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ERROL DUPLESSIS
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Swim Strong Foundation
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Max Siegel's discussion about his background and position on diversity is compelling - you want to know more about what this man thinks and how he is motivated. He is upfront on his positions on life and profession. His views cuts across all profe...
Grerat interview, Sean. I learned a lot, nice to know that you have reached out to the Phillipines, and JB is with DAP. Best wishes to him in medical school and beyond.
Great interview, and I am inspired in knowing there are so many outstanding Brothers and Sisters out there making a difference, and Coach Wright is definitely amongst them. It will be most helpful to those of us who view these interviews to see a ...
Yours was a great interview. How about sharing a little more information about Mungo Park? Thanks for this hardly known fact about African life. Makes you realize why the Europeans (back in the day) did not want the Africans to know the skill of s...
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- About Me:
- I am a master scuba diving trainer with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors. I am also the CEO and principal owner of Lake Rawlings, a scuba & camping park located in Brunswick County, Virginia. With a few friends and relatives, we transformed a hole in the ground into the most visible and viable inland scuba park in the entire mid-Atlantic region. Last year, in spite of a sagging economy, we attracted over 15,000 scuba divers to our scuba park. I am also a retired college professor. I served 21 glorious years at Hampton University as the Director of Aquatics. While there, I was able to expand the level of professional aquatic courses, to include WSI/LGI and scuba diving courses, and also gave counseling advice to assist students in forming a scuba club called the Underwater Explorers Club. The scuba club took annual scuba diving trips during spring break to the Florida springs & keys, or to Bimini in the Bahamas, and during the fall, to the off-shore wrecks of North Carolina and other close-by locations. I enjoy teaching scuba diving to people who are comfortable in water, and swimming to people who need to know this skill for their enjoyment of water sport activities, or to save themselves in the event of an emergency. By circumstance and opportunity, I have probably introduced and or certified more African-American men and women into scuba diving than any scuba instructor, active or inactive, in the United States of America.
I have traveled to West Africa, Canada, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Mexico, Peru and Brazil. As a dive leader, I have led expeditions to the Florida springs and keys, the Bahamas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Barbados, BWI, Bermuda, the North Carolina shipwrecks, Bon Terre Mines (Missouri), Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy, the Channel Islands of California and Cape Verde, Africa. I have dived all coastlines of the United States, and was once the divemaster for the New England Aquarium Dive Club of Boston, MA from 1978-1980.
I am happily married to Laurel Tucker Duplessis (45 years on April 4th, 2009). Laurel's nativity was in the Bronx, NY, and my nativity was in New Orleans, LA. We have two adult children, Lauren Duplessis Chachere who lives in Germantown, TN, and Arem Khari Duplessis who lives in Brooklyn, NY, (both are divers) and they are also married. We were blessed with five wonderful grandchildren (four grandsons and one very, very adorable and lovable granddaughter), and they are all future divers of America. And God willing, I am already looking forward to the day when I will be their first scuba instructor.
- Website:
- http://www.LakeRawlings.com
- Aquatic Interest:
- Competitive Swimming, Recreational Swimming, Lifeguarding, Swim Lessons, Scuba, Diving
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Comment Wall (29 comments)
- At 1:12pm on November 5, 2009,
Shaun Anderson said…
- Errol, Thanks for doing the scuba class last night, I know the kids really enjoyed it!!
SA
- At 3:37pm on October 27, 2009,
Regina Mobley said…
- Sounds exciting, we probably would not do a story on this but something to keep in mind.
- At 10:15pm on September 16, 2009,
Paul L. Washington, Jr. said… - Yes, I have already contacted DUI and they will allow me to use their suits in teaching the Dry Suit course there.
- At 5:00pm on September 16, 2009,
Paul L. Washington, Jr. said…
- That is awesome! I am going to Lake Rawlings to teach some dive classes on the weekend of 24 October!
- At 3:23pm on July 8, 2009,
thurman robins said… - Errol, I am interested in organizing a meet-up at SU homecoming this year. I'' talk with Fuzzy and get him in on the event. The summer is passing fast. Went to NY to the US Open Golf tournament last month. Had a great time. When I hear from Fuzzy I email you right away.
- At 4:14pm on May 26, 2009,
Regina Mobley said…
- I'd love to see this stroke. I was back in the water this past weekend at Lynnhaven dive. I hope to get to the Lake later this summer.
- At 12:12pm on May 26, 2009,
Charles Lumpkin said… - I would like to welcome Rachal Harmon. Keep up the great work.
- At 8:43am on May 22, 2009,
Darrick Linton said… - Hi Errol,
Haven't heard from you in a while. I know you have been busy with Scuba and teaching. Just wanted to give you a shout out!!!!!!!! Hope all is well with you and the family. Take Care and God Bless. Darrick
- At 4:54pm on April 10, 2009,
Shaun Anderson said…
- Errol,
Thanks for the assistance this week! I need to step my scuba game up, I’m looking forward to your Lake Rawlings event this summer. To help sharpen my scuba skills.
SA
- At 3:55pm on April 7, 2009,
Jayson Jackson said… - Thanks for the feedback Errol. We will take it into account for the next round of featured members. My brother and I did use a similar approach at Pool's Day this past weekend.
Sincerely,
Jayson
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