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THIS PAGE: Scenes from the Kids
Scuba Denmark launch at the
Naerum Sports Complex in Denmark
Quotes from the parents and kids:
“Thanks for a great Sunday. Felix was so worked up
afterward—he simply just loved it. I would like Felix
to join the sessions together with his friend Rasmus.”
“Thanks a lot—Atash just couldn’t stop talking
about how great it was and wore his t-shirt all night
yesterday. Your friend was truly a great teacher!
“That was really great. Thanks. Sara really enjoyed
it and Syed. Please sign Sara up for the Scuba
Ranger Programme.”
complicated story,” he added with a
laugh. “But what is important is that the
children feel they have accomplished
something wonderful with an experience
that will take them a long way in life.”
A Kids Scuba session with the Scuba
Rangers program will be conducted
every second Sunday on September 5,
19 and 26 in 2010. It will be held at the
Naerum (Rundvorbi) Sports Complex. The
Kids Scuba Denmark program was assisted
by the SSI Nordic Region, Kids Scuba
Malaysia, Hana Sea Sports and Oceanic
Dive Consultant.
About the program
Kids Scuba Denmark is the first awardwinning
certified SSI (Scuba School
International) Scuba Rangers Club dedicated
to conducting SSI Scuba Rangers
courses for children ages 8-12 in the
Nordic region. The school was founded
and organised in Denmark by Visser, a
qualified SSI Scuba Rangers Instructor
who did his training
for three
years as a Scuba
Rangers Instructor
in Malaysia.
Children are
exposed to basic
scuba education,
snorkeling
techniques and
elementary scuba
diving skills, graduating
to beach
and shallow dives
during organized
Kids Scuba
Camps, which will
be held in June
and July 2011. Kids
Scuba Denmark
integrates care
and conservation
of marine life
in all its materials
imparted to all its
students as part of
its programme.
Kids Scuba Denmark
will organize a number
of camps to the various
dive destinations in the tropical climate
and warm waters of Asia with the cooperation
of Kids Scuba Malaysia, which
organizes camps four times per year
at the beautiful marine park islands of
Malaysia and Borneo.
Awards received by Kids Scuba
Denmark include the Award for
Success for the Scuba Rangers
and Kids Scuba Camp at Mabul
Sipadan Island in Sabah Malaysia
in December of 2009 and the
Award for Success for the first
successful Kids Scuba Denmark
program organized in the Nordic
Region.
For more information on Kids
Scuba Denmark and its courses
at Naerum (Rundforbi) Sports
Complex every second Sunday,
log on to www.kidsscuba.dk or
email Nick Visser at jv@kidsscuba.dk,
telephone: (+45) 99 55
82 32 (Nick) or (+45) 50 62 21 41
(Mette). ■
At the Malaysia International Dive
Expo 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Syed
Abd Rahman accepted an award
from King Tuanku Mizan for Kids
Scuba Malaysia for being the most
successful Scuba Rangers program
in the world, while show organizer,
Thayalan Kennedy (far left) looks
on. Two of the King’s children are
also Scuba Rangers
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