Paul Toomer's guest appearances

Paul Toomer

The League of Extraordinary Divers Podcast

DeeperBlue Podcast

Scuba Goat

Scubaverse

OZDiveShow Podcast

Cristina Zenato

Dawn Kernagis

Marty Snyderman

Phil Short

Mike Mason

Mark Evans

Gareth Lock

Annie Crawley

Michele Hall

Margo Peyton

Tom Ingram

Stephen Frink

Jill Heinerth

Andy Torbet

Stephan Whelan

OwlTail

This is an absolute masterclass. In just 30 minutes Paul covers off on a variety of aspects of planning and executing your Rebreather dives and how you should think (or rethink) what you do with your bailout.  It's mind boggling how much common sense you will get from this (Common sense being not so common these days)   Paul will definitely have you come away with a few answers but even more importantly, asking yourself many more *questions*. Now THAT is the definition of 'provocative' … something that ‘provokes’ you to question how you do things and should you be doing them differently ? On the Ozdive front Sue Crowe also has a slew of new announcements about the event which is now barely 8 weeks away !  And finally, we have live interviews with both both Paul and Gareth Lock from The Human Diver about their exciting new announcement which just broke hours before we recorded this episode. Load up !   And don’t forget to share this podcast with your diving friends. Booking are open at https://ozdiveshow.com.au/Tickets and in the next week or so we will be releasing details of our broadcast quality online version of the show! So those of you anywhere in the world can participate in EVERY session as if you were here in person including Q+A  … stay tuned for those details in the next podcast edition and on the socials #PaulToomer #GarethLock #TheHumanDiver #diveraid #Ozdive #Oztek #Rebreather #Diving  https://www.diveraid.com https://www.thehumandiver.com https://ozdiveshow.com.au

This is an absolute masterclass. In just 30 minutes Paul covers off on a variety of aspects of planning and executing your Rebreather dives and how you should think (or rethink) what you do with your bailout.  It's mind boggling how much common sense you will get from this (Common sense being not so common these days)  Paul will definitely have you come away with a few answers but even more importantly, asking yourself many more *questions*. Now THAT is the definition of 'provocative' … something that ‘provokes’ you to question how you do things and should you be doing them differently ? On the Ozdive front Sue Crowe also has a slew of new announcements about the event which is now barely 8 weeks away !  And finally, we have live interviews with both both Paul and Gareth Lock from The Human Diver about their exciting new announcement which just broke hours before we recorded this episode. Load up !  And don’t forget to share this podcast with your diving friends. Booking are open at <a href="https://ozdiveshow.com.au/Tickets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ozdiveshow.com.au/Tickets</a> and in the next week or so we will be releasing details of our broadcast quality online version of the show! So those of you anywhere in the world can participate in EVERY session as if you were here in person including Q+A  … stay tuned for those details in the next podcast edition and on the socials #PaulToomer #GarethLock #TheHumanDiver #diveraid #Ozdive #Oztek #Rebreather #Diving  <a href="https://www.diveraid.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.diveraid.com</a> <a href="https://www.thehumandiver.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thehumandiver.com</a> <a href="https://ozdiveshow.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ozdiveshow.com.au</a>

011 Paul Toomer from RAID 'Are you carrying enough RB Bailout?'

Retrieved from ScubaGuru - Expert Advice &amp; Best Practices for Scuba Diving Professionals Paul Toomer – Legendary Technical Diving Instructor In this episode of The League of Extraordinary Divers I chat with technical diving legend Paul Toomer. Hey everybody welcome to another episode of the League of Extraordinary Divers. It’s so great to have you here with me today. Today’s guest is one of the most stand out, iconic figures in our industry. Paul Toomer looks more like a rockstar than an accomplished technical diving instructor trainer. His wit and his fun-loving nature are balanced by his dedication to his craft. Bio Paul is the President of training agency RAID, he is a working instructor trainer and expedition diver. After living in South Africa for 23 years it’s odd that Paul discovered diving in the cold waters of Southern England. It is this kind of behavior that defines Paul and his passion for doing things differently. Within months of learning to dive he had his own center in London and rapidly progressed to Course Director before finding his passion for technical diving in 2002. Paul is an avid wreck, cave, sidemount and rebreather diver. In 2002 Paul began pursuing his technical diving interests and rebreather diving became his main focus. In 2007, he decided to concentrate purely on technical diver training and expeditions, and Diving Matrix Tec Lab was born. Tec Lab was innovative in its design and philosophy and set the benchmark for advanced diver training. In 2011 Paul was offered the position as Director of Technical Training for SSI (Scuba Schools International) and was responsible for writing diver and instructor manuals and training standards as well as training future technical instructors and trainers. In 2014 Paul became a co-owner of RAID International. Initially he held the position of Training Director but in 2019 he accepted the position as President for the company. Paul has dived wrecks and caves all over the world and also safely planned and executed many deep ocean wreck dives. He has participated in multiple expeditions including the HMS Hampshire, Vanguard and Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. In Malta and Italy, he has worked on ancient Italian and Phoenician amphora wrecks and has participated in exploratory dives on the Polish destroyer L-72, the British submarine HMS Olympus, an American WWII B-24 bomber, and many others. Paul regularly contributes to various dive magazines including Submerged, Diver, Sport Diver and Tanked Up. He has worked with Film and TV Companies as a diver, supplier and advisor. He has given many diving related presentations at training agency member events, OZTek, DEMA, TekDive USA, BalticTech, ADEX, EuroTek, TekCamp, the British Scuba Industry Trade Association, the London International Dive Show and global dealer Seminars. A little boy called Sebastian, motorcycles, tattoos and playing drums are the other major influences in Paul’s life. Items In This Podcast BSAC dive trainingFrom terrified of marine animals to dive proOpened a dive shop the week he became a scuba instructorWorst PADI Course Director application in historyWorking for SSIWorking for RAIDGetting through COVIDThe DEMA hotel barSardine run excitementFlooded rebreather loop at 110 metersPanic diver at 100 metersPee valve practical joke Sponsor Special thanks to our episode sponsor Aggressor Adventures  Thanks For Listening! Thank you for joining me again. Do you want to give a shout out to our guest on this podcast? Leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Please leave an honest review for The League of Extraordinary Divers podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! And, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. The post LXD053 : Paul Toomer appeared first on ScubaGuru.

Retrieved from <a href="https://scubaguru.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ScubaGuru - Expert Advice &amp; Best Practices for Scuba Diving Professionals</a> <h2>Paul Toomer – Legendary Technical Diving Instructor</h2> In this episode of The League of Extraordinary Divers I chat with technical diving legend Paul Toomer. Hey everybody welcome to another episode of the League of Extraordinary Divers. It’s so great to have you here with me today. Today’s guest is one of the most stand out, iconic figures in our industry. Paul Toomer looks more like a rockstar than an accomplished technical diving instructor trainer. His wit and his fun-loving nature are balanced by his dedication to his craft. <h2>Bio</h2> Paul is the President of training agency <a href="https://www.diveraid.com/default.asp" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">RAID</a>, he is a working instructor trainer and expedition diver. After living in South Africa for 23 years it’s odd that Paul discovered diving in the cold waters of Southern England. It is this kind of behavior that defines Paul and his passion for doing things differently. Within months of learning to dive he had his own center in London and rapidly progressed to Course Director before finding his passion for technical diving in 2002. Paul is an avid wreck, cave, sidemount and rebreather diver. In 2002 Paul began pursuing his technical diving interests and rebreather diving became his main focus. In 2007, he decided to concentrate purely on technical diver training and expeditions, and Diving Matrix Tec Lab was born. Tec Lab was innovative in its design and philosophy and set the benchmark for advanced diver training. In 2011 Paul was offered the position as Director of Technical Training for SSI (Scuba Schools International) and was responsible for writing diver and instructor manuals and training standards as well as training future technical instructors and trainers. In 2014 Paul became a co-owner of <a href="https://www.diveraid.com/default.asp" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">RAID International</a>. Initially he held the position of Training Director but in 2019 he accepted the position as President for the company. Paul has dived wrecks and caves all over the world and also safely planned and executed many deep ocean wreck dives. He has participated in multiple expeditions including the HMS Hampshire, Vanguard and Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. In Malta and Italy, he has worked on ancient Italian and Phoenician amphora wrecks and has participated in exploratory dives on the Polish destroyer L-72, the British submarine HMS Olympus, an American WWII B-24 bomber, and many others. Paul regularly contributes to various dive magazines including Submerged, Diver, Sport Diver and Tanked Up. He has worked with Film and TV Companies as a diver, supplier and advisor. He has given many diving related presentations at training agency member events, OZTek, DEMA, TekDive USA, BalticTech, ADEX, EuroTek, TekCamp, the British Scuba Industry Trade Association, the London International Dive Show and global dealer Seminars. A little boy called Sebastian, motorcycles, tattoos and playing drums are the other major influences in Paul’s life. <h2>Items In This Podcast</h2> <ul><li>BSAC dive training</li><li>From terrified of marine animals to dive pro</li><li>Opened a dive shop the week he became a scuba instructor</li><li>Worst PADI Course Director application in history</li><li>Working for SSI</li><li>Working for <a href="https://www.diveraid.com/default.asp" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">RAID</a></li><li>Getting through COVID</li><li>The DEMA hotel bar</li><li>Sardine run excitement</li><li>Flooded rebreather loop at 110 meters</li><li>Panic diver at 100 meters</li><li>Pee valve practical joke</li></ul> <h2>Sponsor</h2> Special thanks to our episode sponsor <a href="https://www.aggressor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aggressor Adventures</a> <a href="https://www.aggressor.com/index.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <h2>Thanks For Listening!</h2> Thank you for joining me again. Do you want to give a shout out to our guest on this podcast? Leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Please leave an honest review for The League of Extraordinary Divers podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! And, don’t forget to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/league-extraordinary-divers/id1170566610" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe to the show on iTunes</a> to get automatic updates. The post <a href="https://scubaguru.com/lxd053-paul-toomer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LXD053 : Paul Toomer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://scubaguru.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ScubaGuru</a>.

LXD053 : Paul Toomer

In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-Large, chats to Paul Toomer, President of RAID International Dive Training Agency. Paul gives great insight into the diving industry during these difficult times as well as his predictions for the future. He talks about the ethics and training with RAID, and covers diving in the UK and other temperate waters. For more information, visit www.diveraid.com

In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-Large, chats to Paul Toomer, President of RAID International Dive Training Agency. Paul gives great insight into the diving industry during these difficult times as well as his predictions for the future. He talks about the ethics and training with RAID, and covers diving in the UK and other temperate waters. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.diveraid.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.diveraid.com</a>

Jeff chats to... Paul Toomer, President of RAID

Not to be missed is Episode 4 of Scuba GOAT with diving industryheavyweight Paul Toomer.  We pack a lot into this hour; as thismould-breaking President of RAID shares the successes and challenges behind a decade of growth, and the coming evolution of the diving industry.DIVE TRAINING IN A CLASS OF ITS OWNRAID has taken a new, and we believe, a far better approach to diver training. It starts by ensuring we train great instructors and in so doing, we are literally rewriting diver training standards creating new benchmarks of excellence. For example, our minimum requirements and prerequisites to enter instructor training necessitate almost twice that compared to current industry standards. We feel this is essential to ensure divers in training are only exposed to highly-skilled, truly experienced and extremely dedicated dive professionals.We also require all RAID instructors to have completed a Deep Diver and Nitrox Course as these are major interest areas for all divers and where unparalleled expertise and a state of the art approach to training is needed.At RAID we feel there are no short cuts to training. For example, our most popular entry-level program: Open Water 20, requires more in-water hours developing skills than is generally required by industry standards. This means new divers are able to build their skill level whilst maintaining their personal confidence and safety. This general philosophy is maintained by RAID professionals throughout all courses.To be a RAID instructor or even a RAID entry-level diver, your buoyancy control needs to be at the top of the skills list. While diving is a safe sport if you firstly gain proper training and follow the safety rules, the Divers Alert Network (DAN) statistics have revealed that dive accidents often reflect poor buoyancy control and therefore is a major risk factor in all forms of diving. This is why we at RAID put so much emphasis on great buoyancy control at every level of training. For example, the RAID Open Water 20 course covers buoyancy skills generally reserved for a separate specialty course with other training agencies, because we believe it is a prerequisite to ensure safe diving.Find out more at www.scubagoat.comSupport the showNomadic Adventures is a registered Australian business and consists of the Scuba GOAT podcast and Nomadic Scuba, a travel booking agency specifically focused on scuba diving.Are you a dive operation wishing to promote your business on the Scuba GOAT podcast and via Nomadic Scuba? If the answer is YES! then get in touch today via any of the media streams, email (info@nomadicscuba.com), or WhatsApp at +61499021920, and let's start getting creative and tell the world about your services. Nomadic Scuba not only promotes operators but provides an online concierge service to divers wishing to travel. With our expansive network, we have the knowledge and know-how to organize your dream vacation so let's get planning! 

Not to be missed is Episode 4 of Scuba GOAT with diving industry heavyweight Paul Toomer.  We pack a lot into this hour; as this mould-breaking President of<a href="https://www.diveraid.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> RAID</a> shares the successes and challenges behind a decade of growth, and the coming evolution of the diving industry.DIVE TRAINING IN A CLASS OF ITS OWNRAID has taken a new, and we believe, a far better approach to diver training. It starts by ensuring we train great instructors and in so doing, we are literally rewriting diver training standards creating new benchmarks of excellence. For example, our minimum requirements and prerequisites to enter instructor training necessitate almost twice that compared to current industry standards. We feel this is essential to ensure divers in training are only exposed to highly-skilled, truly experienced and extremely dedicated dive professionals.We also require all RAID instructors to have completed a Deep Diver and Nitrox Course as these are major interest areas for all divers and where unparalleled expertise and a state of the art approach to training is needed.At RAID we feel there are no short cuts to training. For example, our most popular entry-level program: Open Water 20, requires more in-water hours developing skills than is generally required by industry standards. This means new divers are able to build their skill level whilst maintaining their personal confidence and safety. This general philosophy is maintained by RAID professionals throughout all courses.To be a RAID instructor or even a RAID entry-level diver, your buoyancy control needs to be at the top of the skills list. While diving is a safe sport if you firstly gain proper training and follow the safety rules, the Divers Alert Network (DAN) statistics have revealed that dive accidents often reflect poor buoyancy control and therefore is a major risk factor in all forms of diving. This is why we at RAID put so much emphasis on great buoyancy control at every level of training. For example, the RAID Open Water 20 course covers buoyancy skills generally reserved for a separate specialty course with other training agencies, because we believe it is a prerequisite to ensure safe diving.Find out more at <a href="https://www.scubagoat.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.scubagoat.com</a><a href="https://patreon.com/scubagoatpodcast?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Nomadic Adventures is a registered Australian business and consists of the Scuba GOAT podcast and Nomadic Scuba, a travel booking agency specifically focused on scuba diving. Are you a dive operation wishing to promote your business on the Scuba GOAT podcast and via Nomadic Scuba? If the answer is YES! then get in touch today via any of the media streams, email (info@nomadicscuba.com), or WhatsApp at +61499021920, and let's start getting creative and tell the world about your services. Nomadic Scuba not only promotes operators but provides an online concierge service to divers wishing to travel. With our expansive network, we have the knowledge and know-how to organize your dream vacation so let's get planning!

Paul Toomer - President of RAID - S01 E04

In Episode Four, we kick off with host Stephan Whelan reflecting on the first month of the podcast, followed by our weekly news round-up Then we have an interview with Paul Toomer - former band drummer, metalhead, tattoo fundamentalist, instructor trainer, and now president of diving agency RAID joins us to talk about what it is like to be a maverick in the diving industry from day 1.Then we hear from Aron Arngrimsson - who dives some of the world's most spectacular and challenging wreck dives through his company Dirty Dozen Expeditions.  He gives us some advice on planning your next trip.And then finally we hear from Rannvá Jørmundsson on her Best Dive Ever. Don't forget to give us ★★★★★, leave a review, and tell your friends about us - every share and like really makes a difference.

In Episode Four, we kick off with host Stephan Whelan reflecting on the first month of the podcast, followed by our weekly news round-up Then we have an interview with <a href="https://divermag.com/can-this-man-save-the-diving-industry-interview-with-paul-toomer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Toomer</a> - former band drummer, metalhead, tattoo fundamentalist, instructor trainer, and now president of diving agency RAID joins us to talk about what it is like to be a maverick in the diving industry from day 1. Then we hear from <a href="https://www.deeperblue.com/profile-aron-arngrimsson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aron Arngrimsson</a> - who dives some of the world's most spectacular and challenging wreck dives through his company <a href="https://thedirtydozenexpeditions.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dirty Dozen Expeditions</a>.  He gives us some advice on planning your next trip. And then finally we hear from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rannvaj/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rannvá Jørmundsson</a> on her Best Dive Ever. Don't forget to give us ★★★★★, leave a review, and tell your friends about us - every share and like really makes a difference.