Louise Estabrook

Adaptive Diver Cumming, GA[dt_gap height="10" /] Louise Estabrook [dt_gap height="10" /] Louise Estabrook first snorkeled on her honeymoon and fell in love with the water. Later, she did try scuba and knew someday she would see the world below. Now, she is now dealing with a progressive neurological disease. It is an inherited condition that started affecting her motor [...]

Brian “Pat” Kipf

Brian Pat Kipf Adaptive Diving Springfield, MO[dt_gap height="10" /] Brian "Pat" Kipf [dt_gap height="10" /] It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the passing of 2018 recipient Brian "Pat" Kipf. We met him in 2017 when he applied to the foundation. Pat and his wife Shelia were selling their business and planning to move to Florida so [...]

Dive Pirates open the door to scuba diving to people with different abilities.

Abilities_Expo_2019Dive Pirates open the door to adaptive scuba diving to people with different abilities. It all started with three women sitting around the table. After a great day of diving, they started talking about their new certifications as adaptive scuba instructors. Who can we teach? Who would have interest? As news of the middle east [...]

Brendan Downes

Brendan Downes Adaptive Diver Dallas TX[dt_gap height="10" /] Brendan Downes [dt_gap height="10" /] Brendan Downes has always been active. Early on, he learned his Spina Bifida did not define him nor his desire to be active. When he started using a wheelchair in 4th grade, he joined wheelchair basketball. He went on to play for University of Arizona. He tried scuba [...]

Danny Fik

Danny Fik Adaptive Diver Fort Worth TXDanny Fik [dt_gap height="10" /] Danny Fik was born with spina bifida with tethered cord syndrome. He had to undergo multiple surgeries to free his spinal column to allow growth. The last surgery was not successful, and he began to use a wheelchair for mobility fulltime at age 13. Little did the world know, he [...]

Annual Dive Pirates Ball

DP Ball InvitationUS Army Major Lisa Jaster headlines 15TH Annual Dive Pirates Ball WHAT:    15th Annual Dive Pirates Ball to include an online silent auction, live auctioneer, 2018 recipient, Retired USMC Major Waheed “WU” Khan WHO:     Supporters of the Dive Pirates Foundation, past and present recipients, many dressed in pirate flair. Maj. Waheed "WU" [...]

Retired Major Waheed “Wu” Khan, USMC

Major Wu Waheed Wu Khan in uniform[dt_gap height="10" /] Retired Major Waheed "Wu" Khan, USMC [dt_gap height="10" /] Retired Major Waheed was born in England and served in the US Marine Corps for 24 years with multiple commands and deployments, including the first Gulf War, Somalia, Kosovo, Colombia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. His American counterparts took his initials W.U. Khan from the [...]