By Roosevelt Rumble
Someone opened up Les Davis Park to the DUI dogs. On Aug. 19-21 the DUI Dog Rally hit Les Davis Marine Park with a contingency of DUI reps, local dive shops and divers from all over the Pacific Northwest. It was truly an incredible event.
I arrived Friday and had a chance to attend the safety meeting which I hadn’t done before. It was interesting to see how that part of the rally worked. I also got a chance to see how diver decontamination works. Public safety diving is one of the few segments that are healthy right now because they have federal funding to support it and it is also one of the types of diving we hear very little about. It was very interesting to see this other part of the DUI Dog Rally experience.
There were a number of local dive shops at this year’s Tacoma event. I got to spend time with Bud from Bubble’s Below of Woodinville and the TL Sea Dive shop out of Seattle had a crew there. Some of the other dive business that came out to support the DUI Rally were, Capital Divers of Olympia, Fifth Dimension of Seattle, Orca Scuba Center out of Wenatchee, the Sound Dive Center of Bremerton, Underwater Sports whose home is in Bellevue, Underwater Sports out of Federal Way, Underwater Sports of Kirkland, Underwater Sports of Olympia and Underwater Sports of Seattle as well as the Underwater Sports in Tacoma.
The food, my favorite part of the event, was excellent. There were a large number of divers at the event but because of the location there were a lot of curious people stopping by the Dive News booth who weren’t even there for the rally. People who were just passing through the park stopped to see what was happening and many watched the divers. There was a breast cancer awareness event in the park on the same day so we were able to share information about Dive for a Cure as well as other breast cancer events divers are involved with.
This year Dive News Network has partnered with DUI and is attending all of the DUI events across the country. Each event is spearheaded by the magazine of the area. This event was a Dive News NW event and was a great chance for us to promote local diving as well as dry suit diving.
We are looking forward to each and every event and invite readers to check out the DUI website at www.dui-online.com for a rally near you. ■
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