In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast you will hear about the increasing popularity of the Girls that Scuba brand.
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Well everyone I just returned from England where I was a speaker at the Go Diving Show. This was truly the best consumer dive show I have been to. The show was packed and they had a great lineup of speakers, GUE had this 3d experience, a cave experience, rock climbing wall and demo pool that was packed.
The best thing was the passion. They have such a passion for diving over there. Both the divers and the dive pros. It’s a hearty diving over there. Often cold water with not the best visibility.
I personally had a blast! I got to attend my first rugby game, having the pleasure of going to see the Coventry Wasps take on the London Saracens with Stephen Wheelan founder of DeeperBlue.com and Paul Strike co-founder of Fourth Element. What was cool was that Paul had played professional rugby for the London Saracens. So I got a proper education in the sport, after which I am now a huge fan of rugby.
I drank tons of Guinness – by the way if you’re a Guinness fan did you know that it tastes better the closer it is to the source. So it tastes better in England than the US, and many in England say it tastes better in Ireland.
And I also met some wonderful new diving industry colleagues. One of which is our guest on this episode, Sarah Richard is the founder of Girls that Scuba. Now I interviewed Sarah for the League of Extraordinary Divers, my other podcast. However, there were things she said that were setting off bells for The Dive Locker podcast, things all dive professionals should hear.
Most notably are two things; one is positive and one slightly negative. The negative is that some sexist attitudes towards women in diving still exist and that was a key reason why Girls that Scuba was born. But that led to the good point, Girls that Scuba is one of the coolest entrepreneurial start up stories in the dive industry that I have heard. Wait till you hear the organic success of Sarah’s brand.
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