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Rick Kirkham

Panglao & Bohol
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Owner and instructor at Frontier Tech Divers on Panglao, and a TDI instructor since the early 1990s. Instructor Trainer on Advanced Trimix, Extended Range, Advanced Wreck, Helitrox, Sidemount, Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and all three gas-blending ratings, with diver ratings through Trimix, Intro to Tech and O2 Service Technician. The centre runs its own compressors and boosters and blends its own gas, and sits close enough to a wall that students complete 100m dives a short boat ride from the shop.

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Go-To for Decompression+5
Go-To for Deep / Trimix+5
Adapts to the Student+3
Adds Time Rather Than Rush+3
Coaches Beyond the Syllabus+3
Explains the Why+3
No Ego+3
Repeat Students+3
Gas Fills & Blending+2
Go-To for Sidemount+2
Responsive Before the Course+2
Thorough Debriefs+2
Well-Maintained Rental Gear+2
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Kirkham owns and runs Frontier Tech Divers on Panglao, and students describe a wide range of courses with him. One student earned a gas-blender certification by blending his own gases during the course. He has been a TDI instructor since the early 1990s. What reviewers keep returning to is the absence of performance: "he doesn't spend time recounting his dive résumé", "no drama, no ego, just solid skills", complex theory broken into plain language. Several describe him adding unscheduled sessions — an extra day on twinsets for a student struggling with balance, a solo course to shake off rust before an Extended Range that had been booked directly. One reviewer notes the practical advantage of the location: 100m dives on a wall a short boat ride from the shop.

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Location
Panglao & Bohol, Philippines
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