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Aquatic Sports

Dive Centre Center (English)

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Company description AQUATICSPORTSis Oregon`s oldest and largest full service diving center. We help you get in the water.
AQUATIC SPORTS, a family owned business started by John Powelson, AQUATIC SPORTS has served thousands of divers in the Portland area since 1966. John began diving in Southern California in the late `50s. He received his first instructor certificate at the Scripps Institute of Technology in 1960. John was an instructor for L.A. County and NAUI before joining NASDS in 1962 with the rating of OWI #20.
In the early `70s John helped his friend Bob Clark with the beginnings of SSI. The very first SSI instructional clinic was held in Oregon and a new training agency was born. After a few years as a dual NASDS/SSI instructor, John returned to his NASDS roots full time.
In 1992, John received one of the first SSI Platinum 5000 awards for industry contributions. Other recipients include: Dick Bolin, past president of ScubaPro; John Gaffney, founder of NASDS; Jacques-Yves Cousteau and other scuba pioneers.
New and experienced divers can explore everything in the diving industry in our 6,500 sq. foot store.Our on-site, heated pool provides the ultimate in training convenience. Students have unlimited access to the pool between class sessions.
At AQUATIC SPORTS we offer training year round. Compare us against any other scuba school and we guarantee satisfaction:
Top 10 reasons to learn with us!
1. Indoor Heated Pool
2. 40 years in the diving industry
3. Huge selection of scuba equipment
4. “FREE” pool practice time
5. SSI International Scuba Diver Program
6. Try before you buy option
7. Portland affiliate of Club Aquarius travel program.
8. Dry-suit instructional program for new students.
9. “FREE” Dive Computer specialty class with instruction
10. Guaranteed best price for equipment purchases. We will be any price on the equipment we carry!
Our on site classroom has the latest Infocus projection system gives our students the state of the art educational system. No need to just sit and hear lecture. You will get to experience the adventure in our full motion interaction teaching system. Aquatic Sports is also the leader in the Portland area for technical divers. Do you want quality air fills? Aquatic Sports has the latest in fill stations. Our 6 chamber hyper-filteration system give us hydrocarbonless free gas. Things that we do not want in our system such as gaseous hydrocarbons, (solvents), condensed hydrocarbons, (oils), carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water, and particulate matter, (silicone, paint shavings, metal flakes) when combined with high concentrations of oxygen can have a detrimental effect on your equipment or your body. The majority of the diving industry uses a CGA, (Compressed Gas Association) Grade E standard of gas acceptance. Aquatic Sports maintains a higher standard of gas usage. Do you want to stay warm on next dive with Argon, we have that also.
Our rental department is maintained to the highest standard in the diving industry we inspect our systems on a quartely basis and follow the highest standards of inspection of equipment through the CIP,BCP,AIR and VIP+ system of inspection. In fact our pool is only available to equipment that has met this high standard of inspection. Speaking of inspection. Our repair and equipment serivce is second to none. With over 38 years of experience our service department delivers the highest quality of equipment repair in the Portland area. In fact we perform service for most of the municipal fire departments in the area. Did you know that Aquatic Sports also offers a full travel service for it`s clients. If your going to the Caribbean or off to Micronesia Aquatic Sports can help you set up your next trip. With our 38 years of travel experience there is no one better to help you organize your next adventure.
Location description: AQUATIC SPORTS offers a 8000 square foot training facilty that every diver and watersports enthusiast will enjoy. The showroom is fully stocked with quality diving and watersports equipment. Aquatic Sports carries the largest in stock equipment of any watersports retailer in Portland. Aquatic Sports offers it`s customers a 70,000 gallon indoor heated pool to test out the latest watersports equipment. If you`re into scuba come try out the newest requlators in water, Kayakers can test out the stability of our latest sit-on-top kayaks and swimmers can test out the newest in swim aids.
Our Staff:
JEFF POWELSON
OWNER / INSTRUCTOR
Jeff has been diving almost his entire life. His father, John had him cleaning the pool on scuba at the age of 8 years old. At 10 he took his first open water class. He does admit to having a take home test. The U.S. Navy Dive tables were a little complexed for a 10 year old. Jeff would tag a long on open water weekends and dive with his dad during the summer at Hoodsport, Wa.
DALLAS FORBES
Dallas has been with Aquatic Sports since 1997. He started dive under the NASDS training. When NASDS and SSI joined he then crossed over to SSI. He has a rating with SSI as a Dive Control Specialist Instructor. He also holds 10 Specialty Diver Instructor rating. He is also certified under TDI for Advance Nitrox and Decompression.
Dallas has traveled throughout the world diving. Locations included Indonesia, Micronesia, Australia, PNG, Hawaii, Mexico, Canada, and throughout the Caribbean. His favorite diving has been in PNG and Indonesia.
Dallas’s true passion for diving is underwater photography. He tries to have a camera with him every time he goes diving.
RICHARD YOST
INSTRUCTOR
Richard Yost started diving in 1965 when such things as C-cards and formal classes were relatively new to the fledgling dive industry. At the time, SPGs (submersible pressure gauges), BCs, drysuits and Nitrox, let alone dive computers had yet to be invented.
Self-taught at the local YMCA, in Nebraska, Richard became a YMCA instructor in 1969, and a PADI instructor (#120) in 1970. As the surf seldom makes it that far inland, he had to content himself with diving in sand pits, rivers and lakes, and ice diving in the winter.
GREG GAMBILL
INSTRUCTOR - SSI/PADI/TDI
Greg came to Aquatic Sports in 1999, and has been a part of the shop ever since. A strong cold water advocate, Greg rarely dives warm or tropical waters, preferring instead to spend his bottom time from Monterey Bay, CA up to Juneau, AK.
Greg is an SSI Advanced Open water instructor and teaches Dry Suit, Navigation, Deep Diving, Night Diving, Nitrox, Stress and Rescue, and Oxygen Administrator. Greg also teaches the Aquatic Sports TDI technical dive program, including Decompression Procedures, Advanced Nitrox, Entry Level Trimix, and Advanced Trimix.

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Full service NASDS facility in Portland, with information on diving in the Northwest.

Contact information:

Phone: 503-245-4991
Fax: 503-245-4870
Street Address:
10803 S.W. Barbur Blvd.
Portland
Oregon
United States
97219
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 10-00 till 19-00
Local time:  GMT - 8 Tijuana
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