1 00:00:01,073 --> 00:00:03,935 Welcome to Scoop shack Radio season 6, episode 2 00:00:03,935 --> 00:00:05,287 142 3 00:00:05,287 --> 00:00:08,865 recorded Monday, 07/15/2024. 4 00:00:11,502 --> 00:00:14,044 Well, hello again, everyone. And as always, thank 5 00:00:14,044 --> 00:00:15,712 you so very much for tuning into this 6 00:00:15,712 --> 00:00:18,254 latest episode of Scoop shack radio. I'm your 7 00:00:18,254 --> 00:00:19,366 host Jeff Pin. 8 00:00:20,498 --> 00:00:22,576 I hope your July fourth holiday went well, 9 00:00:22,815 --> 00:00:23,854 and it's you're staying cool. 10 00:00:24,653 --> 00:00:26,410 Where Smack dab in the middle of July, 11 00:00:26,570 --> 00:00:28,178 and it seems a dog days a summer 12 00:00:28,178 --> 00:00:29,848 of Come early for most of the country. 13 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,926 I saw that a temperature in Death Valley 14 00:00:34,222 --> 00:00:36,528 last week was reading a hundred and 33 15 00:00:36,528 --> 00:00:37,060 degrees. This 16 00:00:37,733 --> 00:00:39,080 Wow, that is hot. 17 00:00:40,189 --> 00:00:42,566 Now, we're just about a month away from 18 00:00:42,566 --> 00:00:44,884 our trip to the Sea Cortez. And our 19 00:00:44,884 --> 00:00:46,965 week on board the Roche roadshow Del mar. 20 00:00:47,524 --> 00:00:49,364 We'll again be exploring the mid filings. 21 00:00:50,085 --> 00:00:51,765 Donna and I are both looking forward to 22 00:00:51,765 --> 00:00:53,936 this adventure. We had a lot of fun 23 00:00:53,936 --> 00:00:56,170 last year and we do need a little 24 00:00:56,170 --> 00:00:58,243 time away since we haven't had any time 25 00:00:58,243 --> 00:00:59,302 off since January. 26 00:01:00,317 --> 00:01:02,231 30 days until vacation. 27 00:01:04,788 --> 00:01:06,716 Well, today marks another milestone 28 00:01:07,327 --> 00:01:09,311 as this will be my last episode of 29 00:01:09,707 --> 00:01:10,421 Shock radio. 30 00:01:11,548 --> 00:01:13,881 This was not an easy decision to make 31 00:01:13,939 --> 00:01:16,351 since I put so much into a podcast 32 00:01:16,408 --> 00:01:18,002 over the last 5 plus years. 33 00:01:19,611 --> 00:01:21,684 But as with life, we go through various 34 00:01:21,684 --> 00:01:24,634 changes. And sometimes those changes being that you 35 00:01:24,634 --> 00:01:26,069 need to leave things behind. 36 00:01:27,915 --> 00:01:30,217 So for this final episode, I thought I 37 00:01:30,217 --> 00:01:32,994 do another, bit of a re... Retrospective kinda 38 00:01:32,994 --> 00:01:34,264 like I did at the beginning of the 39 00:01:34,264 --> 00:01:35,692 year on Scooby shack radio. 40 00:01:36,184 --> 00:01:37,299 And then give you a little bit of 41 00:01:37,299 --> 00:01:37,936 a look ahead. 42 00:01:40,724 --> 00:01:42,875 It was Saint Patrick's Day 2019 43 00:01:42,875 --> 00:01:44,866 when I first turned on the microphone to 44 00:01:44,866 --> 00:01:45,239 record 45 00:01:46,158 --> 00:01:47,756 episode 1 of Scoop shack radio. 46 00:01:48,315 --> 00:01:50,233 Now I've been thinking about this for several 47 00:01:50,233 --> 00:01:51,991 months and finally got up the nerve to 48 00:01:51,991 --> 00:01:52,230 record. 49 00:01:53,043 --> 00:01:54,713 Back then, it didn't seem that there were 50 00:01:54,713 --> 00:01:56,861 a lot of scuba related podcast podcasts that 51 00:01:56,861 --> 00:01:59,009 were consistently publishing new content. 52 00:01:59,645 --> 00:02:01,994 I found a a lot had done several 53 00:02:02,053 --> 00:02:03,648 installments and then seemed to have stop. 54 00:02:04,445 --> 00:02:06,759 Yes. There were several, and I thought I 55 00:02:06,759 --> 00:02:08,992 could add my voice to the podcasting world 56 00:02:08,992 --> 00:02:11,004 with something that might be a little bit 57 00:02:11,004 --> 00:02:13,985 different. Now I don't know if Shock radio 58 00:02:14,044 --> 00:02:16,125 turned out to be different, but I tried. 59 00:02:17,419 --> 00:02:19,019 I've gone back and listened to some of 60 00:02:19,019 --> 00:02:21,900 those first podcasts and my goodness. I couldn't 61 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:23,180 believe how bad they were. 62 00:02:23,979 --> 00:02:26,299 I'm surprised anyone listened to after that. 63 00:02:26,872 --> 00:02:29,337 But fortunately for me, there were those who 64 00:02:29,337 --> 00:02:31,325 started to follow each episode. 65 00:02:33,393 --> 00:02:36,268 Back then, I would do a short segment 66 00:02:36,268 --> 00:02:39,125 on various topics like dive computers or other 67 00:02:39,125 --> 00:02:41,743 gear wet suits things like that, and the 68 00:02:41,743 --> 00:02:43,172 value of certain equipment, 69 00:02:43,664 --> 00:02:44,784 as and training, 70 00:02:45,264 --> 00:02:47,824 as well as short segments on ocean related 71 00:02:47,824 --> 00:02:50,784 topics and current issues facing our ecosystems. 72 00:02:52,075 --> 00:02:54,303 I quickly determined that I needed to have 73 00:02:54,303 --> 00:02:56,451 a little more structure around the show and 74 00:02:56,451 --> 00:02:58,122 went to a 3 segment format. 75 00:02:59,094 --> 00:03:01,495 The first segment would always be a scuba 76 00:03:01,495 --> 00:03:04,394 related topic. Topics like a digital versus analog 77 00:03:04,534 --> 00:03:07,754 compass or a discussion on regulator, pressures 78 00:03:08,055 --> 00:03:10,376 intermediate pressure cracking pressure things like that. 79 00:03:11,807 --> 00:03:14,771 The middle subject was always about some ocean 80 00:03:15,145 --> 00:03:16,281 conservation or environmental 81 00:03:16,655 --> 00:03:16,814 issue. 82 00:03:17,784 --> 00:03:20,416 Some of those topics included things like the 83 00:03:20,416 --> 00:03:22,649 state of wind power in the United States 84 00:03:22,649 --> 00:03:25,919 or the Ocean based climate Solutions Act back 85 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:27,275 in 2020. 86 00:03:29,835 --> 00:03:32,061 The the topic for the third segment of 87 00:03:32,061 --> 00:03:34,048 each show would be on a rotational basis. 88 00:03:34,287 --> 00:03:36,036 1 of these topics would be about the 89 00:03:36,036 --> 00:03:36,910 history of Scuba. 90 00:03:37,883 --> 00:03:39,479 That was where I had to do a 91 00:03:39,479 --> 00:03:41,315 lot of research. I learned a lot about 92 00:03:41,315 --> 00:03:43,391 the early days of the dive industry in 93 00:03:43,391 --> 00:03:45,546 the United States by doing a series on 94 00:03:45,546 --> 00:03:48,977 the original. Dive equipment providers. I covered V 95 00:03:48,977 --> 00:03:51,436 health, day decor, Us divers. 96 00:03:52,547 --> 00:03:55,500 This research covered some of the Pioneers who 97 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:57,808 made the industry what it is today. There 98 00:03:57,808 --> 00:04:00,117 was people like James K Hill, Ed Lincoln 99 00:04:00,117 --> 00:04:01,788 and Diver dick Anderson. 100 00:04:04,196 --> 00:04:06,511 And then there was Fe Johnson. 101 00:04:07,070 --> 00:04:08,666 I was so ghost in the story that 102 00:04:08,746 --> 00:04:10,901 I ended up doing a 3 part series 103 00:04:10,901 --> 00:04:11,540 on his life. 104 00:04:12,511 --> 00:04:14,046 Contributions to the Navy U 105 00:04:14,581 --> 00:04:18,165 innovation and underwater photography and is ultimate owning 106 00:04:18,165 --> 00:04:20,155 and running a full service dive shop, 107 00:04:20,808 --> 00:04:22,484 not very far from where I grew up. 108 00:04:23,601 --> 00:04:26,553 This was by far the most intense research 109 00:04:26,553 --> 00:04:27,111 that I did. 110 00:04:28,004 --> 00:04:29,915 I got a great deal of information on 111 00:04:30,074 --> 00:04:32,464 Ben Johnson from Sid mack of the historical 112 00:04:32,464 --> 00:04:33,521 diving society 113 00:04:33,897 --> 00:04:36,149 and from the archives at Dr University. 114 00:04:37,255 --> 00:04:39,554 I was en gross in his life and 115 00:04:39,554 --> 00:04:41,615 felt that this was a great story to 116 00:04:41,615 --> 00:04:42,591 tell on the podcast. 117 00:04:44,882 --> 00:04:47,349 The second rotational topic was your next dive 118 00:04:47,349 --> 00:04:48,964 where I would take you to the various 119 00:04:49,180 --> 00:04:51,727 locations that I had the fortunate of visiting. 120 00:04:52,537 --> 00:04:54,363 Originally, I thought that your next dive would 121 00:04:54,363 --> 00:04:56,744 be a standalone podcast, but thought better of 122 00:04:56,744 --> 00:04:58,888 that given the time commitments of Sc shock 123 00:04:58,888 --> 00:04:59,285 radio. 124 00:05:00,412 --> 00:05:03,357 I started your next dive in October 2019, 125 00:05:03,834 --> 00:05:05,665 and the first place I took you was 126 00:05:05,665 --> 00:05:06,222 to Maui. 127 00:05:06,779 --> 00:05:08,848 Now we were fortunate to have made about 128 00:05:08,848 --> 00:05:10,938 15 trips out to the island. And and 129 00:05:10,938 --> 00:05:12,776 every year we would get in at least 130 00:05:12,776 --> 00:05:13,915 a week of diving 131 00:05:14,294 --> 00:05:17,171 across 4 different islands. Maui, Lana I Mo 132 00:05:17,171 --> 00:05:17,831 and Mo 133 00:05:18,703 --> 00:05:21,589 some very fond memories of Maui and definitely 134 00:05:21,885 --> 00:05:24,112 a great place to start your next dive. 135 00:05:25,066 --> 00:05:26,975 The segment inspired me to write a book, 136 00:05:27,229 --> 00:05:29,547 Your next dive, my adventures in Scuba diving. 137 00:05:30,106 --> 00:05:32,503 I started writing in late 2021, 138 00:05:32,663 --> 00:05:35,700 and ultimately published in mid 2022. 139 00:05:36,669 --> 00:05:38,335 At the time, I thought there would be 140 00:05:38,335 --> 00:05:41,665 a volume 2 as this only covered, half 141 00:05:41,665 --> 00:05:42,300 my adventures. 142 00:05:43,172 --> 00:05:45,496 Let me say. It does cost a lot 143 00:05:45,496 --> 00:05:47,332 in time and money to self publish a 144 00:05:47,332 --> 00:05:49,887 book. And, like Kenny Rogers said, you gotta 145 00:05:49,887 --> 00:05:51,802 know when to fold them. So there would 146 00:05:51,802 --> 00:05:52,840 be no volume too. 147 00:05:55,082 --> 00:05:57,705 And then there was sea hunt. 1 of 148 00:05:57,705 --> 00:05:59,374 my favorite shows when I was a very 149 00:05:59,374 --> 00:06:01,855 young, Probably too young, to really understand what 150 00:06:01,935 --> 00:06:04,006 Mike Nelson was up to, but young enough 151 00:06:04,006 --> 00:06:06,316 to be me by the under idea of 152 00:06:06,316 --> 00:06:07,453 being underwater 153 00:06:07,830 --> 00:06:09,675 to I started by taking us back to 154 00:06:09,675 --> 00:06:12,620 the movie that inspired C hunt underwater warriors. 155 00:06:13,098 --> 00:06:14,792 The movie is based on the book 156 00:06:15,247 --> 00:06:17,316 by 1 of the early pioneers of the 157 00:06:17,316 --> 00:06:19,727 navy under what a demolition team, Doug was 158 00:06:19,807 --> 00:06:20,127 Fe. 159 00:06:21,245 --> 00:06:23,403 Then it was time for more research on 160 00:06:23,403 --> 00:06:25,240 the history of Sea hunt, and what better 161 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,651 place than the old journal of diving, 162 00:06:28,608 --> 00:06:29,965 journals of diving history. 163 00:06:31,003 --> 00:06:33,158 That paved way for Sea hunt. It's still 164 00:06:33,158 --> 00:06:34,515 alive on Scuba radio, 165 00:06:35,166 --> 00:06:37,150 Every third show I would pick out an 166 00:06:37,150 --> 00:06:39,371 episode and give you all the play by 167 00:06:39,371 --> 00:06:41,275 play of mike Mike's exploits. 168 00:06:42,164 --> 00:06:42,903 I started 169 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:44,099 the series 170 00:06:44,716 --> 00:06:46,391 with the end of the show, 171 00:06:47,268 --> 00:06:49,581 Sea hunt with the final episode of Sea 172 00:06:49,581 --> 00:06:51,496 hunt, and that was titled roundup. 173 00:06:52,468 --> 00:06:54,144 And it certainly was a roundup up of 174 00:06:54,144 --> 00:06:56,059 the many scenes or from over the years. 175 00:06:57,335 --> 00:06:59,431 By my account, I have 176 00:06:59,824 --> 00:07:02,455 done 34 installments of Sea hunt, it's still 177 00:07:02,455 --> 00:07:04,129 alive over the years here on K shack 178 00:07:04,209 --> 00:07:04,528 Radio. 179 00:07:05,644 --> 00:07:07,319 Now with the start of the new Year, 180 00:07:07,558 --> 00:07:09,886 I decided to put Sea hunt and Mike 181 00:07:10,045 --> 00:07:11,821 Nelson's adventures on Hiatus. 182 00:07:14,591 --> 00:07:17,383 With episode 53 in February 2021, 183 00:07:17,543 --> 00:07:20,111 I introduced wet note my news and information 184 00:07:20,111 --> 00:07:20,430 segment. 185 00:07:21,069 --> 00:07:23,383 This also signaled the change from the 3 186 00:07:23,383 --> 00:07:24,501 segment show to 2. 187 00:07:25,379 --> 00:07:26,815 Also right around that time, 188 00:07:27,547 --> 00:07:30,167 I did a 2 part series on C 189 00:07:30,167 --> 00:07:32,787 lab 1 the C lab 1 report, and 190 00:07:32,866 --> 00:07:34,771 I was digging into all the details as 191 00:07:34,771 --> 00:07:35,645 the Navy saw. 192 00:07:36,533 --> 00:07:39,237 That was really interesting to read just a 193 00:07:39,237 --> 00:07:39,555 facts. 194 00:07:41,224 --> 00:07:43,212 Along the way I dabble in interviews. That 195 00:07:43,212 --> 00:07:44,246 wasn't my forte, 196 00:07:44,659 --> 00:07:46,810 I decided that I wouldn't make interviews a 197 00:07:46,810 --> 00:07:48,721 part of the show. Occasionally, I would do 198 00:07:48,721 --> 00:07:51,032 some. I also tried to do a remote 199 00:07:51,032 --> 00:07:52,877 broadcast once, but from the Boston Sea rover 200 00:07:52,877 --> 00:07:54,150 show back in 2020, 201 00:07:54,309 --> 00:07:57,172 right before the pandemic. That also wasn't a 202 00:07:57,172 --> 00:07:59,413 sweet spot for me, from So I kept 203 00:07:59,413 --> 00:08:01,953 the show to the 2 segment format up 204 00:08:01,953 --> 00:08:04,494 until this year when I started back with 205 00:08:04,494 --> 00:08:07,771 3 segments, shop updates, wet notes and a 206 00:08:07,771 --> 00:08:09,049 new commentary segment. 207 00:08:09,687 --> 00:08:11,464 The commentary segment which 208 00:08:12,082 --> 00:08:14,397 allow me to specifically dive a little deeper 209 00:08:14,397 --> 00:08:16,326 into some of my thought related to the 210 00:08:16,326 --> 00:08:18,477 state of the dive industry as well as 211 00:08:18,477 --> 00:08:21,026 the current challenges facing our ocean and planet. 212 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:23,532 It's And now 213 00:08:23,906 --> 00:08:25,258 midway through 2024, 214 00:08:25,496 --> 00:08:26,848 I think the time is right to wrap 215 00:08:26,848 --> 00:08:28,040 up Scuba shack radio. 216 00:08:28,596 --> 00:08:30,266 I believe that I achieved what I had 217 00:08:30,266 --> 00:08:31,776 set out to do when I start at 218 00:08:31,776 --> 00:08:33,383 way back in 2019. 219 00:08:34,179 --> 00:08:35,930 Little did I know how our life would 220 00:08:35,930 --> 00:08:38,000 be up ended by the pandemic. And how 221 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,403 scary a time that was for people and 222 00:08:40,403 --> 00:08:42,019 the survival of small businesses. 223 00:08:42,953 --> 00:08:44,945 Sc shack radio was an outlet for me 224 00:08:44,945 --> 00:08:47,415 to stay connected at a time when we 225 00:08:47,415 --> 00:08:48,849 all felt disconnected. 226 00:08:50,455 --> 00:08:51,485 So what lies ahead? 227 00:08:52,435 --> 00:08:54,258 While Sc shack radio is coming to an 228 00:08:54,258 --> 00:08:56,476 end, I still plan to stay connected to 229 00:08:56,476 --> 00:08:58,079 the dive and just... 3 as I remain 230 00:08:58,079 --> 00:08:59,909 a member of the Dim Board of Directors 231 00:08:59,909 --> 00:09:01,977 and continue to serve on several of their 232 00:09:01,977 --> 00:09:05,276 committee supporting the Dim Show. Therese I plan 233 00:09:05,334 --> 00:09:07,801 also to contribute... I I also plan to 234 00:09:07,801 --> 00:09:10,609 continue to contribute to Scuba diving industry magazine 235 00:09:11,064 --> 00:09:13,770 through various articles related to the diving business. 236 00:09:14,501 --> 00:09:16,487 Hopefully, you will hear my voice on the 237 00:09:16,487 --> 00:09:17,464 level up podcast 238 00:09:18,155 --> 00:09:19,665 produced by the magazine as well. 239 00:09:22,541 --> 00:09:24,846 Don and I will us be at this 240 00:09:24,846 --> 00:09:27,231 dive shop with our retail sales and travel. 241 00:09:27,708 --> 00:09:29,775 The 1 thing that we've learned about active 242 00:09:29,775 --> 00:09:31,783 divers is that they'd like to come to 243 00:09:31,783 --> 00:09:34,601 the shop, consult with us on dive gear 244 00:09:34,660 --> 00:09:36,818 and make sure that they're getting exactly what 245 00:09:36,818 --> 00:09:38,815 they want and need at a fair price. 246 00:09:39,947 --> 00:09:42,168 We also learned that they love to travel 247 00:09:42,168 --> 00:09:44,310 with a group and have a connectedness with 248 00:09:44,310 --> 00:09:45,342 their fellow divers. 249 00:09:46,452 --> 00:09:48,689 They also like the convenience of the trip 250 00:09:48,689 --> 00:09:50,141 being planned and coordinated. 251 00:09:50,672 --> 00:09:52,734 So Donna and I will also focus on 252 00:09:52,734 --> 00:09:54,980 keeping our travel program up and running 253 00:09:56,568 --> 00:09:58,006 So for 1 final time, 254 00:09:58,565 --> 00:10:00,083 I want to thank all of you have 255 00:10:00,083 --> 00:10:02,081 been loyal listeners to the show over the 256 00:10:02,081 --> 00:10:02,400 years. 257 00:10:03,292 --> 00:10:04,168 In particular, 258 00:10:04,725 --> 00:10:07,591 I wanna thank Donna for providing me support 259 00:10:07,591 --> 00:10:08,410 and encouragement, 260 00:10:09,024 --> 00:10:10,776 not only for Scuba shock radio, 261 00:10:11,348 --> 00:10:14,313 but also throughout our 41 years of marriage 262 00:10:14,688 --> 00:10:17,177 and for putting up with all my crazy 263 00:10:17,234 --> 00:10:18,665 ideas over those years. 264 00:10:19,873 --> 00:10:21,143 I got some more in my head. 265 00:10:23,048 --> 00:10:25,429 With that, I will say adios to Scuba 266 00:10:25,429 --> 00:10:26,167 shack radio 267 00:10:26,540 --> 00:10:27,651 and wish you all well. 268 00:10:29,082 --> 00:10:29,317 Goodbye.