I wanted to spend more time under water so I started a scuba training facility called Urban Manta in NYC and Marianna, Florida. I’ve been divemastering all over the world since 2004 and teaching since 2006. I’m a TDI Helitrox instructor and teach over 20 specialties. I’ve done over 1,450 dives in all kinds of environments all over the world. These include underwater photography dives in the tropics, local shipwreck exploration (including the Andrea Doria), rebreather trimix technical diving to 321′, cave diving to 277′ and ice diving beneath a frozen winterland. I dive on the Kiss classic rebreather, Kiss Sidewinder rebreather, Hollis Prism 2 rebreather, or the Hollis SMS 75 sidemount rig (sometimes backmounted doubles or the Hollis Explorer rebreather). As a technical instructor I focus on proper trim and buoyancy control even with Open Water students on their very first pool session! http://www.urbanmanta.com