This year GSTA is excited to introduce our newest addition to our Outdoor Academy. The GSTA Granite Rock Climbing Adventure will be held in Pisgah National Forest at the Linville Gorge and Looking Glass Rock NC from June 21 to 27, 2019. The most experienced American Mountain Guide Association Certified Instructors in the Southeast will be our primary instructors and guides. This adventure will expose teens to a number of rock climbing fundamentals to include belaying, top-roping, rappelling, “mock”lead climbing, movement techniques, and will conclude with a multi-pitch climb up the famous Looking Glass Rock. Apart from the challenges of an intense week of climbing, teens will advance their camping skills, and will be challenged through a deliberate leadership experience that will serve them for the rest of their lives. This is an advanced outdoor adventure, and will be by invite only.

This year Gold Star Teen Adventures will be offering and all expenses paid for teens to earn  the NAUI Scuba Diver certification in beautiful Key West, Florida. We will be staying at the United States Army Combat Dive School. While there, teens will complete two days of pool training, and conduct their open water dives on some of the most beautiful reefs known to the Florida Keys. Once training is complete, the teens will have the opportunity to dive in the famous waters of Key Largo. This adventure is a component of the GSTA Scuba Academy. Teens that aspire to continue to develop their scuba diving skills following this adventure will have the opportunity to work towards multiple other higher level diving certifications offered in the Academy. This trip promises to be an exciting adventure filled with learning new skills, earning open water certification, and lots of fun activities out of the water too!

This year Gold Star Teen Adventures is taking our experienced divers to the next level…wreck diving! We will be staying at the United States Army Combat Dive School in Key West Florida. While there, Gold Star teens will learn requisite skills for wreck diving. From there, Gold Star teens will be diving the best wrecks that the Florida Keys have to offer. Dive wrecks include the USCGC Duane, The Eagle, the Speigel, and the Vandenberg to name a few. This trip promises to be an exciting adventure filled with learning new skills, experiencing deeper and more technical diving, and seeing some incredible wrecks in the beautiful waters of south Florida.

This trip is for experienced GSTA divers and requires an Advanced Certification. Get ready for a diving experience you will never forget!

This year GSTA will be holding its Rescue Certification in Grand Cayman.  Teens in their fourth year of diving with GSTA will travel to Cobalt Coast!  Teens will learn to “manage risks and effectively handle limited in -water problems and diving emergencies, how to assist and transport divers and how to perform surface rescues and rescues from depth involving both boat and shore based skin and scuba divers.”  CPR and First Aid certification are required to complete this course.  Teens will receive those certifications during the week as well.  This trip is open to teens 15 years of age and those that have already attended the GSTA Wreck Trek!!! Grab your sunscreen, your passport, and your sense of adventure!

This year GSTA will be holding its Rescue Certification in Grand Cayman.  Teens in their fourth year of diving with GSTA will travel to Cobalt Coast!  Teens will learn to “manage risks and effectively handle limited in -water problems and diving emergencies, how to assist and transport divers and how to perform surface rescues and rescues from depth involving both boat and shore based skin and scuba divers.”  CPR and First Aid certification are required to complete this course.  Teens will receive those certifications during the week as well.  This trip is open to teens 15 years of age and those that have already attended the GSTA Wreck Trek!!! Grab your sunscreen, your passport, and your sense of adventure!