Growing up on a ranch in the middle of Montana doesn’t afford many opportunities to spend time in the water, but as a teenager Mark would get out to Flathead Lake in northern Montana for a couple weeks every day. One day, while at a Value-Mart, he noticed a snorkel kit- the typical cheap pair of fins, a mask and a snorkel. The following week Mark spent hours underwater until his mother would literally drag him out of the lake. In 1985, Mark moved to Boulder and worked as the IT Director for the Geological Society of America. Later that year, while at a GSA meeting, a group of managers decided they would go diving in the Caribbean. Unable to resist the lure of the tropics, Mark followed suit and never looked back. Since then, he has been diving in the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand, Roatan, Mexico and all around the Caribbean.
In 2007, Mark decided to become a PADI instructor for Ocean First Divers and now works a service technician as well.

 Bruce's love for the water started with snorkeling in lakes in New Jersey. Thirty years later he earned his certification and was hooked. He was a school teacher for thirty years and has been retired since 2006. Because of his love for teaching, it seemed a natural progression to teach scuba diving. He has been helping or teaching professionally since 1995 and is a Master Scuba Diver Trainer. Bruce also works a few days a week at Ocean First Divers as a service technician servicing dive equipment.
Bruce enjoys taking underwater video and sharing it with fellow divers on trips. One of the most satisfying aspects of diving is sharing his love of the underwater world with new students and seeing the excitement in their faces.
Bruce enjoys diving just about anywhere and frequently dives Carter Lake and Chatfield Reservoir.