Our Staff


Sam Warner	Sam is one of the instructors on our team. He started diving in 2002 and expressed his passion for the sport by becoming a fully certified PADI instructor. Be sure to congratulate Sam when you see him... it's hard work getting there. Sam helps out with: PSI Cylinder inspections Certified regulator repairs and BCD repairs Fill Station Operator (FSO) Certification training Certification Dives

Pat Rowland	Pat began diving in 2000 and has been a backbone member of our shop family. He was there for the actual construction of the store and has worked his way up the ladder to become a PADI Certified Assistant Instructor. You will see him doing: Certified regulator and BCD repairs Assists with pool training sessions Assists with certification dive weekends

Chris Roland	Chris began diving in ?. Knowing us from hanging around Newark's Hockey program he wandered in one day to inquire about something and we never let him go. Chris started working with us in 2001. Chris is a PADI Open Water Instructor. He is certified to repair regulators but his strong suit is in teaching. Chris helps us with: Teaches OW classes Teaches Dive Master classes Conducts certification weekends

Richard "Bump" Staggers	Bump started diving in 2000. Since then, he has become an avid diver. He started working with the shop almost immediately and has been devoting more and more time ever since. Today Bump is a PADI Open Water Instructor. He helps us with: Certified regulator and BCD repair Teaches OW classes Teaches Dive Master Classes Conducts certification weekends

Kat Barber	Kat, the oldest of our children, began diving in 2000. She began working with us shortly after we built the store that same year. She fills in for us and keeps the store running when our diving takes us on the road. Kat does: Sales Customer service Administrative tasks

Jan Slee	Senior partner and co-owner of the store, Jan is the one person who knows how, when, and where things need to be done. When we opened our doors she became the first full time employee. She began diving in 1997 and started diving professionally in 1999. Acting on her love of diving, she took responsibility for the construction and opening of the store in early winter of 2000, and has worked every day since. Her duties are too many to list.

Don Slee	Don is Jan's partner in crime. Don has been diving since 1997 and also began diving professionally in 1999. His computer and mechanical skills make him a natural to take the lead on mechanical and technical operations of the shop. He is equally at home fixing the compressor, a regulator, or the stores computer. Don is the web-master for this site. [Jan made me put that last one in =) ]

Dave Fleming	Dave is another one that walked into our shop and we converted to the dark side. Besides being Don's "techie" dive buddy, Dave would help around the shop... natural dive master material. Presto-chango, Jan lured him into the program and the rest is history. Dave is a great guy to have around, and exemplifies the qualities a dive master should exhibit.

Bob Tope	Bob is one of our dive masters. Bob goes the extra mile to help out around our shop... litereally. Bob drives to Newark from Grove City to help. He has his own trailer full of gear and one might think he's better equiped than the shop itself! Bob is a talented and hard working dive master. Again, another quality individual helping us out around the shop and dive sites.

Chip Udischas	Chip is our newest instructor, and has set the record as far as we know for the completion of the dive master course. It seems as if Chip was born to do this. Chip is a fun and enthusiastic instructor who also drives a great distance to work with the shop.