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Mexico
My name is Tamara, I was born in Mexico and grew up by the ocean. I have spent most of my life near, in or on the water.
In 2014 I became a Scuba instructor after I quit my marketing career and in 2017 I started technical and cave diving. I’ve had the opportunity to participate in scientific diving using my tec diving skills and I have also launched my own cave science project called Cave Corals in the caves of Mexico.
I would like to inspire more young women to become technical divers and grow as a community as well as encourage people to become citizen scientists underwater.
Mexico is the perfect place to do that, with shallow dive sites and crystal clear water and a huge variety of cave formations and types, Mexican caves are cave diver paradise and I am lucky to be able to see them every day!
Cenote Girl
Belgium
Crazy how I feel about diving, about exploring, about everything that has to do with it. My mind never stops thinking about it. I feel it in every breath, every step, every sound. It’s more than an addiction, it is my whole heart.’
My name is Sanne, tecdivesanne on Instagram. I am an assistant instructor and instructor in the make by ISE and live in Belgium. Most of the time you can find me and my main buddy Florian exploring our Belgian forests searching for old mines and natural caves to dive in. As a beginner diver/ explorer in this magnificent underwater world I keep on learning everyday. I think that is the most beautiful part. Not only exploring the environment but also your own path. And I must say this path is amazing. Mainly I am diving Sidemount OC or CCR. The DLuxe straps are indispensable in my setup. Not only do I love the personal touch (pink to match with the rest of my gear) but also that they can deal with the conditions (mud, restrictions and sharp rocks) while exploring.
Bali
I am a TDI Instructor Trainer based in Bali, Indonesia. Originally from Germany, I became a diver when travelling around the world in 2003. After a few years of diving on a holiday, I signed up for my Divemaster course whilst living in Scotland and never really looked back. Since 2010, I have worked as a full-time diver and instructor, becoming a technical diver in 2011 and a technical diving instructor in 2015. So far, tech diving has taken me to various parts of Indonesia, the Red Sea, Scotland and Truk Lagoon. Whilst living in Scotland, my technical diving was focused on wrecks. In Indonesia, it has been mainly about exploring deep reefs and pinnacles. Ever since first discovering Sidemount Diving, I’ve been a little bit in love with the configuration and its flexibility and adjustability. Any of my sidemount students will be used to reviewing videos and spending time figuring out how to tweak things just a little more. Every single adjustment makes a difference. None of these are possible without the right gear for the job, so it’s great to be part of the D-Luxe Dive Gear Team and be given the opportunity to use these hard-wearing – and good-looking – tank straps.
The United Kingdom
I am a SDI/TDI Instructor Trainer, sidemount, cave and wreck diver. I have been working as a full time dive professional since 2014 and have gained experience all over the world by teaching in countries such as Bermuda, Australia, Cyprus, USA (Florida) and England. My first started sidemount diving in 2012 and have trailed and tested many different configuration/ set ups. Using the D-luxe straps has been a big change in my diving especially in cold water diving with thicker wet gloves or Dry gloves. It has made teaching and skills practise much easier and cleaner.
Tenerife
Diving started very early for me. As my mother always tells, I was diving already before I learned swimming.
In the 70s in South France, Le Croix-Valmer, I was already freediving to catch sea urchins to eat them fresh.
In 2008 I decided to convert my hobby in my daily work and became a Diving Instructor. 2009 I founded my own Dive Centre Ecological Divers.
Now, 12 years later, I am still with Ecological Divers Tenerife and I am Instructor and Trainer for SSI, SDI/TDI and CMAS for Recreational, Technical and Freediving.
My personal preferences are Overhead and Technical Diving. That’s for D-Luxe tanks straps are the right stuff for me.
What surprises most people about me is that I prefer the cooler lakes of Europe over the warm coastal waters of Australia!
I’ve been involved in multiple projects in the South Pacific, looking for aircraft and ships lost during World War 2, including training of local guides on safety, and decompression theory, and as safety divers for support during these expeditions.
Switzerland
Hi, my name is Nicolas. I am a technical diving & sidemount instructor at Plongée TEC Suisse on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. In order to share our passion, we created the Dive TEC! Event, the exhibition for underwater exploration in Switzerland. One of the fundamental pillars in diving, apart from physiology, mental and techniques, is equipment. Each configuration and piece of equipment must have a value and meet an objective. This is why I am happy to use and represent D°LUXE products.
Germany
Hi, my name is Florian and I am a highly passionate Sidemount diver from Germany.
My father-in-law influenced me in diving and I became addicted to the underwater world during my first holiday on Bali years ago. Even coming back to the cold waters – lakes in Germany during winter time diving with just an old used semi-dry suit could not destroy my passion for diving. In addition to that I love to take underwater videos and share them on my YouTube-Channel www.scubanaut.eu in order to help others to develop their underwater videos with editing tutorials.
I am proud to join the Brand Ambassador program at D-Luxe Dive Gear to share the amazing quality of their products!
Tomasz Michura
Poland
Hi! My name is Michur and I am a sidemount instructor. My life revolves around this configuration and skills and techniques which help me, and I hope a few more people, dive this system more easily and safely. If interested I am glad to invite to check out my FB fan page Sidemount Silesia for more information, pictures and videos. My students and friends know that my motto has always been „the Devil is in the detail” and I realized a long time ago that even a small thing could change our diving experience for the better or worse. Me and Sven from D°LUXE really worked on the length, width, design, flexibility and looks of the 4 cylinder tank straps that I am proud to call „Michur’s set”. Not because I have a big ego but because this particular set will suit divers who share my house routing philosophy and „like it neat and stable, yet easy to handle”. I am more than happy to be a member of D°LUXE family and finally rid myself of all rubbers and bungees. However, I am far from saying all people should do the same. Try them, test them, and see if you like them. I am aware everybody is entitled to his or her own preferences.
Spanien
The underwater world and scuba diving has been always my passion, and cave diving was my goal since I started diving. Currently, teaching other divers to dive safely in this incredible underground world is my main motivation and occupation.
During my courses, it’s important to learn how to solve possible failures and dangerous situations, but more important is to do everything possible to avoid them. Therefore, we will always choose the best possible material to dive in caves, well maintained and reliable. Dluxe straps provide all the right features for extreme diving. No more loose hoses, no more broken straps. And also customizable… something so important sometimes!
I have spent the last years diving and offering cave diving courses in the famous cave “Cueva del Agua”, in Cartagena (Spain). A cave of unique characteristics for its hot waters and shallow profile, but in turn, high technical requirement for its ease of cloudiness or even zero visibility.
Cave diving is one of the most wonderful activities that a human being can do nowadays and, perhaps, the last opportunity to explore places never visited before that we have left in this crowded world!
Thorsten Waelde
Sardinia / Switzerland
(Full time Instructor) Toddy lebt und arbeitet das ganze Jahr über auf Sardinien und ist der Inhaber von Protec Sardinia. Toddy kommt aus Deutschland und ist seit vielen Jahren in der Tauchszene anzutreffen. Nach mehrjähriger Tätigkeit als Geschäftsführer, Tauchlehrer und Guide, brachte ihn das zu den verschiedensten Orten der Welt, wie Rotes Meer, Karibik, Pazifik, Malediven, Mittelmeer und den Atlantik. Er hat in Mexiko mehrere Jahre gearbeitet und gelebt und sich dort ein umfangreiches Wissen im Technischen Tauchen angeeignet. Seine Leidenschaft zum Höhlentauchen und Forschen führte ihn zu tiefen Sink Holes im Yucatan, den Höhlensystemen in Mexiko (Quintana Roo) nach Süd Australien (Nullarbor), Spanien (Mallorca), Frankreich (Ardeche) und Italien (Sardinien). Ebenfalls ist er der Erfinder des TS-Sidemount Systems und hat viele Jahre damit verbracht ein Sidemount zu entwickeln das keine Wünsche offen lässt. Das TS-System wird übrigens offiziell bei IANTD als Kursprogramm angeboten. Kurse unterrichtet er auf Deutsch,Englisch und Italienisch. Er und sein Team empfängt Euch gerne auf der Insel!
Max Fahr
Germany
Hi, my name is Max. I started diving when I was just 8 years old and slowly developed to one of the most active European Cave Explorers. My diving is very characterised by DIR-Style diving. Some caves need Wetsuits and OC-Sidemount to squeeze through muddy restrictions and some caves need Dual CCR and two scooters to penetrate many kilometres into huge tunnels. I love remote caves where the logistic is the key to success. My favourite Project is the Blautopf cave System in South Germany, where i am exploring whenever it is possible. To accomplish all these demanding dives you simply need the best and toughest gear. As I live very Close to Sven I follow the development of the tank straps from the very beginning. We often develop new ideas to make exploration easier and our gear tougher. I can really say from hundreds of rough dives that especially the Tank-straps are absolutely exploration capable. Check my website www.max-dive.com
Stratis Kas.
Greece
Diving Instructor & Explorer, Film-maker, adventurer and storyteller Stratis Kas, deals with all of his subjects — extreme weather expeditions to days lost in wilderness — with unique sensitivity and fearless focus.
He travels to remote, sometimes risky and often freezing locations to create stunning films that change what we knew about diving expeditions.
Stratis’s interest in real connection with nature is reflected in his ability to shift from film-maker to Explorer. In his stunning material of a variety of challenging locations around the world, he shows how natural landscapes serve as examples of what should have been (or can be) human inspiration. His presentations are a window into the wild world.
No Exploration is ever complete, unless it is shared.
Steve Martin
The United Kingdom
“I dive to help others enjoy a world …
very different to the one they are currently living in”
Steve Martin is one of the key people leading the field regarding the development of Sidemount diving. He built his experience through travelling and conducting courses all over the world. He is best known for having developed his world renowned Sidemount Essentials Course, it is his signature training program which now sets an industry benchmark.
His company Sidemount Scuba Diving which established in 2009, his website sidemounting.com provides us today with one of the biggest online resources on the subject of side mount diving and online training.
Garry Dallas
The United Kingdom
Imparting his infectious passion for knowledge and skills whilst being liberating and fun!
Credentials: RAID UK & Malta examiner, cave, technical and recreational instructor trainer, technical advisor, primary author in the RAID Sidemount course and contributing author in other training materials. In his 20year diving career, he has trained with most major training organisations and become a published photographer and writer. Exploring whenever possible, whilst developing practical environmental Sidemount skills for OC and CCR, he’s renowned for his training globally.
A keen conservationist and member of “Artic on the Edge” a contingent of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, promoting protection of all marine life, through media while presenting at schools, international and national dive show events.
As a director of Simply Sidemount & Simply Tec, teaching globally throughout the year, he sends passion through vibes on media channels. “Using D’Luxe tank bands, has made diving and teaching much easier, through the reliability, construction and material used on this underrated piece of equipment.”
Robert Uhlmann
Germany
Ich heiße Robert „Roby“ Uhlmann. Ich tauche seit 1998 und habe die klassische Ausbildung bis zum Tauchlehrer absolviert. Nach ca. 400 Tauchgängen erlangte ich in 2002 mit viel Freude meinen PADI Divemaster. In 2004 folgte dann der Abschluss zum Tauchlehrer. Ab 2006 widmete sich mein Interesse mehr und mehr dem technischen Tauchen mit den entsprechenden Fortbildungen bis zum SSI Limited Trimix Taucher und 2015 zum Full Cave Diver. Ich bin aktiver Tauchlehrer der Verbände SSI und PADI. Nach nun mehr als 1.950+ Tauchgängen und über 500 Zertifizierungen habe ich in 2011 das Sidemount Tauchen für mich entdeckt. Mit viel Enthusiasmus, Energie und Engagement habe ich mich fortan mit diesem Thema auseinandergesetzt.
Steve Davis
New Zealand
Steve Davis is an author, sidemount instructor, cave and wreck diver. He is the founder of Sidemount Pros and shares his passion for sidemount diving with the world as the host of the podcast, “Speaking Sidemount” available on iTunes and via www.sidemountpros.com”To be a great sidemount diver you have to master your equipment, stability in the water, and sidemount skills. Having the right equipment is the foundation and I am proud to use and represent the D-LUXE range.”
Peter Tschannen
Gozo / Switzerland
The planet Earth is called the Blue Planet. This blue color is caused by reflection from the oceans which cover roughly 71% of the area of the Earth. By weight, the average human adult male is approximately 65% water. The first 9 months of our life we are surrounded by water. Water seems to be fundamental for our existence…
…and one of the most impressive ways to experience water is Sidemount Diving.
Quality is my passion!
As long as I can remember I have had an affinity to water. Therefore I learned to swim and snorkel at a very young age. To realize my dream – become a SCUBA diver – I had to wait until I turned 22 years old. From then on nothing could stop me anymore and I spent as much time as possible in the water.
Since 2012 I have invested all my time, energy and money in learning and teaching Sidemounting.