New GoPro PADI Distinctive Specialty Course to
Give Certified Scuba Divers Fresh Skills to Showcase Their
Adventures
SAN
MATEO, Calif., March 12,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO)
and PADI® (Professional Association of Diving
Instructors®) announced the GoPro PADI Distinctive
Specialty Course, a new GoPro-specific specialty certification for
certified scuba divers, providing training on how to use GoPro
cameras, accessories and the Quik video editing app to become the
ultimate storyteller and content creator. PADI is the largest
purpose-driven diving organization with a global network of 6,600
dive centers and resorts.
"We created this course with GoPro to give scuba divers a new
superpower that enables them to capture and share meaningful
underwater adventures," says Lisa
Nicklin, Vice President of Growth and Marketing for PADI
Worldwide. "Learning to dive will change your life forever.
Learning to capture and share content with your GoPro will inspire
others to do the same while also raising awareness and action to
help heal our shared blue planet."
With the GoPro PADI Distinctive Specialty Course, divers will
learn how to take their adventures to the next level through:
- Responsibly using GoPro cameras, accessories and mounts
to capture amazing photos and videos both above and beneath
the surface
- Enhancing their storytelling techniques
- Editing and sharing content using the GoPro Quik video
editing app
- Promoting ocean and environmental stewardship and conservation
while inspiring others to create positive ocean change
"Divers have been a big part of the GoPro community, using their
GoPros to capture some of the most beautiful and inspiring images
we've ever seen," says Rick
Loughery, GoPro's Vice President of Global Marketing and
Communications. "Expanding our partnership with PADI will not only
introduce GoPro to even more scuba divers, providing them with
exciting new learning and adventure opportunities, it will also
further GoPro's mission to work with organizations that have a
passion for ocean conservation."
In February, PADI AWARE Foundation™ volunteers joined GoPro,
Catalina Divers Supply and the Avalon Rotary Club for
the Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup on Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles, California. At the event, more
than 600 volunteers and participants learned about ocean
conservation, the importance of PADI Aware's Dive Against Debris™
initiative and how diving can support local, national and
international communities in the fight for ocean conservation. All
proceeds from the event benefit the University
of Southern California Hyperbaric Chamber, Avalon Rotary
Club Foundation and the Avalon Casino Dive Park
Improvement Project.
GoPro subscribers will receive 15% off PADI's core Open
Water Diver, Advanced Open Water, and Rescue Diver eLearning
courses now through December 31,
2024—get the details and register here. GoPro is
offering PADI Club members a 3-month free trial to the GoPro
Quik video editing app—get the deal here. For more information
on using GoPro's HERO12 Black and associated accessories for
diving, visit GoPro's diving + snorkeling page.
About GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO)
GoPro helps the world capture and share itself in immersive and
exciting ways.
GoPro has been recognized as an employer of choice by
both Outside Magazine and US News & World
Report for being among the best places to work. Open roles can
be found on our careers page. For more information,
visit GoPro.com.
Connect with GoPro
on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, YouTube,
and GoPro's blog, The Current. GoPro customers can submit
their photos and videos to GoPro Awards for an opportunity to
be featured on GoPro's social channels and receive gear and cash
awards. Members of the press can access official logos and imagery
on our press portal.
GoPro, HERO and their respective logos are trademarks or
registered trademarks of GoPro, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
About PADI
PADI® (Professional Association of Diving Instructors®) is the
largest purpose-driven diving organization with a global network of
6,600 dive centers and resorts, 128,000 professional members and
more than 29 million certified divers to date. Committed to our
blue planet, PADI makes the wonder of the underwater world
accessible to all, empowering people around the world to
experience, explore and take meaningful action, as Ocean
Torchbearers™, to protect the world beneath the surface. For over
50 years, PADI is undeniably The Way the World Learns to Dive®,
setting the standard for the highest quality dive training,
underwater safety and conservation initiatives while evolving the
sport of diving into a passionate lifestyle. For divers by divers,
PADI is obsessed with transforming lives and, with its global
foundation, PADI AWARE™, creating positive ocean change. Seek
Adventure. Save the Ocean.SM www.padi.com
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