E104 Naomi Allen - "Sidemount and Mine Diving Thailand"

Hey, welcome to another episode of Speaking Sidemount, brought to you by our show sponsor, XDEEP, Insta360, and the show's patrons. In this episode, I meet Naomi Allen of Koh Tao Divers in southern Thailand. Naomi is a leading light in the next generation of premiere technical divers and instructors. She has spent the past few years training, teaching, and diving in Thailand with guidance and mentorship from Mikko Paasi, who should need no introduction. In my discussion with Naomi, we get into her background and journey to where she is today. We cover how Naomi trained in sidemount diving, cave diving, and the KISS Sidewinder, and has progressed on to participating in mine exploration projects with Mikko in Thailand. We talked a lot about the importance of mentors, how to train properly, and the differences between mine and cave diving. We also discuss the value of technical dive training for recreational instructors and how the skill sets transfer from tech diving to open water level courses. And of course, keeping it sidemount, we talk about the right way to train both as a sidemount diver and for those aspiring to be instructors. Enjoy... cheers Steve :) Photo credits: Krista Paasi and Maxime Cheminade Thanks to: XDEEP, INSTA360 and Naomi Allen. Naomi's Instagram - naomi_underwater_

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E104 Naomi Allen - "Sidemount and Mine Diving Thailand" is an episode from Speaking Sidemount by Steve Davis.

This episode is 01:12:34 long.

This episode was published on Jan 26, 2025.

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