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Show Tbf Salt Lake Tribune Divers Play Some Unusual Games r fff - J J . C rrM N. Entertainment, Promotion As Actually, a calender can get quite By Steve Eaton Tribune Staff Writer If someone were to ask you to go watch an underwater dont be too quick to judge. It may not be a line. It all depends on within which circle one associates or how deep the friendships within the circle go. Comradery goes quite deep for scuba divers. And apparently so do their parties. The fifth annual Cisco Disco at Bear Lake attracted 12u uivers recently, and included among the festivities was a game of underwater full if a diver adds those plans to some of the dives set a little closer to home. Bear Lake, Blue Lake, Fish Lake and Lake Powell are a few spots that draw area divers. Such information may be news to of anyone who has walked by one these scuba shops and laughed at the idea of someone from the Wasatch Mountains taking up a sport like scuba diving An education on the underwater sport is not too far away. According to those in the business, there are enough students in Utah to keep them busy year-rounOne shop boasts that it has an active mailing list of about 1,000 And even here dives continue lakes like in Utah, in warm spring-feBlue Lake. Unlike other sports, scuba diving is not cited as a good way to develop tremendous conditioning. It also doesnt feed the competitive athletes ego like others do. Dealers in the valley seem to be billing the sport as an experience or even as entertainment, and not as a body builder. Improvements in the equipment and in teaching techniques have made the sport simple and easy to do, according to Pat Dunn of Thunder Island Divers. And to prove that point, Dunn may r, tug-of-w- For those disheartened at missing this years tug, there are still events to come, according to scuba enthusiasts. Next months underwater pumpkin carving contest is a red letter date on some calenders. That contest is to be sponsored by two scuba shops in the valley, Neptune Divers, 2445 S. 900 East, and Thunder Island Divers, 2520 W. 4700 South. And if such murky gooey contests seem juvenile, Utah divers in the area can look forward to other events. Some of the events take place in such exotic locales as Hawaii, the Caribbean, California, Micronesia and the Philippines. For the complete variety, one must check in with Scuba Utah, 2356 S. Redwood Road, and Sportcove Scuba Shop, 6601 S. State St., Murray. year-roun- d d V--i- Buddy? Lindsi Canevari of Sportcove Scuba Shop said he likes to train young married couples because they have a forever buddy. p,;.xu.-:w- f '& r" just demonstrate some of the equipment he sells The beginning student is also likely to get a slide show that sells diving as a sport for those who are reaching out for relief and are getting more frustrations from their recreational sports. "Diving is the thrill of victory without the agony of defeat, according to the film strip that is produced by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors Although improved equipment has made the sport a bit easier to sell, success in the business has not come easy, said Jim Miller of Scuba Utah. The increased interest has come because of years m his case 12 years of constant work and promotion. Shop owners say that much rests on keeping their graduates happy and coming back. The training is just the beginning, said Linda Nelson of Neptune Divers One problem divers face is finding a partner to dive with. 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