Will Smith is a world-famous movie star who pretty much couldn’t be any more successful at life. Recently, however, you may have noticed that the ‘Fresh Prince’ started a YouTube style Vlog channel of his life and experiences puzzling content creators currently trying to make it on social video.
I too was surprised at this new development in Will Smith’s career and couldn’t help but wonder ‘why’ do this kind of low-key content creation when you’re in blockbuster movies? Reservations about the Vlog aside, this week he uploaded a very real video of his very first experience SCUBA diving.
I absolutely love how this video captures the juxtaposition of theanxiety of getting to the dive siteand the reward waiting down below. Nobody likes being on a boat in crummy weather, with light rain and overcast skies, that’s why we’reREEFDivers, we want to be in tropical places!
But alas we can’t control the weather (yet) and once we’ve already made the plans to do a dive trip, we’re going down in all but the most dangerous of weather conditions. Nine times out of ten it’s an absolutely zen experience when you dive down, those bubbles first clear up and you get into that diving feeling. THIS is what Will’s video captures perfectly, especially for the uninitiated who need to relax, conquer their fear, trust in their dive guide and quite literally go with the flow.
His reverence for the ocean is well stated, there are some legitimate reasons to be intimated by the ocean,especiallyin Australia. But if you canconquer your fears, truly muster some of that mind-over-matter and let yourself truly enjoy the dive, it’s an unparalleled experience that most of us can never get enough of.
Will Smith Goes Diving For the First Time!
Jake Adams
Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.
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