While your video is over three years old I am still compelled to comment… Your frustration at the people who nitpick and complain is coming through loud and clear. It’s like the saying goes: “haters are going to hate.” As for me, I hope I am like the majority of the people who do watch your videos in that I watch them to learn and get exposed to new (to me) concepts and techniques - not to criticize. I find your content to be very clear, well explained, technically accurate, and very much appreciated by me. So many people try to hide a sales pitch behind what they purport to be an informative video; yours are refreshingly devoid of that. Many thanks!!
I love how these hacks can try to criticize someone that has literally mastered diving. And that goes for just about anything on screwtube. People don’t realize how lucky they are that Achim puts these instructional videos up for nothing so you can take his info and try to learn it for your self. And then they have the utter audacity to criticize him. ??? I thought I was a rather good diver before I found his channel. Taking what he puts out here and actually implementing it will make you a much better diver.
Right??? Achim has most likely forgotten more about diving than I will ever know. His buoyancy and trim are perfect. Anyone criticizing can kick rocks.
Hi Achim, the internet is a GREAT place to pass on information. BUT it unfortunately is also a place for incompetent, nitpicking individuals to stick their oar in. Little minded people often feel the urge to claw at the heels of successful/knowledgable people to feel in their hearts, "I showed him didn't I". Don't let these small brained wannabes cramp your style!! I'm only a Rec Diver and don't always agree 100% with you, but your arguments & presentation are always well founded & clear. Keep up the good work!!!
Took my son this weekend to teach him SMB ascent which proved difficult.....found this video, watched and discussed all the points, fantastic demonstration of SMB and bouncy specifically the control of both the dry suit and wing......first rate and brilliantly demonstrated.
Hi, Achim! Great video! Please share your spool setup for both cold and noncold water diving. It would be great if you make a little video on this topic. Thanks!
You make it look so easy. I tried my first smb drysuit ascent about a week ago now. I think I was a little too buoyant and that was causing my to flail around a little bit. I didn’t lose control of my buoyancy though but it wasn’t as clean as I thought it would be. Just need more practice I guess
Informative as usual, htank you. Question, SMB in right pocket? Almost every other organisation has it in the left pocket and the back up mask in the right for easy access. You tend to av 1-4 stage bootles on your left side and if you need your back up mask that´s usually more acute then the need for SMB. Thank you in advance for your answer.
Hey Achim, Thank you for the video, it was very informative. I have one question -- It seemed like you did not drop your feet when you were venting from the drysuit, how did you prevent gas from expanding in your lower legs? Thanks, Wenze
Getting my drysuit (via Jake) very soon and I was a little worried about the extra task loading of managing the drysuit buoyancy... Doesn't look like an issue, at least not after a bit more practice.
Nice! How do you know for sure the smb is in upright position on the surface without pulling it down a bit? Is it not laying flat on the surface of the water?
not at all - I pull it down in a real dive - or at least keep it under tension - but AGAIN - the purpose was to show that it is NOT PART OF the Buoyancy system - so I left it hanging alone.
The video’s you put up are very useful Achim, I like them and also try things out what you are showing, and it is helpfull 👌 But for those 1500 million online keyboard instructors it’s never good, they always say others are wrong and it does not meet their standards, whell let them for what they are worth: just talking shit without adding something usefull. Keep up what you are doing, I’m sure a lot of people like your video’s, and also can learn a thing or at least compare their skill to improve themselfs. Trial and error is a good way to become beter and more aware of your abilities, I like to try-out things you show, and find out for myself what feels better, especialy if I’m doing it different. There is always someone better and more skilled, so lets learn 👍 Too bad I didn’t know you where @Airdiving in Vinkeveen with my good friend William, I would be happy to meet you there and have some conversation 😃
Achim very interesting video as many others you have done. I follow you and it is a pleasure to see such a neat technique. I have a question if I might. Your DSMB is in the right pocket. Is there a specific reason? I know that for GUE for example the DSMB is stored in the left one. Thank you and apologize if the question is silly!
Thanks a lot for the video! You mentioned buoyancy control through the wing - shouldn't the wing contain as little air as possible, or am I getting something wrong. Thank you in advance for your answer!
Hello, thanks for your videos, they are very interesting and I learn a lot. Do you have any advice, based on your experience, to reduce the level of anxiety in the dives?
Haha, i dont know what the difference is between wetsuit and drysuit when ascending the buoy, but winding up the caveline with thick drygloves drives me nuts. On each round a different fingertip gets caught in the spool xD
Nicely done. Looks like perfect execution to me. I have a question though. Having been a drysuit diver for many years but never had to use an smb is the realing back up on the spool making you ascend?
no - I just mark my position on the surface to either prevent boats to run over me and / or to show my position to my boat (if I drift during my deco for example)
It can also be a nice visual reference if you're ascending in the blue. Making a deco stop or safety stop without a depth reference can be a challenge for many.
In pretty well everything in life, there is no 'completely right' answer. Same in diving. Been watching some of these vids and learning from them, but what you do as a thinking person needs to be thought through as to why and how to suit you and what you're doing. And not just the once, it needs to be periodically thought about through a diving career. If you're diving in the open sea with a surface chop and maybe a bit of swell and maybe 3 pair of divers in the water and they've spread out a bit, three teeny SMBs are a nightmare for the cox, even if they have another competent pair of eyes on the boat. Bit better if your surface cover is at the helm of a hard boat 'cos they're higher out of the water, but then they may have 6 pair in the water. Small capacity/diameter SMBs tow under and vanish into wave troughs. Worse if they're limp or lying flat. Even if they are fully inflated, they are a small target. For these conditions you need as big an SMB as you can get. Maybe it's come on to rain or even thunder and hail: bloody weird at 25 m, I can tell you, and hard work for the cox/skipper. I've coxed ribs and squidgies and hard hulls. Same applies if you've planned your dive for a short slack with recording on a mark on the sea bed followed by a drift to cover ground and record biotopes over an area or maybe record data on extent of your target biotope. Big SMBs good, small are a nightmare for the surface cover. Different pairs might pop their buoy at different times, depending on what they've found. May be only minutes apart, but even so. Want to multi-task on a drift, taking notes and pics as well as run your SMB? you need a way to attach your SMB and detach quickly that isn't going to come off by accident and isn't going to jam up with a bit of tension on the line. Think there may be yacht racing in the area you want to dive? Nice big SMB please! Dinghy sailors may have no idea what an SMB is, but a big one is easier to see past your sail. Picking up divers in a hard hull in a current and a bit of a chop? Having each pair have a big SMB they hold vertical and staying together makes it easier for the skipper. There's no 'completely right' answer and after 30 years diving and thousands of dives, I'm still learning.
Hi Achim ! Thx for all the content you share !! I have some questions regarding SMB : How full should it be filled (at surface) ? Should it be vertical ? Is your spool heavy enough to keep it vertical when you are not holding the spool ? Usually I keep holding and pooling down my spool so my SMB stays vertical. Is it a bad practice ? I hope you can share your thoughts :)
Nope. If you look a bit of the system, you see that the light is clipped, shining down, so it is accessible for communication and not shining in my partners face. If I store it, I clip it off with the front blotsbap so it is streamlined and not entangled on the boatladder for example. So if I would habe forgotten to switch off it would have been in storage position and being the cam. Sorry to disappoint you 😆
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While your video is over three years old I am still compelled to comment…
Your frustration at the people who nitpick and complain is coming through loud and clear. It’s like the saying goes: “haters are going to hate.”
As for me, I hope I am like the majority of the people who do watch your videos in that I watch them to learn and get exposed to new (to me) concepts and techniques - not to criticize. I find your content to be very clear, well explained, technically accurate, and very much appreciated by me.
So many people try to hide a sales pitch behind what they purport to be an informative video; yours are refreshingly devoid of that.
Many thanks!!
Great mastery of buoyancy, for every silly critique you probably have 100 silent viewers who admire and value these videos, keep it up.
I love how these hacks can try to criticize someone that has literally mastered diving. And that goes for just about anything on screwtube. People don’t realize how lucky they are that Achim puts these instructional videos up for nothing so you can take his info and try to learn it for your self. And then they have the utter audacity to criticize him. ??? I thought I was a rather good diver before I found his channel. Taking what he puts out here and actually implementing it will make you a much better diver.
Right??? Achim has most likely forgotten more about diving than I will ever know. His buoyancy and trim are perfect. Anyone criticizing can kick rocks.
Hi Achim, the internet is a GREAT place to pass on information.
BUT it unfortunately is also a place for incompetent, nitpicking individuals to stick their oar in. Little minded people often feel the urge to claw at the heels of successful/knowledgable people to feel in their hearts, "I showed him didn't I". Don't let these small brained wannabes cramp your style!!
I'm only a Rec Diver and don't always agree 100% with you, but your arguments & presentation are always well founded & clear.
Keep up the good work!!!
Took my son this weekend to teach him SMB ascent which proved difficult.....found this video, watched and discussed all the points, fantastic demonstration of SMB and bouncy specifically the control of both the dry suit and wing......first rate and brilliantly demonstrated.
Bang on Achim. Great demonstration. Thank you for taking time to make all your videos.
One of the most dangerous things in diving is an individuals ego. You are doing a great job. Ignore the Nah Sayers!
Than you for fine demo. That's the way we teach the SMB ascend, too.
Excellent demonstration.
Very well demonstrated. I'm glad I'm using the same technique, if not yet with quite the same polish.
Thanks Achim! That is how I learned it during my ISE Courses!
Thats some buoyancy control my god. He doesnt move!
Great control.
"Flawless Victory"
Nicely done, for those people seeing this and negative comments, they should turn the channel or show something better!
Doubt it!!
Thanks Achim!
Hi, Achim! Great video! Please share your spool setup for both cold and noncold water diving. It would be great if you make a little video on this topic. Thanks!
Gréât démonstration as always !
As always, Amazing work!
You make it look so easy. I tried my first smb drysuit ascent about a week ago now. I think I was a little too buoyant and that was causing my to flail around a little bit. I didn’t lose control of my buoyancy though but it wasn’t as clean as I thought it would be. Just need more practice I guess
Informative as usual, htank you. Question, SMB in right pocket? Almost every other organisation has it in the left pocket and the back up mask in the right for easy access. You tend to av 1-4 stage bootles on your left side and if you need your back up mask that´s usually more acute then the need for SMB. Thank you in advance for your answer.
Hey Achim,
Thank you for the video, it was very informative. I have one question -- It seemed like you did not drop your feet when you were venting from the drysuit, how did you prevent gas from expanding in your lower legs?
Thanks,
Wenze
Getting my drysuit (via Jake) very soon and I was a little worried about the extra task loading of managing the drysuit buoyancy... Doesn't look like an issue, at least not after a bit more practice.
Poetry in motion..
I don’t see how people can complain about any of the info you give 🤦🏻♂️
Nice! How do you know for sure the smb is in upright position on the surface without pulling it down a bit? Is it not laying flat on the surface of the water?
not at all - I pull it down in a real dive - or at least keep it under tension - but AGAIN - the purpose was to show that it is NOT PART OF the Buoyancy system - so I left it hanging alone.
@@CoastalDevelopment thanks for taking the time to reply! 🙏🏻
The video’s you put up are very useful Achim, I like them and also try things out what you are showing, and it is helpfull 👌
But for those 1500 million online keyboard instructors it’s never good, they always say others are wrong and it does not meet their standards, whell let them for what they are worth: just talking shit without adding something usefull.
Keep up what you are doing, I’m sure a lot of people like your video’s, and also can learn a thing or at least compare their skill to improve themselfs. Trial and error is a good way to become beter and more aware of your abilities, I like to try-out things you show, and find out for myself what feels better, especialy if I’m doing it different. There is always someone better and more skilled, so lets learn 👍
Too bad I didn’t know you where @Airdiving in Vinkeveen with my good friend William, I would be happy to meet you there and have some conversation 😃
Thanks for your video. When ascending from 35 meters, with no visual ref. , what depth will you shoot the smb?
Can your next video be about the most important dive skills…in a dry suit
Great demo, thx 👍 what does 2 knots mean on the line? 10m? And what torch are you using here?
He signed 6m when the two knots appeared. I assume he marked 6 because it's an important depth threshold for deco stops with 100% oxygen.
Achim very interesting video as many others you have done. I follow you and it is a pleasure to see such a neat technique. I have a question if I might. Your DSMB is in the right pocket. Is there a specific reason? I know that for GUE for example the DSMB is stored in the left one. Thank you and apologize if the question is silly!
thank you very much for the demo. I saw you did this in Vinkenveen Zandeiland 4. are you here more often?
Thanks a lot for the video! You mentioned buoyancy control through the wing - shouldn't the wing contain as little air as possible, or am I getting something wrong. Thank you in advance for your answer!
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@@CoastalDevelopment makes sense. Danke schön for the quick response!
Hello, thanks for your videos, they are very interesting and I learn a lot.
Do you have any advice, based on your experience, to reduce the level of anxiety in the dives?
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Haha, i dont know what the difference is between wetsuit and drysuit when ascending the buoy, but winding up the caveline with thick drygloves drives me nuts. On each round a different fingertip gets caught in the spool xD
Drysuit is an extra air pocket that you have to manage so it can add to the task loading. That's all.
And now with dry gloves on 😉. Just joking! Great control!!
Nicely done. Looks like perfect execution to me. I have a question though. Having been a drysuit diver for many years but never had to use an smb is the realing back up on the spool making you ascend?
no - I just mark my position on the surface to either prevent boats to run over me and / or to show my position to my boat (if I drift during my deco for example)
It can also be a nice visual reference if you're ascending in the blue. Making a deco stop or safety stop without a depth reference can be a challenge for many.
@@Yggdrasil42 as you wish: from 8:20 onwards: Blue water ascent: th-cam.com/video/VixqT04-EqM/w-d-xo.html
In pretty well everything in life, there is no 'completely right' answer. Same in diving.
Been watching some of these vids and learning from them, but what you do as a thinking person needs to be thought through as to why and how to suit you and what you're doing. And not just the once, it needs to be periodically thought about through a diving career.
If you're diving in the open sea with a surface chop and maybe a bit of swell and maybe 3 pair of divers in the water and they've spread out a bit, three teeny SMBs are a nightmare for the cox, even if they have another competent pair of eyes on the boat. Bit better if your surface cover is at the helm of a hard boat 'cos they're higher out of the water, but then they may have 6 pair in the water. Small capacity/diameter SMBs tow under and vanish into wave troughs. Worse if they're limp or lying flat. Even if they are fully inflated, they are a small target. For these conditions you need as big an SMB as you can get. Maybe it's come on to rain or even thunder and hail: bloody weird at 25 m, I can tell you, and hard work for the cox/skipper. I've coxed ribs and squidgies and hard hulls.
Same applies if you've planned your dive for a short slack with recording on a mark on the sea bed followed by a drift to cover ground and record biotopes over an area or maybe record data on extent of your target biotope. Big SMBs good, small are a nightmare for the surface cover. Different pairs might pop their buoy at different times, depending on what they've found. May be only minutes apart, but even so.
Want to multi-task on a drift, taking notes and pics as well as run your SMB? you need a way to attach your SMB and detach quickly that isn't going to come off by accident and isn't going to jam up with a bit of tension on the line.
Think there may be yacht racing in the area you want to dive? Nice big SMB please! Dinghy sailors may have no idea what an SMB is, but a big one is easier to see past your sail.
Picking up divers in a hard hull in a current and a bit of a chop? Having each pair have a big SMB they hold vertical and staying together makes it easier for the skipper.
There's no 'completely right' answer and after 30 years diving and thousands of dives, I'm still learning.
The diving snowflakes hit once more. It's ok guys, you will not Die if the SMB is 62% inflated.... Chill.
My SMB doesn't stand upright on the surface! What can I do?
You have to keep it under tension - pull it so that the bottom of the symbol is under water
@@undisclosedperson3871 yes but then I'd have to dump gas in order not to pull myself up
@@999racing Just a little, which you can easily compensate with your lungs if you have to let go of the SMB.
Hi Achim ! Thx for all the content you share !!
I have some questions regarding SMB :
How full should it be filled (at surface) ?
Should it be vertical ?
Is your spool heavy enough to keep it vertical when you are not holding the spool ?
Usually I keep holding and pooling down my spool so my SMB stays vertical. Is it a bad practice ?
I hope you can share your thoughts :)
SMB should be full on the surface - spool is neutral - with line slightly negative - it does not keep it upright.
ha ha you forget to switch off your torch
Nope. If you look a bit of the system, you see that the light is clipped, shining down, so it is accessible for communication and not shining in my partners face. If I store it, I clip it off with the front blotsbap so it is streamlined and not entangled on the boatladder for example. So if I would habe forgotten to switch off it would have been in storage position and being the cam. Sorry to disappoint you 😆
What this shows is some people need to practice more and stop complaining