Frog Kick Diving - FKD

Frog Kick Diving - FKD Seattle's UTD Instructors and Aquatic Explorers. Wreck and cave divers use it because its motion prevents kicking up silt. Hence our namesake, Frog Kick Diving.

The frog kick is an extremely efficient propulsion technique used in all types of diving and diving environments due to the many benefits it provides the diver. It's a graceful, yet powerful kick that requires minimal effort to push the diver through the water, reducing the diver's breathing rate. The underwater environment appreciates it because its motion minimizes impact on the diving environme

nt, preserving delicate reefs and habitats. Divers and underwater photographers who use the frog kick appreciate how it aids in good trim and buoyancy control and the precise positioning ability it provides them. Simply put, the frog kick isn't exclusive to technical or cave diving. It's a kick that benefits literally every diver- recreational, technical or overhead, in warm water or cold water. The training we provide isn't simply a checklist of skills. Instead, we teach consistent, scaleable skills, techniques and knowledge our students can apply to all of their diving, in turn increasing their awareness, confidence and enjoyment of their dives. It provides a foundation that's consistent with any future endeavors they may pursue in their diving career, whether that be warm water reef diving, cold water recreational diving, or technical and/or cave diving. Every FKD class you take will build on your prior class. No relearning of skills. Rather, you'll use your existing skills and training as your foundation, incorporating new skills to strengthen and build that foundation into a new level of diving. From 30' warm water reef dives, to 200' trimix DPV dives in 46 degree water, we teach consistent skills, built on the same foundation that are used in each. The result is consistent muscle memory, increasing your efficiency and allowing you to maximize your time underwater enjoying the dive.

Stills (not grabs) from 2020 Vanilla Sky Project. Taken with HERO8 Black.
04/11/2020

Stills (not grabs) from 2020 Vanilla Sky Project. Taken with HERO8 Black.

Good luck, Toddy and team!
07/17/2019

Good luck, Toddy and team!

06/27/2018

O’Ho Tucha is turning into an endless, massive cave system and the team needs to use all available tools to properly explore and push the cave. Maarten and Packo find a deep saltwater section with some bones from the last ice age.

Mexico cave exploration, as it happens. Shot 100% on the HERO 6 Black®. Lighting by BigBlue dive lights.

06/24/2018

The explorations continue with a brand new cave system!

Searching & hiking in the vicinity of the recently discovered MOAC System, we found several cenotes that looked worth exploring. When we checked out the last target for the day we found a very special place that immediately caught our attention.

Meet O’ho Tucha (Monkey Skull), a gorgeous new cenote discovered by the Vanilla Sky Project 2018 team. After a couple of scouting dives, we quickly set up camp and started exploring. This cave seemed to go and go.

Mexico cave exploration, as it happens. Shot 100% on the HERO 6 Black®. Lighting by BigBlue dive lights.

We've had two spots open up on this epic itinerary!Wrecks, reefs, caverns, canyons, big life, big vis, huge fun and eve...
06/02/2018

We've had two spots open up on this epic itinerary!

Wrecks, reefs, caverns, canyons, big life, big vis, huge fun and even some exploration opportunities on this trip

Message us for details if you're interested!

Join us on another of our epic 9 day itineraries with Red Sea Explorers. This time, we're heading to the Deep South of the Egyptian Red Sea, then heading north to dive the wrecks of the Thistlegorm, Rosalie Moller, Abu Nahas, Salem Express and more, but not before a 2 day stop at the magical Brother...

Creating the world’s longest underwater cave.This story is 30 years in the making, as explorers have been trying to conn...
03/02/2018

Creating the world’s longest underwater cave.

This story is 30 years in the making, as explorers have been trying to connect Sac Actun and Dos Ojos for decades. Robbie has been relentlessly chasing that connection for 14 years.

In the end, what it took was four guys’ unwavering dedication (obsession?)- hiking 4 hours a day, almost every day for 10 months straight, pushing through the blistering summer heat, nasty falls, a debilitating spider bite, 6 hour dives only to be shut down again and again, and a cave that refused to give up its secret.

Having participated in this project and experienced firsthand the amount of work the team put into this, there is nothing that can prepare you for what was required for this project to be successful. The phrase “Pushing limits” is tossed around all too often. This was textbook definition of pushing limits….physically, mentally, emotionally, above water, underwater, at home...everywhere. It was non-stop punishing work often with very little to no payoff except for that tiny little glimmer of potential of what could be...creating the world’s longest underwater cave system.

We’re grateful to have been invited to be part of this project, and this is our attempt to capture this amazing experience and tell the story of those ten months.

For 10 months in 2017 a team of four cave explorers relentlessly searched for the connection between Sac Actun and Dos Ojos cave systems in the Mexican Yucatan,…

03/01/2018

Remains of giant sloths and proto-elephants were found interspersed with burnt human bones and ceramics in Mexico's Sac Actun cave system.

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