EDITOR’S NOTE
WELCOME TO THE SECOND EDITION OF THE EDGE First off, on behalf of us all at RAID, I would like to wish you the best for the festive season and New Year. I know many of you will be glad to see the back of a very challenging 2020, and I sympathize with you 100%. It has been an incredibly challenging 2020 for everyone. We hope that our FREe-Learning and REMOTe-Training options have helped. Since we released FREe-Learning, we have continued to develop it as a permanent product for RAID and have enhanced it significantly. We have been inundated with requests to crossover to RAID, so we are offering FREE crossover materials and FREE membership to any Divemaster, instructor, instructor trainer or dive centre crossing over to RAID*. This issue is particularly special as you will be introduced to our global team, who have been doing an amazing job given
the circumstances we are having to try and work under. Since global travel has been so badly affected, the team have focused on ‘staycation’ and hopefully, you will find a new underwater adventure right on your doorstep. Finally, we are thrilled to announce the release of several new courses. First, we have our new Instructor Development and Instructor Trainer programmes, including the incredible new Playbook. We have also released DPV (Diver Propulsion Vehicle) and Advanced DPV, so if you are after some truly exciting diving, DPV might just be for you. Then we have the Liberty backmount and sidemount rebreather programmes, and finally the Ocean Reef Full Face Mask programme. Have a fantastic New Year, now please enjoy. PAUL TOOMER | President *This offer may be withdrawn at any time so take advantage now.
EDITOR and PRESIDENT OF DIVING Paul Toomer Email: info@diveraid.com
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Jason Alexander Email: info@diveraid.com
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