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'''Southern Skin Divers Supply''' is a diving outfitter and instruction school located at 4515 [[5th Avenue South]] in [[Avondale]]. It was founded in [[1953]] by [[Bill Tant|Bill "Cap'n Scuba" Tant]] along with '''Bill Tant's School of Scuba'''. | '''Southern Skin Divers Supply''' is a diving outfitter and instruction school located at 4515 [[5th Avenue South]] in [[Avondale]]. It was founded in [[1953]] by [[Bill Tant|Bill "Cap'n Scuba" Tant]] along with '''Bill Tant's School of Scuba'''. | ||
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The shop's training center houses a 14-foot deep heated indoor pool. | The shop's training center houses a 14-foot deep heated indoor pool. | ||
==References== | |||
* Perkins, Barton (June 17, 2022) "[https://bhamnow.com/2022/06/17/meet-southern-skin-divers-supply/ Meet Southern Skin Divers Supply—the oldest dive shop in the US]." {{BNow}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.ssdsupply.com/ Southern Skin Divers Supply] website | * [http://www.ssdsupply.com/ Southern Skin Divers Supply] website | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: Sporting goods stores]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: 5th Avenue South]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: 1953 establishments]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: Instructional programs]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: Water sports]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:31, 19 June 2024
Southern Skin Divers Supply is a diving outfitter and instruction school located at 4515 5th Avenue South in Avondale. It was founded in 1953 by Bill "Cap'n Scuba" Tant along with Bill Tant's School of Scuba.
After Tant's retirement in the 1980s, the business passed to his partner, Steve Phillips, and nephew, Mark Tant.
The shop's training center houses a 14-foot deep heated indoor pool.
References
- Perkins, Barton (June 17, 2022) "Meet Southern Skin Divers Supply—the oldest dive shop in the US." Bham Now
External links
- Southern Skin Divers Supply website