The Sole Searchers Dive Club, Inc. is a Non-Profit Mutual Benefit California Corporation, based in Pasadena, Ca. We are a Scuba Diving and recreational club with members in the San Gabriel Valley area. Though we are not affiliated with, we get sponsored by the Sport Chalet stores of La Canada, Arcadia and Glendora. The club has approximately one hundred members with about fifty members participating actively in various club activities. Club officers are as follows:
| President | Kaz Aizawa | kaizawa@earthlink.net |
| Secretary/Treasurer/Webmaster | Lars Dennert | lars@larsdennert.com |
| Vice President/Newsletter Editor | Wendy Mitchell | |
| Director/Raffle Chair | Jack Leeflang | leeflang@peoplepc.com |
| Director/Speaker Chair | Andrea Horwatt | sportswoman@earthlink.net |
| Dive Boat Chair | Shawn Broes | sbroes@mvfinc.com |
| Dive Boat Chair | Bromley Beadle | thebeadles@earthlink.net |
| Membership Chair | John Marin | marinscuba@aol.com |
Would you like to help out in the club? Is there a position in the club you would find fun? Is the club missing a position you know how to fill? Members can become officers and volunteer to help run the club. Just ask any officer about becoming a board member. We welcome input and assistance of many kinds. As a small token of our appreciation for helping out, Board Members get free membership in the club!
General Membership dues are $25 per year per person. Membership benefits are as follows:
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Membership/Air card good for ten free air fills at any Sport Chalet store. (A $50 value) |
| Membership/Air card entitles the member to 10% off all non sale merchandise in the Scuba Department for the term of the membership at any Sport Chalet store. |
| 10% off rentals. |
| 10% off most classes. |
| 10% discount on Air cards. |
| 10% discount on repairs. |
| 10% discount on Sport Chalet boat charters. |
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10% discount at ReefSeekers. |
| Monthly club newsletter. |
| Monthly meeting with dinner, raffle, speakers and socializing. |
| Free ads in the newsletter. |
| Access to the club mailing list and electronic news list. |
| A resource for locating dive buddies and friends. |
| Access to monthly dives, both beach and boat. |
| Social events and parties. |
| Weekend campouts. |
| A yearly resort diving trip. |
| This great web site [:]-) |
Download the club flyer here to give out to prospective members.
Qualifications for active membership for each individual are as follows:
Each diver must bring with them the following, but not limited to, a depth guage, buoyancy control device, submersible pressure guage and a timimg device. You are responsible for the upkeep of your gear prior to diving. You must keep track of your own bottom time and know your decompression and safety limits. From time to time, dives may be scheduled that exceed your dive certification and or skill level. It is your responsibility to assess and participate only in those events you are qualified for. Illegal activity or diving while intoxicated is not allowed. Be safe and dive again!
Other clubs formerly associated with Sport Chalet: Clubs.htm