In Conversation with David Strike: Talking Confidentially with Simon Pridmore

Moderator:

David Strike (Australia) ADEX Ambassador for Technical Diving, Pioneer

Speaker:

Simon Pridmore (UK/Indonesia ) Author, Technical Diver, and Explorer

TALKING CONFIDENTIALLY

One of the pioneers of technical diving in Asia, Simon Pridmore’s diving career spans more than thirty years, during which time he has organised dive tours all around the world, owned a dive centre, run a regional diver training agency and been the international sales manager for a manufacturer of dive computers and rebreathers.

Condensing a little of his vast experience as a dive guide, divemaster, Instructor and Instructor Trainer into the ‘Scuba Confidential’ series of best-selling books, Simon Pridmore is a regular speaker at leading international dive conferences; a prolific writer whose articles have appeared in numerous diving magazines, and David Strike’s guest for a lively conversation that lifts the lid on some of diving’s lesser known secrets.

SIMON PRIDMORE

Simon Pridmore is a best-selling author of scuba diving books, travel books and scuba diving travel books. His latest publications are Dive into Taiwan and The Diver Who Fell from the Sky, a biography of Palau diving pioneer Francis Toribiong.

Originally from the UK, Simon has lived in Asia for almost 40 years. He was one of the region’s first technical diving instructors in the 1990s and owned Professional Sports Divers in Guam. He and his wife Sofie currently live in Bali, Indonesia but spend a lot of time exploring other places trying, but failing so far, to find a cure for their itchy feet.