The ability to paddle isolated, uncrowded shorelines and select pristine dive sites creates the ultimate watersport – Kayak Diving. Here’s how it happened … one unique kayak and one manufacturer’s rep sitting alone in a booth at the DEMA show, 1990. Jean Henry and Clark Ross stopped in their tracks. Tapping into their backgrounds as whitewater river guides and SCUBA Instructor Trainers, they immediately realized the potential of this revolutionary new sit-on-top, self-bailing craft for expanding diving adventures. Clark worked with the kayak manufacturer to design and produce the first-ever dive kayak, integrating features to meet the unique demands of safely utilizing the kayak to transport and provide surface support for a diver. Jean, a lifetime educator, recognized that a cross-sport requires cross-competence; she developed the first kayak diving training and certification materials for the diving industry, merging skills of paddling and diving. Their kayak diving expertise has been honed through lake dives, US coastal diving (all coasts), and manufacturer sponsored expeditions in the Caribbean, Sea of Cortez and Venezuela. They have trained Kayak Diving Instructors, dive shop staff, and resort guides.