In 1988, Rich Synowiec began his career in the diving industry. In 1990, Rich took his Instructor Development course from Richard Roost, the founder of Divers Incorporated. He spent the next few years training new divers and leading travel expeditions around the world. In 1993, Rich left the dive store to focus his time on college, continuing to teach scuba independently and working part time for Gilboa Stone Quarry as a diving supervisor on the weekends. Shortly after graduating from College with a BA in Management and Organizational Development, Rich was asked to help with the start up of Great Lakes Technical Diving. He became manager and instructor and was one of the first instructors in the area to bring NITROX and Technical Diving into the mainstream.
While at GLTD, Rich became one of the areas first technical diving instructors, and as one of the innovators in technical diving education in southeast Michigan had teaching and speaking engagements around the country. The purchase of Divers Incorporated in 2004 has been the culmination of a lifetime of dreams and the promise of more to come. For the past four years Divers Incorporated has continued to grow. In April of 2007, Divers Incorporated took over the scuba concession at White Star Quarry and Divers Incorporated - White Star was born. Rich spends much of his time on his business, with his wife and twin daughters, and with his life's passion, scuba diving. While he has been in the business over 20 years, on his days off he still goes diving.
River Diving
The River diver program is designed to teach you the opportunities, hazards and excitement of diving in local rivers and the techniques to dive these challenging environments. You will also learn how you can practice these skills in environments that you may be more comfortable in prior to taking them into the challenging and exciting river environment.