March 25, 2026: Every change requires a risk assessment

Greetings, A few weeks ago, I attended a World Waterpark Association (WWA) webinar entitled "Ride Vehicle Best Practices." One of the reasons I joined WWA is because I consistently learn so much from the waterpark side of our industry. I've never worked in a water park,

March 18, 2026: the Camp Mystic Impact on Aquatics

Greetings, There are two skills that I have: 1) I am professionally curious, and 2) I notice small details that sometimes correlate to unrelated decisions or actions before they're obvious to others. In grad school, there was a girl assigned to our apartment dorm. Within days, I knew

March 11, 2026: Bather Violence Increasing

Good Morning, It's winter in the Northern Hemisphere, but in the Southern Hemisphere it's summer and we're seeing a horrible trend continue of increasing bather violence towards lifeguards & aquatic staff. I've covered these stories several times throughout 2025 (here's

March 6, 2026: Please don't drink the pool water!

Greetings, Happy Friday. Yes, we're coming to you two days late, but I promise I can explain.... Last weekend, I spent two nights volunteering at a casino for the Alberta Parks & Recreation Association (ARPA). If you don't live in Alberta, you might not know that

February 25, 2026: As You Know

Good Morning, Can you believe it's the end of February? We are already two months or 1/6 of the way through 2026. 👀 I'm still digging out from a very busy month, including a lot of travel and inquiries about the Canmore Inn & Suites incident

February 19, 2026: Southwest Pool & Spa Show (SWPSS)

Greetings from the Southwest Pool & Spa Show, On the residential pool service & construction side of the industry, there are a number of tradeshows that go on each year during the "off season" (winter) for the outdoor pool industry. NESPA hosts a show each January in Atlantic

February 4, 2026: Act in haste, repent in leisure

Greetings, Last year when I went to Florida for StarGuard Elite's CAMP (an annual conference), it was cold enough that I regretted booking an apartment rental because we spent three days heating it with the oven in the kitchen since the building wasn’t winterized for real cold.

January 28, 2026: Canmore pool "mass casualty" event

Good Morning, I'm coming to you with the biggest news story of the week in aquatics in Canada: Mass casualty incident declared after multiple children fall ill at Canmore pool I first heard about this incident via text message on Sunday night from an impeccable source. I'

January 21, 2026: 2026 Aquatic Forecast

Greetings, Without further ado, my predictions for commercial aquatics in 2026. I have no firm data or science to support this conjecture; it's just my insights based on observing what's going on day-to-day. Do with it what you will, or not at all, but definitely hit

January 14, 2026: Is this a transaction or a human interaction?

Good Afternoon, It's a been a slow news week (below), and I'm ok with that! In next week's newsletter (January 21) I'll be sharing my outlook for aquatics in 2026. If you have any specific trends or questions you'd like