LXD048 : Dick Long

Retrieved from ScubaGuru - Expert Advice & Best Practices for Scuba Diving Professionals Dick Long – Diving Industry Veteran & Exposure Protection Legend In this episode of The League of Extraordinary Divers I chat with thermal protection legend Dick Long. Bio If you’ve ever worn a wetsuit or drysuit – and most of you have – then you can thank today’s legend for the improved designs of thermal insulation on your dives! Dick Long is the Founder, owner and chairman of the board, of Diving Unlimited International , Inc, San Diego, CA DUI is currently considered the leader in drysuit design, manufacturing, dive procedures and buoyancy control. Dick Began diving in 1958. Became a diving instructor in 1960 – NAUI . After that he became certified as PADI and YMCA instructor. He worked as a contract diver with the U.S. Navy in the Arctic in 1965 and was an equipment designer for Sea Lab II; worked on early saturation dives. Dick participated in the first dives to over 1000 feet and eventually open sea, working dives to 1400 feet. He lectures and writes extensively for recreational publications and retail shows. Dick started his own diving equipment business in 1959 and started developing wetsuits which ultimately became dry suits in the early 1980s. In 1965 developed the hot water suit which is in use to this day. Dick has served major marketplaces including the Military, Search and Rescue and Scientific, Recreational diver and Commercial/Industrial markets. Equipment Development And when it comes to equipment development, he has developed helmets, gas manifold systems, backpack harnesses, weight and trim systems, buoyancy control systems, zip seals, breathing bag assemblies, and various thermal protection equipment, bell survival systems, rebreather systems, a to-fro CO2 scrubber system, wide variety of thermal support equipment Patents Dick had developed an amazing 12 patents including: Air Inlet Valve for Underwater Diver’s Dry Suit Low Friction means to Facilitate Putting on an Underwater Suit Underwater Diver’s Drysuit & Method of Sealing (Seam Sealing) Easy Access Underwater Diving Suit Method of Treating an Underwater Diver’s Drysuit Nonreturn Hot Water Diving Suit Method of Forming Crushed Foam Hot Water Suit Hot Water System Breathing Gas Heater Weight and Trim System Buoyancy Compensator Awards 1965 – U.S. Navy Superior Accomplishment Award 1991 – NOGI award for education 1994 – NAUI Lenny Greenstone award for safety 1994 – L.A. County Underwater Instructors’ Assn. – honoree for diving safety and education 1995 – Diver of the Year award from Beneath the Sea Show 1996 – DAN Diver of the Year Award 1997 – California Scuba Service Award 2000 – NAUI Hall of Fame 2003 – Diver of the Year, Our World Underwater 2004 – DEMA Reaching Out Award for lifetime achievement 2016 – California Divers Hall of Fame 2017- NAUI life time achievement award Author of Training and Educational Material DrySuit Diving – Book Board of Advisors Historical Diving Society USA IANTD – Int’l Association of Nitrox and Tech Divers Florida Institute of Technology Santa Barbara City College – Commercial Diving School California Ships to Reefs Diver’s Alert Network (DAN) San Diego Oceans Foundation California Certified Reef Enhancement DEMA European Development DEMA Board – Education Committee Scuba Diving Resource Group And many others Of his many diving organization professional membership, Dick is also a fellow in The Explorers Club Items In This Podcast Began diving in California when there were no scuba training agencies Started his first diving business in 1959 Went through the first NAUI Instructor course in Texas in 1960 Worked on Sea Lab II project Helping the US Navy with exposure suit protection The first hot water suit Chasing black sea bass The wonderful operations at DUI Sponsor Special thanks to our episode sponsor Aggressor Adventures Thanks For Listening! Thank you for joining me again. Do you want to give a shout out to our guest on this podcast? Leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Please leave an honest review for The League of Extraordinary Divers podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated ! And, don’t forget to

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LXD048 : Dick Long is an episode from The League of Extraordinary Divers Podcast by Tec Clark: Scuba Diving Educator, Speaker, Author.

This episode is 1:05:42 long.

This episode was published on Jun 26, 2021.

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