of knowledge reviews in the new student manual and only the new guide has both sets of knowledge review answers. Similarly, you may continue using the prior version of the student materials.
About the PPB Knowledge Reviews
Knowledge Review Part I is the same as the Peak Performance Buoyancy section of the Adventures in Diving manual. The answers can be found in the PPB instructor guide or downloaded from the PADI Pro's Site (Curriculum - Exams and Assessments - Adventures in Diving)
There is a second set of knowledge reviews in the new student manual. The answers are only available in the new instructor guide.
What Else is New?
The new student materials and instructor guide include useful information about buoyancy training for students using rebreathers.
The new materials are available starting today. Contact your PADI Sales Rep or order online from the PADI Pro's Site. Here are some useful part numbers:
Revised PPB instructor guide: part no. 70236
New student crewpak: 60177. Includes:
- New PPB student manual: 79315
- Revised PPB student DVD: 70858
 
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Teaching Tips: Peak Performance Buoyancy |
If you've hit the button for the "next available sales rep" when calling PADI recently, you may haven spoken to our newest rep - Erica. She is an experienced instructor and we're very happy to have her as part of the gang.
Contact: Erica.Wedepohl at padi dot com
Region: Latin America
Hometown: Prescott, AZ
OW Cert Location: San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
Favorite Smell: suntan lotion
Favorite Food: artichokes
First Concert: Aerosmith
Mild Medium or Spicy: SPICY Baby!
Number of Years Working in the Dive Industry: 15
How do you start your day at PADI: drinking tea and checking email
Sea Creature You Hope to Meet Underwater One Day: whale shark or a merman!
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If you've ever had a great idea for a dive video or other creative project you can apply for funding through a website called Kickstarter.
Kickstarter exists to help folks fund projects, to make ideas happen. I've donated to the creator of City of Portland playing cards and helped fund an album for the Blue Scholars.
How does this apply to scuba?
Well, PADI's got this $5000 video contest going called Sea the Change. Maybe your video idea is amazing but you need a little money to make it happen - Kickstarter could help you raise the funds.
What else?
You could also raise money for a sign promoting diving at your local open water training site or pool. Or, if you do a lot of school presentations and want to make a brochure about careers in diving, kickstarter could help you raise the money to create it.
There are certain guidelines. Kickstarter exists to fund projects - something with a finite beginning and end date. You can't use the site for general fundraising, but you can use it to create something that you later sell.
One of Kickstarter's biggest success stories is the Lunatik watch. A guy created a watch strap for the iPod nano and raised one million dollars.
Over a million dollars is pledged through Kickstarter's website every week. Between 30-48% of projects get funded. So if you've got a great idea, don't be shy. Build Nemo 33 for North America!
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PADI Instructor Insurance Renewal |
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2011-2012 Dive Instructor Insurance
For PADI Instructors registered with the PADI Americas Office, insurance renewal season is upon us.
PADI Members working in the US are required to have insurance coverage. If you work in an area where insurance isn't required, you may want to review these scenarios where liability coverage could save your bacon.
Does PADI Have My Insurance Renewal Info?
Vicencia and Buckley sends PADI regular updates of who's renewed, but we're processing hundreds of instructors every day. So if you've got a confirmation from V&B that your insurance renewal has been processed, it may up to three business days for the information to be updated here at PADI.
If you're not using Vicencia and Buckley for insurance, please FAX a copy of your insurance coverage to: +1 949 267 1261. We're processing hundreds of insurance updates every day, so, please give us three business days to get everything updated in your account.
To check your status, please call the membership department at: 800 729 7234 ext. 2495 or +1 949 858 7234 ext. 2495.
Vicencia and Buckley Contact Info
(PADI Americas and PADI Latin America Members)
+1 714 739 3177 • 800 223 9998 • Fax +1 714 739 3188
Email: instructors at diveinsurance dot com
www.diveinsurance.com
License #0578496
PADI Canada Members (excluding Quebec) please contact HUB International Barton Insurance Brokers for pricing and other info: 800 661 6194 • +1 250 372 3155 • Fax +1 250 372 1962Email: bar-dive at hubinternational dot com
www.barton.ca/group/padi_home.htm
PADI Canada Members in Quebec please contact P. Morin Courtier en Assurances Inc. for pricing or other info. +1 514 634 7115 • Fax +1 514 634 7118
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