Mike Young

Mike Young is an American cave diver and rebreather designer. He is known for record-breaking underwater cave exploration and is the former owner of KISS Rebreathers. Young designed the first production sidemount rebreather and the KISS Sidewinder, a sidemount rebreather popular among cave divers.

Early life Young grew up in Colorado. He learned to scuba dive in the 1990s and worked as a machinery designer and builder.

Rebreather design Young has designed multiple rebreathers including the KISS GEM and Spirit. In 2012, he became the owner of KISS Rebreathers and moved production to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Young sold the company in 2021 but continued to design rebreathers including the chest-mounted Dive Talk Go.

Cave diving Young has explored caves with the Advanced Diver Magazine Exploration team, US Deep Caving team, and KISS Rebreathers dive team. The Missouri senate recognized the dive team for their exploration of the cave.

Young has participated in multiple body recoveries. Young also supported Sorenson's rescue of Josh Bratchley, a diver who had participated in the Tham Luang cave rescue.

Young is a CCR instructor and instructor trainer. He is an advisory member of the Professional Scuba Association International (PSAI).

In media Young participated in diving Devils Hole Cave for the IMAX film Ancient Caves and to support research along with Brian Kakuk. Young is also featured leading a cave exploration team in Jonathan Bird's Blue World.