MEET OUR TEAM
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BRIAN RICKMAN
COURSE DIRECTOR
First Certified: 2008
Special Interest: Cylinder maintenance and safety.
My Why: Developing safer and stronger scuba professionals -
ED DOSS
PRODUCT MANAGER & INSTRUCTOR
First Certified: 1993
Special Interest: Wall and Drift Diving, Macro marine life and corals
My Why: The opportunity to explore different countries/cultures, oceans/seas above and below the water. -
EMILY KEY
TRAVEL MANAGER IATA & INSTRUCTOR
First Certified: 1982
Special Interest: Travel, Micro/Macro Photography. Teaching women and kids to be safe independent divers.
My Why: Sharing a lifetime of being in/on the water with others. -
CHELSEA DOWTY
STUDENT COORDINATOR & INSTRUCTOR
First Certified: 2003
Special Interest: Finding the zen in each dive and finding what each site has to offer.
My Why: Amazing to help other’s experience all that the ocean has to offer and find how scuba can enhance each person’s life! -
ERIC BUCKLEY
TEAM MEMBER, INSTRUCTOR & GEAR TECH
First Certified: 2021
Special Interest: Deep diving
My Why: I love sharing my education and experience with others. -
ANNA SQUIBB
TEAM MEMBER & INSTRUCTOR
First Certified: 2004
Special Interest: Night diving, reef formations and zen moments underwater
My Why: I like sharing the passion and seeing the excitement in new divers -
BRIAN VIA
TEAM MEMBER & INSTRUCTOR
First Certified: 2016
Special Interest: Loves the zen of breathing underwater and feeling weightlessness, like flying!
My Why: I enjoy helping people who share a love of diving. -
CONRAD RUCKER
COURSE DIRECTOR & GEAR TECH
First Certified: 1978
Special Interest: Deep diving, Underwater Photography
My Why: Passing the joy and magic of diving to others -
MATTHEW CRAWFORD
COURSE DIRECTOR
First Certified: 2010
Special Interest: Deep, Wreck, Tech
My Why: I teach to enable people to achieve their underwater dreams. -
BILLY KLINE
INSTRUCTOR
First Certified: 2009
Special Interest: Anything diving, especially deep by a wall! -
JIM MCALISTER
GEAR TECH
First Certified: 1969
Special Interest: Tech and Cave diving, Working dives
My Why: I love working with my hands and getting a great satisfaction out of fixing stuff. -
KIPPER
TEAM MEMBER
Special Interest: Greeting Visitors
Our Team in Action
HOW YOU CAN GET TO KNOW US
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OUR RETAIL SHOP in woodstock
Shop top-of-the-line gear, rent equipment, and get your gear serviced at our location in Woodstock, Georgia.
Kraken springs: OUR OPEN-WATER FACILITY
We’re the only dive shop in Georgia with our very own open-water facility — just 45 minutes from Atlanta.