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[WIdiver_Paul]

I like looking at that picture and realising if GI tried to use that gear today in a GUE class, they'd make him change it (too many D-rings, backup light has a switch on it I think, hard plastic valve knobs, shoulderpads). I wish I could identify the other diver, although judging by the age of the photo and his weight, he must be dead from heart disease...

If this kind of diver was the norm when DIR got it's start I could see why he felt like he needed to stand up and shout in the middle of the crowd. Sometimes when you're in the middle of a bunch of people doing stupid things you need to shock people in order for them to get the message (and then of course they beat you down and only later on do they realize the benefit of your message, of course all the while believing that they thought of it themselves). I think GI has backpedaled significantly from his previous "chicken little" stance, he has a message posted on TDS now asking everyone from WKPP to chill out and not go around calling people strokes anymore because it makes their organisation look bad. He has pretty much semi-retired and just keeps himself content working on scooters and diving with friends and is tired of the controversy. I don't blame him.

My hair is pretty and blonde! ;D

Hi Matt!