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Boy Scouts and PADI Partner to Create New Scuba Merit Badge

The Boy Scouts of America is pleased to announce the release of the Scuba Diving merit badge. The official earn date of this merit badge is December 1, 2010. Pamphlets will be available for local council service centers and scoutstuff.org just in time for Christmas!

The first new merit badge in over three years, Scuba Diving reflects the new direction of BSA to develop merit badges based on youth/Scout input to assure relevance and ex… Continue

Since he was a kid, Gary Young, 2009 ‘X’ Games BMX Freestyle Bronze
Medalist, has been defying gravity, hanging in the air twisting and turning on
his bike. Now he is taking his love of extreme activities down under the sea.

“Snorkeling was really like the gateway for me to get into diving.” said
Young, 26. “I started snorkeling a few years ago and it really sparked my
interest. I learned about sea life and hanging out under water was a new
thing for me. It’s always been something I’ve been int… Continue

PADI Divers Encourage AWAREness of International Ocean Clean-up

The world’s oceans are fast becoming a toxic and dangerous trash can for marine life. But this September the largest assembly of divers and like minded volunteers will join in a global clean up aimed at helping preserve the marine environment.

“Even trash in Kentucky eventually washes out to the sea,” says Jenny Miller Garmendia, Director of Project AWARE Foundation (PAF), a nonprofit organization that conserves underwater environ… Continue