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The diving staff at Tech Asia have over forty years of combined teaching experience and cumulatively logged more than 15,000 dives in various locations.
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Dave Ross |
Born in London in 1964. Dave is a Geologist by education. He learned to dive whilst living and working out of Hong Kong, and turned professional, as a Divemaster in 1991 and then a PADI Instructor in 1992.
When IANTD came to the Philippines in '95 he was among the first group of Instructors certified, and currently holds the ratings of Trimix Instructor, Draeger Rebreather Instructor and Normoxic Trimix Instructor Trainer, and covers Gas Blending programs for Nitrox and Trimix through
both IANTD and DSAT. He has logged over 6,800 dives in the last thirteen years, and trained more than 1000 divers at all levels.
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Around the time Tech Asia formed
in 2000, Dave developed a strong interest in overhead
environment diving, and has since been lucky enough to
set up and run trips to many of the Philippines historic
wreck sites, and to gain experience with expedition
level international travel, such as organizing early
helium based diving on Truk Lagoons Japanese Fleet ( www.deepweek.com
), and WWII wrecks far off the Borneo coast.
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Sam Collett |
Another Brit, originally from Brighton, Sam began diving at Asia Divers in 1994. He was at that time living in Sydney and owned a very successful Stone Masonry and Restoration business, which he ultimately sold and moved to full time diving as a career. Sam is an IANTD Instructor Trainer to the levels of full Trimix and Technical Wreck, and also teaches DPV, Gas Blending, Rebreather, and all of the PADI/DSAT levels to Tec Trimix. Sam's instructional and supervisory skill, patience, and attention to individuals divers particular needs and abilities have made him a tremendously popular and highly respected member of the Tech Asia team, and in the field of Asian technical diving generally. Sam also involves himself actively in dive travel, having put together excursions all over the Philippines, and from Micronesia, South China Sea and to the Burma Banks.
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Ferg Peoples |
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Ferg, who comes from Ireland, got upset
with the weather one day and decided the tropics were worth
investigating. He began diving in 2000 and quickly realised
that sand and sun beat a good pint of Guiness anyday.
Arriving in the Philippines in 2005, the passion he developed for Technical
Diving sabotaged his savings and back to Europe it was for
the poor fellow. An email about a tech liveaboard in the
South China Sea lured him back in '08 and he hasn't left the
diving business since. Now an IANTD Normoxic and Technical
Wreck Instructor and with GUE education ongoing, he
enthusiastically and capably jumps in to deal with anything
and everything that needs doing. We expect he'll be a part
of the Philippine Tech Diving community for a long time to
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Josh Guite |
Josh comes from the busy streets of New York City where he started diving in 1999. In December 2005 he decided to leave the computer security consulting business for a little more adventure in South East Asia. He turned professional with Asia Divers when he arrived, and began technical diving to keep his diving moving forwards not long after. Josh is currently a Trimix Diver and IANTD Advanced Nitrox/Advanced Recreational Instructor. His other hobbies include music, traveling, biking, tae-kwon do, and anything with a little bit of adventure involved. He has also been diving in Florida, San Diego, British Virgin Islands, New York City, Truk Lagoon, and everywhere he gets the chance to during is travels around South East Asia. |
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Anders Kristensen |
Anders hails from
Denmark but has been diving here in the Philippines on and
off for around five years. He holds a broad range of
qualifications, certified to Tech 2 Diver level through GUE
and since July 2011, a GUE Fundamentals and Rec 1
Instructor. His goal is to encourage the highest level
of standards and diving procedures possible within the
Philippine diving community and is helping us to establish
Tech Asia as a GUE Training Facility.
Anders is also in active status with
IANTD, being a Trimix Diver both Open Circuit and CCR, and
an Advanced Recreational Trimix, KISS, and Inspiration
Rebreather Instructor. He's also qualified to teach
PADI Tec courses. |
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Jackey Lee ( Li Jian Wei ) |
Jackey has been traveling in and out of his homeland since he was young. Beginning his
pioneering path in Scuba Diving at the age of 16 in South Africa, he has worked his way up to hold current instructor ratings of PADI IDC Staff, IANTD Normoxic Trimix, and CMAS 3 Star. Currently his education is ongoing with GUE Training.
Jackey has trained recreational diving students from all over the world and is currently setting up some IANTD classes here at Tech Asia to introduce more of his countrymen to the world of Technical Diving. He can be contacted through us, or at syjackey@hotmail.com . |
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Ralph Joerger |
From Germany, Ralph began his diving 1988 in Belize. Four years later he moved to the Philippines, enrolled in a Divemaster course, subsequently became an Instructor in 1995 and has remained in full time diving ever since.
Almost as soon as technical diving appeared in the Philippines Ralph got himself keenly involved. At the diver level he is qualified through full Trimix, Wreck, and Cave, and has been an IANTD Technical Instructor since 1999, now teaching to IANTD Normoxic Trimix level. He also can present full Trimix and Gas Blending through DSAT.
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A great deal of his professional diving in the Philippines has been in the Visayas where he explored a number of sea caves off of Moalboal. He was also for several years involved and in the management and running of the liveaboard MV Tabibuga, which afforded him the opportunity to dive most of the Philippines premier dive sites and gain familiarity with many of our wrecks, such as the Japanese shipwrecks of Coron Bay, the Malapascua wrecks Dona Marilyn and Pioneer Cebu, various sites off Panay and Bantayan Island, plus our more local MV Mactan. He has also explored the spectacular Paglugaban Cave near Miniloc in Palawan.
Ralph and Dave first dived together in Subic Bay in 2000, and having kept in occasional touch, Ralph relocated to join Tech Asia in Puerto Galera
at the end of 2004, though he now operates M/B Rags II
more or less full time he still makes time to help us
when he can. |
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