After months of preparation the staff at Linköpings Dykcenter (Linköping's Divecenter, Sweden) are proud to announce that we have held our first DDI No Barrier Tour events. A cold Saturday evening at the end of October we met up with five hopeful No Barrier Tour participants at the entrance of Linköpings Simhall, the venue for the NBT. After some initial paperwork and dive theory it was time for the really fun part; the diving. With our training from both PADI and DDI and the positive attitude of the participants and staff the diving went like clockwork and both staff and participants had a lot of fun. 

After a very successful NBT we waved good bye to five people wearing big smiles on their faces (four of which you can see on the

picture together with two of our staff). It is always heart warming to see the smile after a succesful try dive but tonight it felt event better. 

At www.facebook.com/linkopingsdykcenter you can get see the video we made during the event.

The idea to offer diving experiences to everyone, regardless of physical capacity, has long been a goal at our dive center.

This spring we took a big step towards making it a reality by having six of the instructors and divemasters at Linköpings Dykcenter participate in a DDI pro course. Linköpings Dykcenter became a DDI divecenter.

The DDI pro course gave us a very good toolbox that, together with our regular instructor and divemaster training, gave us the knowledge and possibility to offer diving to everyone.

After a succesful No Barrier Tour event we are already making plans for our next DDI event. This is only the beginning of the DDI activities at Linköpings Dykcenter.

Best wishes from
Daniel, Göran, Albin, Kim, Anders and Pierre, DDI instructors/divemasters at Linköpings Dykcenter